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Study Details: 12 months full time 24 months part time
The Art Gallery and Museum Studies MA aims to provide you with a critical understanding of issues in curatorship, museology and museum management.
This Masters course considers the ways in which material culture has been represented and interpreted by historians and cultural theorists, the methodologies behind museum practice and methods of display and interpretation, and also puts theory and practice into dialogue.
Through the course, you will develop a critical understanding of the histories of art galleries and museums and explore and challenge key ideas that have shaped museum practice. You will also deploy these historical and theoretical understandings to develop innovative approaches to curation, interpretation and engaging audiences.
Supported by the Centre for Critical Studies in Museums, Galleries and Heritage, you will gain the knowledge and skills for a successful career in the museum and art gallery sector.
You will study in the heart of a cultural hub for this diverse and vibrant region. Leeds is home to a wide variety of world-leading and innovative arts and heritage organisations, from the Royal Armouries, Opera North, Leeds Playhouse and Northern Ballet, to museums, galleries and heritage sites and many contemporary art spaces.
We are also close to everything the rest of Yorkshire has to offer, from The Hepworth Wakefield to the National Science and Media Museum, Yorkshire Sculpture Park and the Brontë Parsonage Museum. We have close links with many of these cultural institutions to support your practical learning.
You will become a member of the Centre for Critical Studies in Museums, Galleries and Heritage and enjoy opportunities from networking events and links to alumni to conferences, seminars and reading groups.
Course tutors include researchers with a background in collections, curatorial, education and engagement work:
Specialist facilities
Housed within a single central campus location, the School offers a modern and well-equipped learning environment with several studio and exhibition spaces.
Project Space is the School’s multi-purpose space designed for the development of curatorial practice and visiting exhibitions.
The Brotherton Library holds a wide variety of manuscript, archive and early printed material in its Special Collections – valuable assets for your independent research.
In addition to the wide range of museums and galleries in the city and beyond, the University campus features:
A bachelor degree with a 2:1 (hons)
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The course will equip you with a good understanding of the issues and approaches to art gallery and museum studies, as well as practical work experience – a combination which is very valuable to employers. You will also develop advanced skills in communication, research and analysis as well as cultural awareness.
Our graduates work as heads of collection, curators and education staff in local authority museums, for national heritage organisations like the National Trust, charitable trusts and in arts marketing and public relations.
A significant number choose to return to the School to complete a research degree and have secured scholarships to pursue their research topics, including Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) scholarships. Former research students are now forging academic careers in the UK, Canada and the USA.
Core Modules
Interpretations (15 credits)
Critical Issues (15 credits)
History and the Museum: Representation, Narrative and Memory (30 credits)
Choose one from the two available dissertation modules:
Dissertation for the MA in Art Gallery and Museum Studies (60 credits)
MA Practice-led Dissertation (60 credits)
Optional modules
Choose two optional modules – these vary year on year but may include:
Jewish Museums and the Display of Cultural Difference (30 credits)
Unfinished Business: Trauma, Cultural Memory and the Holocaust (30 credits)
Movies, Migrants and Diasporas (30 credits)
Intersecting Practices: Questioning the Intersection of Contemporary Art and Heritage (30 credits)
Adventures in the Archive (30 credits)
Art & Money: the modern and contemporary art markets (30 credits)
Art of the Silk Roads (30 credits)
Anthropology, Art and Representation (30 credits)Placements in Context: Policy, Organizations and Practice (30 credits)
Creative Inquiry, Communication and Learning (30 credits)
Creative Work (30 credits)
Performance and Collaborative Enterprise (30 credits)
Audience, Engagement and Impact (30 credits)
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