BRM 3201 MANAGEMENT OF MUSEUMS
Short Description
Designed to equip students with knowledge and skills in the managing of museums
Aim
To enable students acquire skills in managing museum collections
Learning outcome
Students should be able to:
-have working knowledge of general museum operations and functions
To correctly identify and accession museum collections
-To Describe and organize Museum collections
-Manage and evaluate exhibitions
-Preservation of heritage
Intellectual, Practical and Transferable skills
Knowledge and skills to manage a museum and heritage centres
Teaching and Learning Pattern
By use of lectures, practicals, student led group presentations and self – directed research guided
by the lecturer, guided visits to the Museums
Indicative Content
Definition and types of museums; Museums through the ages, Museums governance, including
basic operations, functions, roles and services, collection development; collection disposition;
Description and organization of museum objects; evaluation of museum exhibits, conservation
and preservation; legal and ethical issues in museums.
Assessment method
- Coursework and Examination. Tests, coursework research questions, group work presentations
will all constitute coursework marks (30 marks) and final examinations (70 marks). For a student
to be allowed to sit the final examination in this course, he/she should have obtained at least 15
out of 30 marks. The pass mark for the course will be 50%.
Indicative sources
 Lord, B and Lord, D. (1997). Manual of Museum Management. CA: Altamira Press
 Ambrose, Timothy and Paine, Crispin (2000). Museum Basics. New York: Routledge
 Ambrose, Timothy and Paine, Crispin (2006). Museum Basics. New York: Routledge
 Boylan, Patrick J. (2004). Running a Museum: A Practical handbook. Paris Cedex: ICOM
 Marty, Paul F and Burton, J. Katherine (2007). Museum Informatics. New York: Routledge
 Sandell, Richard and Jones, Robert (2007). Museum Management and Marketing. New
York: Routledge
 Mclean, Fiona (1997) Marketing the Museum. New York : Routledge
 Caple, Chris (2000). Conservation Skills. New York: Routledge