Our staff innovate and set agendas in museum studies and edit some of the leading journals in the field. We explore new areas in museum studies, such as social inclusion, museum learning, citizenship and community engagement, intangible cultural heritage, social activism and museums, affect and empathy in the museum, multiculturalism and cosmopolitanism, Indigenous curation and collection, and innovative visitor studies. We also offer courses in traditional curatorship and collections management.
Our strong professional connections with major national collections and exhibition venues, as well as small and regional museums, are utilised in our active intern program, which will ensure you are at the cutting edge of museum theory and practice. We also have excellent links with major overseas institutions.
Career opportunities
A Museums and Collections specialisation is for both recent graduates and those in mid-career. It will also provide students with the background necessary to undertake high level research in this field.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:- analyse, research, reflect on and synthesise complex approaches to museums and collecting agencies and their relationships to societies
- evaluate significant debates, problems, controversies, concepts and theories pertinent to museums and collections
- develop critical engagement with, and a working knowledge of museums and collecting agencies
- communicate cutting-edge knowledge and sophisticated ideas to general and specialists museum audiences.
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
This specialisation requires the completion of 24 units, which must consist of:
12 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| MUSC8017 | Museums and Collections: Key Concepts and Practices | 6 |
| HUMN8027 | Critical issues in Heritage and Museum Studies | 6 |
12 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ARTH6045 | Curatorship Theory and Practice | 12 |
| ARTV8107 | Arguing Objects | 6 |
| HUMN8009 | Biography and Society | 6 |
| HUMN8010 | Material Culture Studies | 6 |
| HUMN8033 | Tourism, Heritage and Globalization | 6 |
| MUSC8004 | Internship 1 | 6 |
| MUSC8005 | Internship 2 | 6 |
| MUSC8006 | Indigenous Collections and Exhibitions | 6 |
| MUSC8008 | Museums, Art and Society in the Asia-Pacific | 6 |
| MUSC8009 | Museums and Collections: Research Project | 6 |
| MUSC8011 | Museums and Collections: Extended Research Project | 12 |
| MUSC8012 | Understanding Learning in Museums and Heritage | 6 |
| MUSC8013 | Museum Education and Heritage Interpretation Study Tour | 6 |
| MUSC8016 | Museum Learning: The Politics of Dress | 6 |
| MUSC8020 | Heritage and Museums Seminar Series | 6 |