MUBKO_011 Museum Collections Practice

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Irena Loskotová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Irena Loskotová, Ph.D.
Museology – Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Dominika Matějková
Supplier department: Museology – Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
MUBKO_010 Collecting in Museums
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objectives of the course: learning about the methods of acquisition of collection objects and forms of museum registration on the basis of practical training
Learning outcomes
Student competences after completion of the course:
- ability to elaborate the concept of collecting activity in a museum;
- ability to choose and apply adequate collecting method to various types of collections;
- orientation in forms of museum registration of collections;
Syllabus
  • Identification and description of museum collection objects
  • Museum registration programmes in practice
  • Specifics of depository rooms in the context of collection-building activity
  • Examples of individual forms of collection-building activity
  • Elaboration of a collection-building concept
  • Presentation and defence of a collection-building concept
Literature
    required literature
  • Beneš,Josef: Muzeum a sbírky, Praha 1977
  • ŽALMAN, Jiří. Příručka muzejníkova. Vyd. 1. Praha: Asociace muzeí a galerií České republiky, 2006, 135 s. ISBN 8086611191. info
    recommended literature
  • Waidacher, Friedrich: Príručka všeobecnej muzeológie. Bratislava 1999
  • ŽALMAN, Jiří. Příručka muzejníkova. Vydání 1. Praha: Asociace muzeí a galerií České republiky, 2002, 75 stran. ISBN 8086611000. info
  • STRÁNSKÝ, Zbyněk. Úvod do studia muzeologie : určeno pro posluchače International Summer School of Museology - ISSOM. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1995, 114 s. ISBN 8021007036. info
Teaching methods
tutorials, team projects, individual projects, excursions
Assessment methods
Seminar – compulsory participation, credit – team elaboration of the collecting concept in a selected museum, presentation in the closing seminar, defence of the presented concept in a discussion within the scope of the seminar, individual elaboration of 3 records in the collection records of the Museion system
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 4 bloky po 6 hodinách (50 % přednášky) + e-learning 8 hodin.
Teacher's information
An accompanying course is offered in the ELF environment (https://elf.phil.muni.cz/) under the title Seminář ke sbírkotvorné činnosti muzeí.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024.
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