Museum Studies and Collections Management

Code:

MMUS002

Acronym:

EGC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Museology

Instance: 2020/2021 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Heritage Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Masters in Museology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MMUS	23	MMUS - Study Plan	1	-	9	85	243

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Learning outcomes and competences

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Does not apply

Program

I – Museum collections
1. Nature and interpretation of collections
2. Study models

II – Collections management
1. Collections Management Plans and Manuals
1. 1. Collections acquisition and disposal policies and procedures
1. 2. Museum documentation policies and procedures
1.3. Collections management policy
1.3.1. Definition, scope and examples of participatory construction;
1.3.2. Elements of collections management policy
1.4. Collections management strategy
1.5. Scope and definition
1.6. Integration with management policy and mission of the museum collections;
1.7. Elements for the strategy;
1.8. Examples of strategies;
1.9. Plan documentation and collection management
1.10. Scope and definition
1.11. Elements of the documentation and management plan
1.12. Construction documentation and collection management plan.
1.13. Standards and practice.
2. Storage organization in museums: questions of documentation and planning

Mandatory literature

CONN, S. ; Do Museums Still Need Objects? , Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 2010
TILLEY, C. et al. (eds); The Handbook of Material Culture, Thousand Oaks, 2006
Macdonald, Sharon 340; A^companion to museum studies. ISBN: 1-4051-0839-8
Pearce, Susan M; On collecting. ISBN: 0-415-07560-2
Pearce, Susan M; Museums, objects and collections. ISBN: 0-7185-1320-0
Semedo, Alice; Práticas (i)materiais em Museus
SPALDING, J. ; The Poetic Museum: Reviving Historic Collections, Munich: Prestel , 2002
TILLEY, C; KEANE, W; KUCHLER; S, ROWLANDS M; SPYER, P (eds.) ; The Handbook of Material Culture., Londres, Thousand Oaks, New Delhi: Sage Pub, , 2006
DUDLEY, S (Ed) ; The Thing About Museums, Routledge Ashgate, 2012

Comments from the literature

Indicações de acordo com as temáticas específicas / Bibliographic references according to the specific topics.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Software

Microsoft Office

keywords

Social sciences > Political sciences > Public policy > Cultural policy > Museology
Humanities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Trabalho de campo	40,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	80,00
Frequência das aulas	85,00
Trabalho de campo	38,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	243,00

Eligibility for exams

UP Regulation applies.

Calculation formula of final grade

Evaluation is distributed and beyond (a) the quality of participation during all different sessions (20%), evaluation takes into account (b) A final report on the study of acollection that includes both the field work and a final essay (10 000 words+abstract+key words+ bibliography+object inventory file) (40%+40%). The overall work plan should be approved by the Uc's regent. Students should attend 2 supervising sessions.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Does not apply

Internship work/project

Does not apply

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

UP Regulation applies

Classification improvement

UP Regulation applies