To introduce students to London’s museum collections.
To present a critical overview of the key theories, approaches, and debates relevant to museums, their collections, and their displays.
To provide opportunities for students to apply and examine these theories, approaches, and debates during class sessions in a variety of museum spaces.
Students who successfully complete this module will be able to:
Identify the role played by museums as institutional and educational bodies, both historically and in the present.
Discuss primary and secondary source material related to the study of museums.
Critically evaluate the methods and theories used to analyse museums, their objects, and their displays.
Apply knowledge of museum history and theory in the museum space, and evaluate, critique, and debate the way museums present themselves and their collections.
Carry out in-depth independent research on a chosen topic in museology or museum history and apply key concepts to the critical analysis of displays.
Demonstrate how discipline-specific theories or approaches may be applied in a broader context.
