MUSE 6110: Technologies and Museum Management

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA in Art & Design.
This course introduces students to the role of technologies in museums, with emphasis on collection management, and the emerging worlds of online collections and virtual museums. Attention and practical experience are given in the fields of collections management software, database creation and a component of this course will take the form of hands-on collection care to be completed during class time. Other issues to be explored include emerging technologies and their relevance to museums, such as 3D scanning, photogrammetry, 3D printing, and the development of interactive exhibitions that employ virtual reality technologies.