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| 0897-4002-01 | Collection Management | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FACULTY OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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University credit hours: 2.0
Course description
The course will analyze the various components of collection establishment and management in museums and private collectiions including the methods utilized to define the vision and principals of a collection through the practical elements of its management. Among the topics that the course will address are: the decision to establish a collection; how to crystalize a collection whoch was formed without prior planning; professional collection management; unique collections of various types; aspects of registration, storage, handling, protection, and security, according to their specific characteristics.