Museum and Artefact Studies

The MA is intended to equip you with a sound knowledge and critical understanding of current professional principles, good practice and contemporary debates relating to museum and artefact studies.

It aims to help you develop a variety of skills, including; professional skills, relevant to the care, management and exhibition of collections in museums; analytical skills, relevant to the study of a wide range of materials and artefacts; research skills, relevant to studies of museums and artefacts, including an awareness of current theoretical issues and communication skills, relevant to work in the museum profession and to academic research.

It also aims to encourage you to take personal responsibility for your own learning, team-work and professional conduct.

Route 1

Core modules:

• Approaches to Museum and Artefact Studies

• Museum Principles and Practice

• Artefact Studies

• Care of Collections

• Museum Communication

• Research Paper.

Route 2

Core modules:

• Approaches to Museum and Artefact Studies

• Museum Principles and Practice

• Artefact Studies

• Dissertation

• Museum Communication

• Care of Collections

• A module from the MA in Archaeology.