Learning outcomes

To provide students with a general picture of the different angles of museology.

Teaching language

Finnish

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Numeric 1-5.
Evaluation by book exam.

Study materials

Vilkuna, Janne (toim.), Näkökulmia museoihin ja museologiaan. Ethnos-toimite 10. Ethnos 2000. Museon muisti. Taidehistoriallisia tutkimuksia 31. Taidehistorian seura 2005, p. 13-40, 99-136. A book on museology theories, publisehd by the Finnish Museums Association in autumn 2007. Alternatively a collection of articles (available at the library). In addition, students select one of the following: Aurasmaa, Anne, Salomonin talo. Museon idea renessanssiajattelun valossa. Helsingin yliopisto 2002 (available online). Kava, Ritva, Emil Cedercreutz – Satakunnan eurooppalainen. Kuvanveistäjä kotiseutu- ja museomiehenä. Historiallisia tutkimuksia 180. SHS 1993. Rönkkö, Marja-Liisa, Louvren ja Louisianan perilliset. Suomalainen taidemuseo. Valtion taidemuseo 1999. Sjöberg-Pietarinen, Solveig, Museer ger mening. Friluftsmuseerna Klosterbacken och Amuri som representationer. Åbo Akademi 2004. In addition, students select one of the following: Pearce, Susan, Museums, Objects and Collections: a cultural study. Leicester University Press 1992. Hooper-Greenhill (edit.), Museum, Media, Message. Routledge 1995. Sola, Tomislav, Essays on museums and their theory: towards the cybernetic museum. Finnish Museums Association, 1997. Peter van Mench, Towards a Methodology of Museology. 1998 (available online).

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