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Subject: Art History (Grad) (ARHS)
CRN: 42645
Lecture
St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 414
Requirements Met:
Art History Museum Studies
How do collections define museums? This course provides students with the tools to investigate the role of museums in creating national identity and cultural constructions. Students will explore the work of curators, registrars, conservationists, collections managers, and visual resource managers in the museum world. Additionally, the practical knowledge gained in the course will be interwoven with discussions of collecting theory and museum controversies. From ethics, looting, and contested provenance to NAGPRA, institutional critique, and social experiments gone wrong, this course will critique the "museum as temple" through the lens of collections. Museum Studies: Collections, Curation and Controversy will include opportunities for dialogue with museum professionals, hands-on projects, and field trips to apply museum studies theory to the visitor experience.
3 Credits