MA MSc PG Dip Museum Studies

In recognition of the diverse employment needs of the culture sector, our admissions process recognises and credits a range of prior qualifications and experiences.

• Either a first class or second class degree, which can be in any subject area
• Or be able to demonstrate equivalent skills and aptitudes through the possession of a professional or vocational qualification and/or the accrual of relevant work experiences. Relevant experience can come from a wide spectrum of work or voluntary environments but clear evidence of this experience must be provided

You should be able to demonstrate a commitment to, or strong interest in, museums, galleries, or other kinds of heritage or cultural organisation.

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There are a number of possible sources of funding: loans and grants, bursaries and scholarships.

Your career development is fundamental to all aspects of our teaching and curriculum. Collaborative working with a wide range of museums, galleries and other cultural organisations is critical to the development and delivery of all of our courses.

You will benefit from a programme of study visits to museums and galleries around the UK (six to eight per year), which will help familiarise you with a variety of working environments and organisations within the museum and gallery sector. These study visits provide numerous opportunities to meet a wide range of museum and gallery professionals.

You will complete an eight-week, full-time work placement offered by one of the over 200 members of the LUMEN network of museums and galleries. Your selection of a work placement host is supported by a Work Placement Marketplace where representatives of a number of museums visit us to promote their museums.

Core modules

• Developing Professional Practice
• Contemporary Museum Contexts
• Objects and Collections: Care, Management and Curation
• Designing for Creative Lives
• Engaging Audiences
• Specialisms
• Practice

Research

If you wish to obtain an MA or MSc, you will undertake a supervised Research Project into a topic of your choice and complete a dissertation, or comparable piece of work such as a paper, a critique or a professional report. If you would like to obtain a Postgraduate Diploma you will complete all of the modules, but not the research project.

If your research project concerns a science collection or museum, or if the nature of your investigation is ‘scientific’, you can receive a Master of Science (MSc) degree instead of a Master of Arts (MA) degree.