Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
MUSEOLOGY USAN329 5. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 6.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Tolga BOZKURT
Assistants
Goals To define the museum and the museum applications as a research and an educational institute according to the contemporary norms; to describe the roles of the art historians as museum specialists and researchers.
Course Content Emphasizing with the today and the past of the Turkish Museology, contemporary exhibition and creative practices and museum architecture; the functions of museums at the point of to gain the collective consciousness of conservation of cultural assets will be examined and the museum visits will be planned.
Learning Outcomes 1) Has information about the Ottoman and the Republican museology.
2) Knows the leading world museums.
3) Learns the exhibition and arrangement methods.
4) Has information about the museum education.
5) Has idea on the directing factors of museum architecture and the arrangements of hall and showcases.
6) Theoretically learns the museum management.
7) Gains experience of movable and immovable cultural properties.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Describing the museum, the history of museum and its functions. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
2. Week The History of Turkish Museology. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
3. Week The world museums: Museum Insel (Pergamon), British Museum, Louvre Museum. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
4. Week The world museums: Hermitage and New-York Metropolitan (MET). Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
5. Week The Museum Architecture, exhibition, lighting, air and moisture, the new trends and developments. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Education Excursion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
6. Week Museums and education. Exhibition, courses, conferences, slide shows, documentary films, media and museum lectures. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Education Excursion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
7. Week Programming the museum educational practices. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
8. Week The library, the laboratory and the ateliers. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
9. Week Midterm exam. Question Answer

 Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
10. Week Museum management. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
11. Week The inventory and registry works of the movable cultural assets and art objects. Lecture; Question Answer; Case Study
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
12. Week The inventory and preservation works of the immovable cultural properties. Lecture; Question Answer; Case Study
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
13. Week Writing research reports and the museum correspondence. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
14. Week Final exam. Question Answer

 Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
ARIK, R.O., Türk Müzeciliğine Bir Bakış, İstanbul, 1953.
ATASOY, S., Müzecilikten Yansımalar, İstanbul, 1999.
CEZAR, M., Sanatta Batıya Açılış ve Osman Hamdi Bey, İstanbul, 1972.
ÇAL, H., "Osmanlıdan Günümüze Türkiye'de Müzeler, TALİD, 7/14, 2009, 315-333.
KARPUZ, H., Müzecilik (Ders Notları), Konya, 1997.
Museum Insel, British Museum ve Metropolitan Museum of Art koleksiyon katalogları ve Tolga Bozkurt fotoğraf arşivi.
MUŞMAL, H., "Anadolu'nun İlk Eski Eser Müzesi (Arkeoloji): Konya Asar-ı Atika Müzesi'nin Kuruluşu", Tarihin Peşinde, 2009, Sayı:1, s.121-142.
YÜCEL, E., Türkiye'de Müzecilik, İstanbul, 1999.

ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 2
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 8
Midterm Exam 1 8
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 10
Final Exam 1 8
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 12
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
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