Course: Inventorying of Museum Exhibits

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Course title Inventorying of Museum Exhibits
Course code KHI/QIME
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Podolský Karel, PhDr.
  • Peřinová Markéta
Course content
Acquisitions made by museums - forms, possibilities, basic documents, procedures of receiving new exhibits. Museum records: Chronologic and systematic registration of exhibits, registration program DEMUS, central registration of collections. Custody of museum exhibits: policies of storage and manipulation of collections, equipment of depositories with modern storage and safety systems. Basics of preservation - practical examples of cleaning and tending of exhibits. Cultural-educational work: forms and possibilities, cooperation with schools. Exhibitions and prezentations - types, possibilities, creation of an exhibition. PZ

Learning activities and teaching methods
Work Activities
Learning outcomes
Participants of the course will get not only introduction into particular issues of museum work, but also information about modern trends, approaches and methods of contemporary museology and tasks of it for the 21st century. There will lectures and seminars focused on practical work of museums - students will learn basic terminology and many professional know-how and skills, which are very useful for a work of a historian. This knowledge, solidified by practical experience, will be useful in student's future research work and also in his/her professional profiling. This also may increase student's value on the job market. PZ
Practical knowledge of making the inventory of museum collections. PZ
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Active participation PZ
Recommended literature
  • Beneš, Josef. (1981). Kulturně výchovná činnost muzeí, I. a II. díl. Praha.
  • Beneš, Josef. (1981). Muzejní prezentace. Praha.
  • Beneš, Josef. (1997). Základy muzeologie. Opava.
  • Kalus, Jaromír. (1981). Tvorba muzejních expozic a výstav. Opava.
  • Štěpánek, Pavel. (2002). Obrysy muzeologie. Olomouc.
  • Žalman, Jiří a kol. (2002). Příručka muzejníkova I. Tvorba, evidence, inventarizace a bezpečnost sbírek v muzeích a galeriích. Praha-Brno.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Archival Works (2015) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (2015) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (2015) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -