Develop the knowledge, practical skills and professional experience to work in museums, galleries and cultural organisations.
MA Art Gallery and Museum Studies combines critical approaches to museum theory with hands-on professional practice. You’ll examine diverse issues related to museum theory and practice, visit numerous museums, galleries and cultural organisations, and discuss ideas and issues with professionals and academics in the field.
Designed for those considering a career in the sector, as well as professionals looking to develop their expertise, the course explores contemporary museum practice, engaging with the key challenges and opportunities museums and galleries today.
You will explore areas including collections care, exhibition development, audience learning and engagement and museum practice while gaining insight into emerging critical approaches and developments across the sector.
Manchester offers an outstanding environment for museum and gallery studies. Through the Institute for Cultural Practices, you will benefit from strong partnerships with museums, galleries and cultural organisations.
You can undertake a placement involving 20 days of project work within a museum, gallery or cultural organisation. Past placements have been at the Manchester Museum, The Whitworth, Tate Liverpool, Manchester Art Gallery, Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester International Festival, The Royal Exchange Theatre and Chorlton Arts Festival, to name a few.
In addition, field trips take place to cultural organisations in Manchester, the wider north-west of England and beyond. Regular trips include Liverpool, London, Oxford and Leeds, and there is also an international trip to Amsterdam or Berlin.
Work placement
You can undertake a work placement in a museum or gallery, which involves a minimum of 20 days' work on a specific project, such as exhibition development, collections management or an education programme.
Many students carry on working in their museum when the work placement has finished, and each year a few students are offered jobs by their placement hosts. Work placements start in Semester 1 (November/December) and finish in Semester 2 (June).
Student projects
You will also have opportunities to design and participate in live projects with cultural organisations.
A long-running course
This course is one of the longest established master's courses in museum studies in the country, having been taught at Manchester for over 50 years.
University museums
You'll have opportunities to get trained by experienced museum staff at Manchester Museum and The Whitworth in different aspects of cultural professional practice including conservation, collections management and events management.
Cultural Manchester
Manchester is increasingly becoming one of the UK's most important cultural hotspots. Now positioned as the engine room for the Northern Powerhouse, the city is benefiting from massive investment in its cultural infrastructure such as MediaCityUK, the award-winning Whitworth and HOME.
We normally expect students to have a First or Upper Second class honours degree or its overseas equivalent in a humanities-based subject area.
| QS 综合 | 院校 | 学制 | 学费 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 第 77 位 | 利兹大学University of Leeds | 1年 | 28300英镑/年 |