English

Noun

museology

1. the design, organization, and management of museums

Related terms

• museography
• museophile
• museum

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.

Academic institutions offer degrees in museology.

In the United Kingdom, the University of Leicester, the University of Manchester and University College London (UCL) offer Museum Studies courses. Among the leading programs in the US are the University of Washington, the Cooperstown Graduate Program, (SUNY Oneonta), Winterthur (University of Delaware), George Washington University, (San Francisco State University), and John F. Kennedy University 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.

External links

• University of Washington, Museology Graduate Program Seattle, Washington, USA
• Museum Studies M.A. Program, San Francisco State University, USA
• Cooperstown Graduate Program, USA
• University of Colorado Museum Studies, USA
• Museum Studies courses
• Centre for Museology University of Manchester, England
• Museum Studies Program, George Washington University USA
• Master of Liberal Arts, Museum Studies, Harvard Extension School Harvard University
• Museum Studies at Tufts University
• Museum Studies Graduate School Programs – Master's, Ph.D., USA
• Museum Studies information, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA
• Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies, USA
• Museum Studies, New York University, USA
• Master of Arts in Museology, University of Washington, USA
• Museum Studies programme, University of Toronto, Canada
• Department of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, England
• MA in Museum Studies, Institute of Archaeology, UCL, England
• International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies, University of Newcastle, England
• Journal of Conservation & Museum Studies, England
• Web Journal on Cultural Patrimony, Italy
• monographic series "Mediterraneum. Protection and valorization of cultural and environmental property University L'Orientale
• [http://www.holmes.anthropology.museum/programs.html Museum Studies at the Holmes Museum of Anthropology, Wichita State University]
• Museum Studies Program at the University of Kansas
• Museology Program in the Netherlands, Reinwardt Academy, Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, The Netherlands
• heritage and social change, University College of Malmö, Sweden
• Museum Studies Program at Florida State University
• Museum & Field Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
• Museum Studies at Arizona State University, Tempe USA
• http://extraweb.algonquincollege.com/fulltime_programs/programOverview.aspx?id=0446C01FWO&, Canada Applied Museum Studies, Algonquin College

Art & Museum Studies Masters Program at Georgetown University http://www8.georgetown.edu/departments/amt/mastudies_top.html