MUBKO_001 Introduction to Museology and Museography

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Otakar Kirsch, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lucie Jagošová, DiS., PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Otakar Kirsch, Ph.D.
Division of Museology – Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Miriam Molnárová
Supplier department: Division of Museology – Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 21. 9. 14:00–16:40 M21, Wed 2. 11. 14:00–16:40 M21, Thu 3. 11. 8:00–9:40 M11, Wed 9. 11. 14:00–16:40 M21, Wed 30. 11. 14:00–16:40 M21
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
At the end of course students should be able to:
understand and explain special museological terminology and system of museology
understand special and common museum legislation
work with special and literature
acquaiting students with ethics of museum's work
Learning outcomes
- to know and apply basic terminology of museology and litherature;
- to describe the structure of museology, its personalities and training centres in the Czech Republic and abroad;
- to summarize the key professional organisations in museum work
Syllabus
  • 1) Role of museology in the system of science, relationship to fundamental scientific disciplines, the subject of museology, metodology, system of museology. 2) Basic museological concepts – the foreign representatives. 3) Basic museological concepts – the representatives of Czech lands. 4) Museography (Applied Museology) I. – selection and tesauration. 5) Museography (Applied Museology) II. – communication and presentation. 6) Museological literature – journals, dictionaries, bibliographies. 7) Museum – determination of the term and its individual concepts, the role and function of museum in the conteporary society. 8) Organizations of museums and museum professionals and museologists. 9) Tuition of museology in the Czech lands and foreign countries. 10) Museum ethics, the codes of ethics.
Literature
    required literature
  • 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
    recommended literature
  • Giude to Museum Administrations. Europe. ICOM 1995
  • Mensch, Peter van: Towards a methodology of museology. disertační práce. Zagreb 1995
  • Zákony 122/2000 Sb.; 275/2000 Sb.; 483/2004 Sb.
  • Gluziňski, Wojciech: U podstaw muzeologii, Warszawa 1980
  • Beneš, Josef: základy muzeologie. Opava, Slezská univerzita 1997
  • Papers in museology. Umea 1992
  • Profesní etický kodex ICOM. Praha 1994
  • Neústupný, Jiří: Otázky dnešního muzejnictví. Praha 1950
  • Maroevic, Ivo: Uvod do muzeologiju. Zagreb 1997
  • Deloche, Bernard: Museologica. Contradiction el logique du musée. 2. vyd. Macon et Savigny-le-Temple 1989
  • Field manual for museums. Paris 1970
  • Museum ethics. Editor Gary Edson. London 1997
  • Žalman, Jiří a kol.: Příručka muzejníkova I. 1. vyd. Praha a Brno, AMGR - ICOM - MZM - MKCR 2002
  • Riviére, Georges Henri: La Museographie. Paris 1989
  • Ambrose, Timothy - Paine, Crispin: Museum Basics. London, Routledge 1995
  • Burcaw, G. Ellis: Introduction to Museum Work. 3rd ed. New York - Oxford, Altamira Press 1997
  • Sherman, Daniel J. - Rogoff, Irit: Museum Culture. London, Routledge 1994
  • Waidacher, Friedrich: Príručka všeobecnej muzeológie, Bratislava 1999
  • Lapaire, Claude: Kleines Handbuch der Museumskunde. Bern und Stuttgart 1983
  • Hudson, Kenneth: Museums for the 1980's. A survey of world trends. Paris and London 1977
  • GLASER, Jane R. and Artemis A. ZENETOU. Museums: a place to work : planning museum careers. London: Routledge, 1996, xvii, 302. ISBN 0-415-12256-2. info
  • Museum, media, message. Edited by Eilean Hooper-Greenhill. London: Routledge, 1995, xvi s. ISBN 0415116724. info
  • EDSON, Gary and David DEAN. The handbook for museums. 1st publ. London: Routledge, 1994, xvi, 302. info
  • STRÁNSKÝ, Zbyněk. De museologia metateoretická studie k základům muzeologie jako vědy. 1992, 300 s. info
    not specified
  • Museums and the Making of
Teaching methods
theory
Assessment methods
lectures, individual project, reading
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět si povinně zapisují posluchači prvního ročníku.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 4 bloky po 6 hodinách + e-learning 8 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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