美术馆和博物馆研究旨在为您提供对策展、博物馆学和博物馆管理问题的批判性理解。

本硕士课程探讨历史学家和文化理论家对物质文化的表现和解释方式，博物馆实践背后的方法和展示和解释的方法，并将理论和实践进行对话。

通过本课程，您将发展对美术馆和博物馆历史的批判性理解，并探索和挑战塑造博物馆实践的关键思想。你还将运用这些历史和理论的理解来开发创新的策展、诠释和吸引观众的方法。

在博物馆、画廊和遗产批判性研究中心的支持下，您将获得在博物馆和美术馆行业成功职业生涯所需的知识和技能。

您将在这个多元而充满活力的地区的文化中心学习。利兹是众多世界领先和创新的艺术和遗产组织的所在地，从皇家军械库博物馆、北方歌剧院、利兹剧院和北方芭蕾舞团，到博物馆、画廊、遗产遗址和许多当代艺术空间。

我们也接近约克郡其他地方提供的一切，从Hepworth Wakefield到国家科学和媒体博物馆，约克郡雕塑公园和Brontë牧师博物馆。我们与许多文化机构有密切的联系，以支持您的实践学习。

你将成为博物馆、画廊和遗产批判性研究中心的一员，并享受从社交活动和校友联系到会议、研讨会和阅读小组的机会。

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Advanced Research Skills 1 5 credits

Advanced Research Skills 2 5 credits

Interpretations 15 credits

Critical Issues 15 credits

History and the Museum: Representation, Narrative and Memory 30 credits

Dissertation 50 credits

Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)

Jewish Museums and the Display of Cultural Difference 30 credits

Unfinished Business: Trauma, Cultural Memory and the Holocaust 30 credits

Intersecting Practices: Questioning the Intersection of Contemporary Art and Heritage 30 credits

Adventures in the Archive 30 credits

Art & Money: the modern and contemporary art markets 30 credits

Anthropology, Art and Representation 30 credits

Placements in Context: Policy, Organizations and Practice 30 credits

Creative Inquiry, Communication and Learning 30 credits

Audience Engagement and Impact 30 credits

Entry requirements：

A bachelor degree with a 2:1 (hons) in a relevant subject. Previous academic work should indicate an ability to develop critical thinking around the sector.

Professional experience will also be considered.

Experience of volunteering or working in a relevant field, such as museums, galleries, auction houses and/or heritage organisations, is required. We do not require a specific length of time to have spent in work experience though you must be able to critically reflect on your experience in your personal statement and at interview.

Please contact the School if you would like to check your experience against our entry requirements.

IELTS：  6.5 overall, with no less than 6.0 in all components

Documents and information you need

Your degree certificate and transcripts, or a partial transcript if you’re still studying.

A recent CV.

Evidence of your English language qualifications if English is not your first subject.

A personal statement. Please directly respond to the four questions listed below. To help structure your personal statement, copy and paste the four questions and answer each one in turn.

Please explain your reasons for applying to this particular MA programme in Art Gallery & Museum Studies

How has your academic experience to date prepared you to embark on postgraduate level study in art gallery & museum studies?

Reflect on any practical or conceptual connections you have already made to the museum, gallery and heritage sector, both through your studies and wider experience

What are your specific career aspirations for the future, on completing postgraduate studies – is there an aspect of the museum/gallery/heritage sector that particularly motivates and attracts you?

Application deadlines：

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通过理论与实践的结合，本课程培养出能够在博物馆和遗产部门发展职业生涯的毕业生，同时对自己的实践和工作机构保持批判性和反思性的眼光。

它将使你对美术馆和博物馆研究的问题和方法有一个很好的理解，以及实际的工作经验，这对雇主来说是非常宝贵的。你还将发展在沟通、研究和分析以及文化意识方面的高级技能。

我们的毕业生在地方政府博物馆担任收藏主管、策展人和教育工作人员，为国家遗产组织(如国家信托、慈善信托、艺术营销和公共关系)工作。

相当多的学生选择回到学院完成研究学位，并获得奖学金，以从事他们的研究课题，包括艺术和人文研究理事会(AHRC)奖学金。以前的研究生现在在英国、加拿大和美国从事学术工作。

国家遗产训练组提供关于博物馆、遗产和保护职业的进一步信息。