MUKS17 Museum documentation

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2005
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Otakar Kirsch, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Otakar Kirsch, Ph.D.
Division of Museology – Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Pavel Holman
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • Museum documentation as term and its content; museum documentation in context with other basic functions of museums.
  • Terminology, methodology, literature.
  • Historical development of museum documentation: origin of collection's documentation in ancient world; documentation in Middle Ages; Changes in conception and contents of museum documentation in development of museums.
  • Museum documentation in 20.th century. Basic terms (information, document, museum object), comparison of terms, different conception and definitions.
  • Museum documentation in Czech Republic and abroad.
  • Museum documentation and specific problems in different scientific disciplines.
  • a) humanities and social sciences: prehistory, history, ethnography, literature, music, theatre, arts, history of science and technology.
  • b) natural sciences (systematic and ecologicalconception): geology, zoology, botany, anthropology.
  • Documentation - primary, secondary, accompaniyng.
  • Collection documentation; documentation and its characterisation; chronological documentation, cataloguing.
  • Systems and methods of collection's documentation; problems of description and clasification.
  • Work with documentation's resources and aids (documentary cards, computers and its use)
  • Documentory records.
Literature
  • Beneš, Josef: Základy muzeologie, Opava 1997
  • Muzeum a dokumentace přírodního prostředí a způsobu života. Opava
  • Gluziňski, Wojciech: U podstaw muzeologii. Warszawa 1980
  • Beneš, Josef: Muzeum a sbírky. Praha 1977
  • K aktuálním otázkám muzejní dokumentace a prezentace vědeckotechnického vývoje. Brno
  • Výběr odborných prací z muzeologické literatury
  • 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
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Přednáška, zkouška - osvojení si přednesené tematiky, odlišování dokumentačních institucí, pojem muzejní dokumentace jako důsledek historického vývoje. Znalost základní problematiky dokumentace v jednotlivých oborech. Zvládnutí principu evidence sbírek. Využití výpočetní techniky.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014.
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