MUSE 6120: Art Museum and Curation in Contemporary Context

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA in Art & Design.
This course is a critical examination of the art museum from early collecting practices to the development of the modern museum in the 19th and 20th centuries and its changing roles in the present. How art museums categorize, create, and propagate art histories through the collection, preservation and exhibition of artworks is a central focus. The changing role of curators in art museum contexts is also of concern.