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 107-055 The History and Philosophy of Museums

Note

Formerly available as 111-418. Students who have completed 111-418 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

4th year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Dr C Marshall & Assoc Prof A Galbally

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

A 2-hour seminar per week

Subject Description

A critical examination of the history of private collecting, the rise of the Art Museum in the late C18th and C19th and its various functions in western culture up to the present.

Assessment

A classpaper of 2000 words, and an essay of 3000 words.

Prescribed Texts
  • E Hooper-Greenhill, Museums and the Shaping of Knowledge. Routledge 1982.
  • P T Vergo, The New Museology. Reaktion Books 1989.
  • R Lumley, The Museum Time Machine. Routledge 1988.
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