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Online Course

Behind the Scenes at the 21st Century Museum

University of Leicester via FutureLearn

Found in Visual Arts Courses

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Provider FutureLearn
Cost Free Online Course (Audit)
Session Finished
Language English
Certificate Paid Certificate Available
Effort 2 hours a week
Start Date
Duration 6 weeks long
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Overview

Explore the role of museums in today’s world

How can we understand museums today? Who are museums for? How do we respond emotionally to museum objects and spaces? And how can museums play a role in the pursuit of social justice, human rights, or health and wellbeing?

On this course you will explore these questions through a range of inspirational case studies and thought-provoking ideas. Discover how modern museums seek to impact our contemporary world, learning with National Museums Liverpool, one of the UK’s leading museum services, and the University of Leicester, pioneers of museum studies for over 50 years.

This course is aimed at anyone with an interest in museums. You might be a current or prospective student, who wants to find out more about training in museum studies; a museum volunteer; or a museum practitioner. No prior knowledge or equipment is required.

Taught by

Suzanne MacLeod

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Linda S

by Linda completed this course, spending 6 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be easy.

If you are in the market for a class on the museum as a force for social justice, this is the course for you -- its advocacy is passionate, deep, and compellingly expressed. However, if you are interested in the museum in any other role, or other aspects of developing, operating, or strengthening 21st century museums, this is not where you will find it. Good use of text, video, and supplementary sources. Terrific student discussion board, the best I've experienced (although entirely unmoderated, with no involvement by the course providers, and no apparent way to get questions answered). I delved into all the supplementary material and was active on the discussion board, which explains the high time commitment -- you can certainly spend less time on this course if you would prefer.