ARTH 501
Museums: History and Practice
Spring 2010
Division I
This is not the current course catalog
Class Details
This course will examine the history of museums in Europe and America, focusing on historical traditions and current expectations affecting institutional operations today. Historical tradition and current practice as it relates to museum governance and administration, architecture and installation, acquisitions and collections, cultural property issues as well as the many roles of exhibitions in museum programming will be addressed along with museums’ social responsibility as scholarly and public institutions in an increasingly market-driven, non-profit environment.
The Class:
Format: seminar
Limit: 12
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Limit: 12
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
evaluation will be based on oral presentations as well as two term papers
Enrollment Preferences:
Graduate Program students then to senior Art History majors
Distributions:
Division I
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ARTH 501 - 01 (S) SEM Museums:History and Practice
ARTH 501 - 01 (S) SEM Museums:History and PracticeDivision IT 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Clark Art Seminar Room3631
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