CERTIFICATE COURSE ON MUSEUM STUDIES
Online Certificate Course on Museum Studies was being offered by Kolkata
Centre for Creativity Centre for Studies in Museology in collaboration
with the University of Jammu. It is for the first time in India that
such a course was being offered to the people interested to work in the
field of museums and heritage. It was an immersive, online programme
providing people with the knowledge and professional skills required to
run future museums, cultural centres, and archives. This course was aimed
at training both freshers and in-service candidates for their work in
various museums, cultural centres, and archives and building the key
areas of museum theory and practice providing persons with knowledge,
understanding and skills in areas such as documentation of cultural
objects, exhibition, conservation of the cultural property, museum
management as well as education and community involvement. This
skill-based course aims to enhance the ability of the participants to
organize and implement planning projects as well as the stimulation,
dissemination and/or rehabilitation of cultural heritage and museums.
The Online Certificate Course on Museum Studies has been attended by two
batches between 2021-2022. The batches consisted of several students
including reputable personalities from various disciplines and with
several years of professional experience like Anuradha Subramanian,
Senior Manager, Nudge Institute (Batch II); Shubhi Malik, Head, Culture,
Media and Partnership, Alliance Francaise du Bengale (Batch I); Shukti
Singh Roy, Founder, Orikiad (Batch I); Reena Dewan, Director, Kolkata
Centre for Creativity (Batch II); Sidartha Bora, Founder and CEO,
Firstlab (Batch I); Rituparna Roy, Initiator, Kolkata Partition Museum
Project (Batch II), Alka Pande, Art Advisor and Curator (Batch II) and
Priya Madhavan, Curator, State Museum, Delhi (Batch II).
1.Training Outcomes
After completed this training course, participants are able to:
a)Identify properly both Cultural and Natural Heritage objects
b)Know the acquisition methods for proper collection of objects for cultural centres
c)Document Tangible, Intangible and Natural Heritage objects
d)Apply preventive and curative conservation methods to protect heritage objects
e)Prepare Exhibition plan to display heritage objects using technology and latest innovative tools
f)Making museums more appropriate and effective through this training
g)Learn how to make museum and cultural centre as a destination of cultural tourism
h)Learn how to make museums and other cultural organisation as resource centre for local communities
i)Selected candidate was get opportunity for internship at the centre
Duration - Three months
Mode of Class - Online
Eligibility - Graduation/ Post Graduation in any discipline
Number of seats - 50 (first come first basis)
Important Dates - Last Application Submit: 26th April,2021
Course starts:2nd May
Course Ends: 31st July
Class Time - 12:00 – 14:00 Hrs (IST)
Evaluation System The system of evaluation has a multi-tier system of evaluation.
a)Internal assessment- 50 marks.
b)Online term-end examinations- 50 marks.
Programme Structure- The programme has theory and Practical Project as components. The salient features of course are as follows:
●Two online classes per week
●Class duration 2.00 hrs.
To more details please call us at +919674140905
Or email us at : directorcsmju@gmail.com
kcc@akst.org.in
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