Course Description: What is a good exhibit? And how does one go about creating it?
This course introduces students to the foundational practice of museum work. Students
will create exhibits from an initial brainstorm of topics of contemporary relevance, the
development of rough concepts, the selection of objects, the specific framework of
exhibition design, the concrete role of graphics, and the writing of introductory, chapter,
and object texts. The result will be a fully curated exhibit that could be presented at a
major museum.
Assessment: Students are expected to curate a viable exhibit that could be presented
at a major museum.
Learning outcomes:
1. A critical understanding of museum curation
2. Development of a vocabulary for the creation and assessment of viable
exhibits
3. Insight into the complex interplay between objects, texts, and design in
exhibits
4. Curation of an actual exhibit
Skills that will be practiced and developed:
1. Communicate ideas and arguments effectively, in an accurate, succinct, and
lucid manner in both written and oral form
2. Develop visual and textual analysis skills in the context of exhibitions
3. Work with others as part of a group in seminar or seminar discussions
- Instructor: Eleonora Charlotte Crola