Museology New Media and Museum Communication

Museology New Media and Museum Communication

Our Master's course has a unique approach to museology in its most innovative form, especially at a European level. It is carried out in collaboration with the European Museum Academy Foundation (NL) which contributes with its experts and educational resources.

Articulated e-learning is the key point: the online modules also offer students abroad the opportunity to take part in this course under careful tutoring.

The programme is designed for those interested in acquiring skills in contemporary museology and the interconnections between museum and heritage, as well as in new media and museum communication.

This Master Course is open to applicants holding a university degree (MA or PhD) or a BA accompanied by a documented experience in the field of museums and/or heritage. The Course is open also to applicants already working in this sector and willing to improve or update their knowledge thanks to the access to state-of-the art didactic contents.

It is designed for those interested in acquiring expertise in contemporary museology and the interlinkages between museum and heritage as well in new media and museum communication.

For more information about admission requirements, please visit the university website.

Module 1

The Museum Environment. Changes and Challenges in Europe

Massimo Negri, Scientific Director of the Course, Milan

The Module aims at providing the conceptual tools to analyze the exhibition environment which is at the core of the museum activities. Due attention is given to recent evolutions in the European museum scene with several practical examples.

Module 2

Multimedia Communication, Heritage and Museums

Onno Ephraim, Heritage in Motion Director, The Hague

Multimedia narrative inspired by collections and heritage : an overview of international state-of-the-art video productions and installations in the heritage field. Materials from a variety of cases from all over the world are presented thanks to the archives of heritage in Motion and Museums in Short contests.

Module 3

The XXI Century Museum

Wim van der Weiden, formerly director of Naturalis and founding member of the European Museum Academy, The Hague

The most important issues of the museological debate emerged in the latest decades and some innovative aspects of museum planning with a special attention to scientific museums.

Module 4

The social role of museums in contemporary society

Henrik Zipsane, formerly director of Jamtli Museum, Ostersund, currently EMA Foundation Managing Director

Lifelong Learning in Museums.The educational mission of museums beyond the formal education framework: conceptual approach and European practices. An attentive selection of international readings offers useful tools for investigating the subject.

Module 5

Art as a factor of social and cultural local development

Loukia Loizou-Hadjigavriel, A.G. Leventis Art Gallery Director, Nicosia

Art museums are frequently seen as elitists and their social and economic impact on the local development is underestimated unless they can count on a long standing international relevance. But a lot can be learnt by experiences of well organized, modern in their architecture and in their presentation philosophy like the A.G. Leventis Art Gallery in Nicosia, Cyprus which offers an excellent example of a successful museum policy in a Mediterranean country examined in the international arena, which is the field of action of the Leventis Foundation.

Module 6

The Museum of the Future – a Participatory Museum

Karl Murr, Bavarian Textile Museum Director, Augsburg

The social role of museums in contemporary society and its perspective for the next future are the issues of this Module. The participatory programs are a crucial step forward of contemporary museums going beyond the traditional collection oriented approach. In this context social media play a primary role. This Module investigates these themes both at the theoretical and practical levels proposing methodologies and examples for the different segments of audience.

Module 7

Sounds in Museums. Noises, Words, Music and Exhibitions.
Massimo Negri, Scientific Director of the Course, Milan.

In public imagination, the museum visit has been for a long time associated with silence and whispering. The digital revolution has determined: an enormous enlargement of the sources available for access to sounds in any form; a multifaceted possible use of sounds in the museum space; the proliferation of different ways of listening thanks to a large variety of digital devices no longer limited to traditional headphones. This is the present context. Our focus here is on the potential of sounds in museums as a tool for the development of an exhibition strategy.

The final assignment consists of a paper of 4,500 words based on the following standard:

four paragraphs per page and no (sub)headings; font: arial; font size: 12, single spaced.

This corresponds to 10 pages, more or less. Pictures are admissible, but they are not computed into the number of pages required.

Theme: the theme is free choice, but in line with the topics covered during the course of the Master and must be agreed with the Scientific Director.

You will be given a deadline for the delivery so that the evaluation committee has the time to plan a proper review.

The bibliography must be limited to the texts directly used for the drafting the Assignment.

Complete e-learning experience: you'll find video lessons, readings, exercises and assignment corrections.

The costs for this programme are €3,000.