ETBB71 Open-air Museums

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Daniel Drápala, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Válka, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Timetable
Wed 15:00–16:35 J31
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
Course objectives
The open-air museums represent a specific way of presentation of the traditional folk culture already for several decades. Their origin is connected with a period of 1890’s. This lecture will present a history of the open-air museums in the European context and in the Czech countries, metamorphoses of the open-air museum construction concept, relationship of those museums and the monument preservation, the basic principles of functioning, typology of the open-air museums, ways of presentation as well as the particular open-air museums in the CR area. Before visiting these lectures, it is recommended to acquire basic knowledge of the folk architecture problems (the best solution is to visit the lectures Mansion and House) and knowledge of the ethnological museology.
Syllabus
  • introduction, terminology used, typology of open-air museums, historical preconditions, predecessors of open-air museums, beginnings of open-air museums in Europe (A. Haselius, Skansen, Scandinavian countries) and in Central Europe, projects of national open-air museums, development of the conservation concept and the open-air museum concept, open-air museums of local history built and planned in the Czech Republic, other types of open-air museums in the CR, types of folk culture presentation in open-air museums, open-air museum as a laboratory of traditional technologies, models of conceptual plan and scenario development in open-air mu
Literature
  • Evropská muzea v přírodě. Photo by Jiří Langer. Vyd. 1. Praha: Baset, 2005, 895 s. ISBN 8073400693. info
  • Museum vivum III. : materiály z konference konané 6.-8.X.1987. Rožnov pod Radhoštěm: Valašské muzeum v přírodě, 1988, 93 s. info
  • Museum vivum I. : konference muzeí v přírodě, 28.-30.9.1983. Rožnov pod Radhoštěm: Valašské muzeum v přírodě, 1985, 136 s. info
Assessment methods
lectures, reading (literature, materials), semestr paper, written examination
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2022.
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