Master of Museum and Heritage Studies (Advanced) - Museums and Collections

The Australian National University

Our staff innovate and set agendas in museum studies and edit some of the leading journals in the field. We explore new areas in museum studies, such as social inclusion, museum learning, citizenship and community engagement, intangible cultural heritage, social activism and museums, affect and empathy in the museum, multiculturalism and cosmopolitanism, Indigenous curation and collection, and innovative visitor studies. We also offer courses in traditional curatorship and collections management.Our strong professional connections with major national collections and exhibition venues, as well as small and regional museums, are utilised in our active intern program, which will ensure you are at the cutting edge of museum theory and practice. We also have excellent links with major overseas institutions.Career opportunitiesA Museums and Collections specialisation is for both recent graduates and those in mid-career. It will also provide students with the background necessary to undertake high level research in this field.Learning Outcomesanalyse, research, reflect on and synthesise complex approaches to museums and collecting agencies and their relationships to societiesevaluate significant debates, problems, controversies, concepts and theories pertinent to museums and collectionsdevelop critical engagement with, and a working knowledge of museums and collecting agenciescommunicate cutting-edge knowledge and sophisticated ideas to general and specialists museum audiences.

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