MUKS01 Introduction to Museology and Museography

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Pavel Holman (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Pavel Holman
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
Thu 8:20–12:25 K22
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
Syllabus
  • Basic terminology: museum, museology, gallery, conservation, restauration, storage, permanent exhibition, etc.;
  • Structure of museology, methodology, subject of museology;
  • Bibliography, literature, journals, sources, special directories;
  • Museology - history and its role of development of collectiong and museums;
  • What is museum; its role in society; museum as institution;
  • Terminology - dictionaries and in foreign - languages;
  • New museology, ecomuseology, economuseology, and other trends in contemporary museology;
  • Museum and its role in contemporary world, museum and identity, museums in multicultural society, protection of cultural and natural heritage;
  • Museography, structure and basic terminology;
  • Museum ethics, code of ethics - development, structure, contents;
  • Museum profesions;
  • Museums organisations - Association of Museums of Czech Republic, ICOM, NEMO, ICCROM, ICOMOS etc.;
  • Museum and special legislation -law 122/2000, 275/2000 etc.
Literature
  • Neústupný, Jiří: Otázky dnešního muzejnictví. Praha 1950
  • Ambrose, Timothy - Paine, Crispin: Museum Basics. London, Routledge 1995
  • Zákony 122/2000 Sb.; 275/2000 Sb.; 483/2004 Sb.
  • Sherman, Daniel J. - Rogoff, Irit: Museum Culture. London, Routledge 1994
  • Burcaw, G. Ellis: Introduction to Museum Work. 3rd ed. New York - Oxford, Altamira Press 1997
  • Hudson, Kenneth: Museums for the 1980's. A survey of world trends. Paris and London 1977
  • Waidacher, Friedrich: Príručka všeobecnej muzeológie, Bratislava 1999
  • Maroevic, Ivo: Uvod do muzeologiju. Zagreb 1997
  • Gluziňski, Wojciech: U podstaw muzeologii, Warszawa 1980
  • Museum ethics. Editor Gary Edson. London 1997
  • Giude to Museum Administrations. Europe. ICOM 1995
  • Profesní etický kodex ICOM. Praha 1994
  • Deloche, Bernard: Museologica. Contradiction el logique du musée. 2. vyd. Macon et Savigny-le-Temple 1989
  • Žalman, Jiří a kol.: Příručka muzejníkova I. 1. vyd. Praha a Brno, AMGR - ICOM - MZM - MKCR 2002
  • Lapaire, Claude: Kleines Handbuch der Museumskunde. Bern und Stuttgart 1983
  • Riviére, Georges Henri: La Museographie. Paris 1989
  • Mensch, Peter van: Towards a methodology of museology. disertační práce. Zagreb 1995
  • Papers in museology. Umea 1992
  • Museums and the Making of
  • Beneš, Josef: základy muzeologie. Opava, Slezská univerzita 1997
  • Field manual for museums. Paris 1970
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
Teaching methods
theory
Assessment methods
lectures, individual project, reading
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět si povinně zapisují posluchači prvního ročníku.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020.
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