CERTIFICATE COURSE ON MUSEUM STUDIES BATCH II

Online Certificate Course on Museum Studies is 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 is being offered to the people interested to work in the field of museums and heritage. It is an immersive, online programme providing people with the knowledge and professional skills required to run future museums, cultural centres, and archives. This course is 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).

Training Outcomes            
After completing this training course, participants will be 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 will 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: 10th November, 2021
                                     Course starts: 13th November, 2021
                                     Course Ends: 13th February, 2022
Class Time - 11:00 – 13:00 Hrs (IST)
Course Fees - Rs. 3,000 (Non-Refundable)- to be paid at the time of admission



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. 

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