Course Description
Course Content:
Museums and galleries face many challenges at the beginning of the 21st century. This
module explores possible museum and gallery futures through a series of scenarios and
case studies that are often based on the thinking and planning of leading institutions.
Scenarios consider both internal and external factors both within the UK and globally.
The module aims to provide a critical and creative platform from which the student can
imagine possible museum and gallery futures. The module empowers students to
develop their own research through a combination of related policy and practice-based
assessments, helping them to consider museum and gallery futures within a broadly
vocational environment.
The module is multi-sited, taking place in classrooms and museums and galleries, always
seeking to locate a student?s research within wider professional contexts and concerns.
Topics covered may include:
? Collecting and collection
? Architecture and buildings
? Exhibition and display
? Public programming
? Globalisation
? Audiences and identity
? Museum planning and development
? Digital media and intangible heritage
? Time-based and new media art
? Funding and government
? Value and impact
? Sustainability
Autumn semester:
? Collecting, caring, communicating: Museums and Galleries, past, present and
future
? Night at the Museum
? What?s on?
? Exhibiting
? Victoria and Albert museum visit
? Group presentations
? The educational and social role of museums and galleries
? William Morris gallery visit
? Marketing
? Researching for future
? Policy review workshop
Spring semester:
? The Building Yard
? Temple or Forum? Co-production and debate
? Commercial activities, sponsorship and development
? Artists in residence
? Low tech and high tech
? Watts Gallery visit
? Presentations
? Local / Global
? Learning and participation
? Courtauld Gallery / Somerset House visit
Teaching: Lectures, seminars, visits, workshops, study groups
Assessment:
STUDY OPTION 1:
? Policy Review (50%)
? Development Proposal (50%)
STUDY OPTION 2 OR 3: 3,000-word essay (tbc)
Study Option 1 = Whole Year
Study Option 2 = Autumn
Study Option 3 = Spring/summer
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Course Name
Adaptation and Innovation: Museum and Gallery Futures
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Sessions Available
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Host University
Kingston University
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Location
London, England
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Area of Study
Architecture, Art History, Media Studies, Visual Arts
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Language Level
Taught In English
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Prerequisites
Prerequisites: Prior intermediate level study of the visual arts.
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Course Level Recommendations
Upper
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Credits
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Recommended U.S. Semester Credits4