MUSEOLOGY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

The course is part of the related and supplementary courses of the master's degree course in “HOSPITALITY”. Awareness of historical practice and theories on Museums and their restoration contribute to the improvement of the transversal skills of the learners in the management and curatorial fields for Hospitality.

-Awareness of the main theoretical issues concerning the discipline of Museology and of Cultural Heritage
-improvement of a critical approach to primary and secondary sources about Museums;
-ability to do research and to communicate results.

Interest and basic knowledge of History of the Western Art.
Preliminary reading: E. Gombrich, The Story of Art, Phaidon, London 1950 (or any further edition)

Definition Museology, Museum, the role of ICOM (history and good practices)

The ICOM Code

Monographic lessons on National and local Museums as case studies: history, collections, layout.

- a group research on a museum in the territory: history/display/highlights

To prepare the exam: Essays and Didactic tools uploaded on moodle.

WRITTEN EXAM METHOD: the candidate is required to answer three questions on three topics of the program, each answer is assigned a score from 0 to 10 (for each question the following will be evaluated by the Teacher: The acquisition of disciplinary contents: 3 points / The mastery of a specific vocabulary: 3 points/ The ability to argue and critically re-elaborate the contents: 3 points/ The maturation of a global vision of the discipline: 1 point)
the final grade comes from the sum of the three scores.
'Lode' (Distinction) is a plus at the discretion of the teacher.
Participation in group work (only for those attending) contributes to the FINAL MARK TO THE EXTENT OF 20% (3 points) without, however, jeopardizing the possibility of obtaining the maximum score even for those who cannot attend the lessons
Non-attending students
Non-attending students are evaluated ONLY on the basis of the final exam, they DO NOT prepare a seminar presentation.

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Each answer is assigned a score from 0 to 10 (for each question the following will be evaluated by the Teacher: The acquisition of disciplinary contents: 3 points / The mastery of a specific vocabulary: 3 points/ The ability to argue and critically re-elaborate the contents: 3 points/ The maturation of a global vision of the discipline: 1 point)
the final grade comes from the sum of the three scores.
'Lode' (Distinction) is a plus at the discretion of the teacher.
Participation in group work (only for those attending) contributes to the FINAL MARK TO THE EXTENT OF 20% (3 points) without, however, jeopardizing the possibility of obtaining the maximum score even for those who cannot attend the lessons
Non-attending students
Non-attending students are evaluated ONLY on the basis of the final exam, they DO NOT prepare a seminar presentation.

- Class Seminars in Ppt presentations with texts and images;
- Shared commentary of texts and images;
- Synchronic use of types of study and research material;
- educational visits and research outdoor;
- flipped lessons.

Students with disabilities or those with special needs are kindly asked to contact the relevant offices. Wil be able to access designed tools for studying

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development