Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Museology (PGDAM)
Aims to prepare the students for a career upholding Cultural Heritage with the knowledge and skills to support curatorial and conservation activities in the museum, heritage and cultural sectors.
Course Outlines
Semester-I
1. Introduction to Museum & Museology (4 Credits)
- Definitions of Museums
- Definitions of Museology, Museography and Metamuseology
- History of collections and development of museums in global context,
- Development of Museums in India
- Types of Museums
- Functions of a Museums
- Social responsibilities/accountability of museums
- Nature of museum work and role of different professionals in a Museum
- Museum as a profession; Professional organizations such as UNESCO, ICOM, ICCROM, MA. AAM, MAI, IASC
- Case studies of museums in India
- Visits to local museums
2. Museum Management (4 Credits)
- Concept of management and its functions.
- Operations management and productivity, Strategic planning, Process analysis, quality management, Maintenance, Security, Project management.
- Human resource management.
- Finance and Accounting.
- Marketing, Concept of marketing-oriented organization, Museum as a multiproduct organization, market segmentation and targeting, Consumer Behaviour, Marketing mix, Market research.
- Case studies of management practices in Indian museums
3. Collections Management-Part- I (4 Credits)
- Collection Management Policy
- Classification of collections and collection typology
- Access to collections and related information. Ethics of collection
- Organization & Re-organization of collections
- Introduction to one of the best practices of Collection Management: Re-org Methodology by International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM)
- Application of Re-Org Method
- Case studies of re-org workshops
- Disaster management in Museums and museum like organisations
4. Museum Communication: Exhibitions (4 Credits)
- Exhibition as communication systems. Types of exhibitions.
- Ethics of museum exhibitions.
- Exhibition components and configuration.
- Exhibition factors that influence visitors
- Exhibition planning and design, Types of exhibition layouts and methodology for assessing them.
- Layouts. Application of Ergonomics
- Exhibition text: Format, legibility, readability, comprehension and human interest. Decisions on typography Signage
- Lighting: Factors that influence lighting in museum exhibition, Types of lamps, Track lighting
- Critical analyses and evaluation of exhibitions.
Semester-II
5. Collections Management- Part- II (4 Credits)
- Discipline based Curatorship
- Collections record management
- Museum Documentation Standards
- Care and Conservation of collections
- House keeping
- Using basic equipment/ instruments for monitoring environmental factors
- Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- Application of Risk Management in Cultural Field
6. Museum Automation (4 Credits)
- Conceptualizing museum collection in the context of new digital technology
- Acquisition and processing of material (digitization, metadata, tagging, mark-up)
- Organization (system and platform architecture, information structure, systems of classification etc.
- Digital preservation
- Data mining and processing (creating and optimizing search engines, performing programming operations, querying data, generating results)
- Bar coding 3D (Modelling and Visualising)
- Communication and presentation (user/community interaction, interface, front-end applications, standards). Digital walkthrough
7. Museum Communication: Education and Interpretation (4 Credits)
- Concepts of education, interpretation and learning. Characteristics of learning in museums. Barriers to learning. Ethics of museum education.
- Theories of learning and their application in museum education.
- Characteristics of different types of audiences. Development and design of educational programmes for different audiences. Developing and designing educational material. Concept of extension services. Challenges of museum extension.
- Developing and designing extension programmes and material. Evaluation of learning experience.
8. Final- Dissertation/Field Report (12 Credits)
Eligibility Criteria: – Graduation in any subject