museology
Sign in to savethumb|The Museum of Anthropology at UBC. Museology (also called museum studies or museum science) is the study of museums. It explores the history of museums and their role in society, as well as the activities they engage in, including curating, preservation, public programming, and education.
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21 sectionsContents
- Terminology
- Development of the field
- Operational museology
- Public role of museums
- Critical museology
- Overview of the field
- Development of the field
- Decolonizing and indigenizing museums
- Feminist critique and feminist curating
- New methodologies
- Vienna Method
- Museum interventions
- Artist interventions
- Activist interventions
- Internal institutional interventions
- Curatorial dreaming
- Curating workshops, courses and labs
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|The Museum of Anthropology at UBC. Museology (also called museum studies or museum science) is the study of museums. It explores the history of museums and their role in society, as well as the activities they engage in, including curating, preservation, public programming, and education.
== Terminology == The words that are used to describe the study of museums vary depending on language and geography. For example, while "museology" is becoming more prevalent in English, it is most commonly used to refer to the study of museums in French (), Spanish (), German (), Italian (), and Portuguese () – while English speakers more often use the term "museum studies" to refer to that same field of study. When referring to the day-to-day operations of museums, other European languages typically use derivatives of the Greek "" (French: , Spanish: , German: , Italian: , Portuguese: ), while English speakers typically use the term "museum practice" or "operational museology".