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Study Details: 12 months full time 24 months part time
Studying the Art Gallery and Museum Studies MA you’ll develop your understanding of key ideas and issues in curatorship, museology and museum management. You'll apply the knowledge you gain to developing innovative approaches to curation, interpretation and engaging audiences, and build the knowledge and skills for a successful career in the museum and art gallery sector.
In this Masters course you’ll have the chance to explore and challenge key ideas that have shaped museum practice. You'll consider 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 put theory and practice into dialogue.
If you’re considering a career in this sector, or if you are currently working as a professional, this Masters course will develop your knowledge, understanding and practical experience, to prepare for your next step.
With access to a wide range of modules allowing you to explore theoretical approaches and their practical applications, you’ll have the opportunity to shape your learning path in the direction you choose.
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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