01635 - MUSEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF COLLECTING

courses
ID:
01635
Duration (hours):
63
CFU:
9
SSD:
MUSEOLOGIA E CRITICA ARTISTICA E DEL RESTAURO
Located in:
CHIETI
Url:
BENI ARCHEOLOGICI E STORICO-ARTISTICI/CORSO GENERICO Year: 2
Year:
2025
Course Catalogue:
https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Overview

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (01/03/2026 - 31/05/2026)

Syllabus

Course Objectives


Learning the fundamentals of the most important European collections, their formation, history and dispersion up to the present day. To critically transform existing knowledge into skills that can be applied in today's museums to meet the most urgent and current challenges of cultural museum heritage.
The expected learning outcomes at the end of the course are:
- deep knowledge of the specific vocabulary of museology and museography in its evolution over time
- competence in analysing the history of a collection and a museum and the ability to place it in the broader framework of global cultural history
- knowledge of the challenges of museology today and the ability to respond to them critically and personally

Course Prerequisites


No prerequisites are required, but a basic knowledge of modern art history and art criticism is preferred.

Teaching Methods


Interactive lectures, with contributions from guest speakers and professionals. Educational field trips are planned; on a voluntary basis, students may be asked to collaborate in their preparation.

Assessment Methods


Oral examination

Texts


Bibliography for students attending the course is listed above. Furthermore bibliography will be communicated during the lessons, if eventually not held by the University Library, will be provided on Moodle.

Contents


Part I. History of Collections - Birth, development and dispersion of private collections up to the affirmation of the idea of the public Cultural Heritage and the notion of museum.
Part II. Museum Studies - Birth, evolution, and challenges of the contemporary museum.

Course Language

Italian

Degrees

Degrees

BENI ARCHEOLOGICI E STORICO-ARTISTICI 
Master’s Degree
2 years
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