Museology and Museum Studies

Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: ROSALBA PANVINI

Expected Learning Outcomes

According to the Dublin descriptors students should, at the end of the course, acquire:

1) Knowledge and understanding of Museum Institutions, the administrative organisation of Museums, the main elements of Lex museologica, the origins of collecting and the constitution of public collections. 

2) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding to the arrangement and organisation of exhibitions and to the realisation of educational workshops.

3) Autonomy of judgement: to enable students to recognise conservation and quality standards and to be able to apply them appropriately. 

4) Communication skills: by means of slides demonstrate that they are able to enhance the collections and know how to promote them appropriately. 

5) Learning skills: students will be involved during the lectures to check their learning status and will also be encouraged to study the relevant bibliography in depth.

Course Structure

Formal Lectures or distance learning if necessary. 
Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.
 

Required Prerequisites

To have attended disciplines in the fields of history and archaeology in order to have acquired the essential terminology.

Attendance of Lessons

Lectures or equivalent activities: 36 hours. 

Detailed Course Content

Museum Institutions, Elements of Museum Laws, Quality and Preservation Standards; Origins of Collectionism and the Foundation of Public Collections; Museum Administrative Organization; Didactic Workshops; Valorisation and Promotion of Collections 

Textbook Information

1) M. V. Marini Clarelli, What is a museum ?, Roma (Carocci) 2005 ;

2) M. C. Mazzi, In journey with the Muses. Spaces and Models of Museums, Firenze (Edifir) 2005;

3) P. F. Caliari, Museography Aesthetic Theory and Didactic Methods, Firenze (Alinea Editrice) 2003;

4) P. Clemente, Museography and Mass Communication, Roma (Aracne) 2004;

5) M. L. Tomea Gavazzoli, Handbook of Museology, Milano (Etas) 2005;

In the course of the lectures, the lecturer will distribute photocopied handouts.

6) L. Zerbini (a cura di) Museum Didactics, Roma (Aracne) 2006.

Course Planning

 SubjectsText References
1Museum institutions; administrative organisation of museums.M.V. Marini Clarelli, Che cos'è il museo, Roma 2005, pp. 9-122.
2The origins of collecting and the establishment of public collections.M.C. Mazzi, in viaggio con le muse. Spazi e modelli del museo, Firenze 2005, pp. 15-313.
3Elements of museological lex; conservation and quality standards; the enhancement of collections and their promotion.M.L. Tomea Gavazzoli, Manuale di Museologia, Milano 2005, pp. 15-165.
4Didactic MethodologyF. P. Caliari, Museografia. Teoria estetica e metodologia didattica, Firenze 2003, pp.8-227; P. Clemente, Museografia e comunicazione di massa, Roma 2004, pp. 7-97.
5Museum didactics. Educational workshops.L. Zerbini (a cura di), La didattica museale, Roma 2006, pp. 9-191.

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

Traditional. The learning assessment may also be carried out electronically, should conditions require it.

Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises

Criteria for organising an exhibition route