MUI_300 Museum documentation

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
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
Supplier department: Division of Museology – Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 9:10–10:45 K22
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
In the course, students acquaint with theoretical definitition of general terms of documentation, information, communication and with their application to museum practice. At the end of the course students will be able to describe the specifities of museum documentation and compare them with the other methods of documentation in related branches (archival science, library science, monument preservation, nature preservation). They will understand the process of museum document origin, his thesaurisation and use in museum presentation. Students will explain meaning of particular museum documents within the museums activities and they will be capable to analyse their content.
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: Muzeum a sbírky. Praha 1977
  • Beneš, Josef: Základy muzeologie, Opava 1997
  • Gluziňski, Wojciech: U podstaw muzeologii. Warszawa 1980
  • K aktuálním otázkám muzejní dokumentace a prezentace vědeckotechnického vývoje. Brno
  • Muzeum a dokumentace přírodního prostředí a způsobu života. Opava
  • 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
  • Výběr odborných prací z muzeologické literatury
  • Maroević, Ivo. Introduction to Museology - the European Approach. Munich 1998.
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion
Assessment methods
written exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
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