Museology

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Museology (also called museum studies) is the study of how to organize and manage museums and museum collections. More generally, museum studies is a term used to denote academic programs, generally graduate programs, in the management, administration, or theory of museums.

Following is a list of academic institutions offering degrees in museology:

In the United Kingdom, the University of Leicester, Bournemouth University, the University of Manchester, Newcastle University and University College London (UCL) offer Museum Studies courses. Among the leading programs in the US are the University of Washington, Seton Hall University, the Cooperstown Graduate Program, (SUNY Oneonta), Winterthur (University of Delaware), George Washington University, San Francisco State University, Tufts University, John F. Kennedy University, University of Iceland, Iceland and in Canada, the Applied Museum Studies program at Algonquin College.

A variety of careers exist within the discipline of museum studies, including museum director, curator, educator, docent, graphic designer, exhibit designer, archivist and conservation specialist.

[edit] See also

• Museum education

[edit] External links

• Seton Hall University, Graduate Program in Museum Studies, New Jersey, USA
• University of Washington, Museology Graduate Program, Seattle, Washington, USA
• Cooperstown Graduate Program, USA
• University of Colorado Museum Studies, USA
• Museum Studies Program at San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, USA
• Centre for Museology University of Manchester, England
• Museum Studies Program, George Washington University USA
• Museum Studies Program, John F. Kennedy University, USA
• Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies, USA
• Museum Studies, New York University, USA
• Museum Studies, Bournemouth University, England
• Museology, University of Iceland, Iceland
• Museum Studies, University College London, England
• Public Humanities Program Brown University, Providence, RI
• [1] University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy