History
HIST 5241: Exhibits and Museums
Lecture - 4 credits
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- Considers the history of museums and exhibitions from a transnational perspective in order to examine the various roles museums have played in historical and contemporary global culture.
- Explores museums as cultural institutions and institutional cultures through historical and theoretical readings, museum visits, and the development of students' own exhibitions.
- Currently among the world's most popular sites of education and leisure, museums have held a wide range of social, political, and cultural roles over the past 500 years.
- Offers students an opportunity to develop more acute insight into the ways museums and their exhibitions have made and reflected ideas about history, science, art, identity, and culture.
Considers the history of museums and exhibitions from a transnational perspective in order to examine the various roles museums have played in historical and contemporary global culture. Show more.