Foundation work of museums

Course: Museology, monuments studies

Structural unit: Faculty of History

Title
Foundation work of museums
Code
ОК.22
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
6 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
As a result of studying the course, students should acquire knowledge about the properties of museum objects, types of museum sources, composition and structure of museum funds; the main directions of scientific and fund work of museums - collection, study, scientific description, accounting and preservation of museum objects; to be able to orientate in the literature on the problems of the fund work of museums, to select the most important information from the information, to systematize it, to apply the acquired knowledge in practice.
Form of study
Distance form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. To know the most important facts, events and processes of the historical past of mankind; the history of the museum business, the basics of the theory of museology. 2. To be able to determine the characteristic features that are characteristic for the emergence of the phenomenon of collecting, for the formation of methodological and theoretical foundations of modern museology. 3. Possess elementary skills of source criticism, historical analysis, establishment of cause and effect relationships.
Course content
Clarification of the concept of "museum funds". Acquaintance with the scientific organization of museum funds. Acquaintance with the main areas of research and foundation work. Disclosure of the methodology and process of scientific study and description of museum objects. Clarification of the essence and main stages of the collection of museum funds. Analysis of the essence and specifics of accounting of museum funds. Elucidation of the basic principles of cataloging museum funds. Familiarization with the modes of storage of museum objects. Clarification of the main problems of conservation and restoration of museum objects. Familiarization with the storage system of museum funds and types of fund equipment. The content of the course is divided into 2 content modules. Each content module includes lectures, practical classes, independent work of students, which are completed by rating control of the level of assimilation of knowledge of the program material of the corresponding part of the course. Content module 1 (СМ1) includes topics 1-5, content module 2 (СМ2) includes topics 6-10.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Planned educational activities and teaching methods - lectures, seminar classes, practical and independent work.
Assessment methods and criteria
The control of the student's knowledge is carried out according to the modular rating system. The total number of student points is formed by the semester points received from all topics of two content modules (points received for modular control papers (in the form of tests); points received for completing individual tasks; points received for work in seminar classes, as well as points which are received for the final control work. The results of students' educational activities are evaluated on a 100-point scale. The criteria for evaluating a student's answer are: • complete disclosure of the issue • the logic of presentation • use of basic and additional literature • analytical reasoning, the ability to draw conclusions
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Inna Anatoliivna Kravchenko
Department of Archeology and Museology
Faculty of History

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Archeology and Museology
Faculty of History