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Museology

Museology (also called museum studies) is the study of how to organize and manage museum

Museum

A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the tangible and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment, for the purposes of education, study, and entertainment", as defined by the International Coun...
s and museum collections

Collection (museum)

A museum is distinguished by a collection of often unique objects that forms the core of its activities for wikt:exhibitions, education, research, etc....
. More generally, museum studies is a term used to denote academic programs, generally graduate programs, in the management, administration, or theory of museums.

Following is a list of academic institutions offering degrees in museology:

In the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, the University of Leicester

University of Leicester

The University of Leicester is a research led university based in Leicester, England, with approximately 20,000 registered students - about 13,000 of them full-time students and 7,000 part-time and/or distance learning....
, Bournemouth University

Bournemouth University

Bournemouth University is a university in and around the large south coast town of Bournemouth, UK . It has several well respected departments including The School of Health and Social Care, The School of Services Management, The Business School, School of Design, Engineering & Computing and the Media School, recognised as the only Centre fo...
, the University of Manchester

University of Manchester

The University of Manchester is a "red brick university" civic university located in Manchester, England. It is a member of the Russell Group of large research-intensive universities and the N8 Group for research collaboration....
, Newcastle University and University College London

University College London

University College London is a university institution and constituent college of the University of London based primarily in London, England, United Kingdom....
(UCL) offer Museum Studies courses.

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Museology (also called museum studies) is the study of how to organize and manage museum

Museum

Collection (museum)

United Kingdom

University of Leicester

Bournemouth University

University of Manchester

University College London

Seton Hall University

Seton Hall University is a Private university Roman Catholic university in South Orange, New Jersey. Founded in 1856 by Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley, Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan university in the United States....
, the University of Washington

University of Washington

University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, Washington, United States. Also known as Washington and locally as UW or the U, it is the largest university in the northwestern United States and the oldest public university on the west coast....
, the Cooperstown Graduate Program, (SUNY Oneonta), Winterthur (University of Delaware

University of Delaware

The University of Delaware is the largest university in the U.S. state of Delaware. The main campus is located in Newark, Delaware, with satellite campuses in Dover, Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware, Lewes, Delaware and Georgetown, Delaware....
), George Washington University

George Washington University

The George Washington University is a Private university, Mixed-sex education university located in Washington, D.C. The school was chartered on February 9, 1821 as The Columbian College in the District of Columbia by an Act of Congress and since that time has developed into a nonsectarian research institution....
, San Francisco State University

San Francisco State University

San Francisco State University is a public university, nonsectarian, coeducational university located in San Francisco, California. The university is situated in the southwest corner of San Francisco, bordering Lake Merced and Stonestown Galleria, at the corner of 19th Avenue and Holloway Avenues....
, Tufts University

Tufts University

Tufts University is a private research university in Medford, Massachusetts/Somerville, Massachusetts, near Boston, Massachusetts, United States....
, John F. Kennedy University

John F. Kennedy University

John F. Kennedy University is a private university located in Pleasant Hill, California, California, with satellite campuses in Campbell, California and Berkeley, California in the San Francisco Bay Area, and a satellite opening in the Santa Cruz/Central Coast area for Fall 2008 offering an MA in Counseling Psychology....
, , Iceland and in Canada, the Applied Museum Studies program at Algonquin College.

A variety of careers exist within the discipline of museum studies, including Museum director, curator

Curator

Curator , means manager, Wiktionary:overseer.Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a culture heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's Collection s and, together with a publications specialist, their associated collections catalogs....
, educator, docent

Docent

In American English , the word docent has two meanings: firstly, a professor or university lecturer; and secondly, the corps of volunteer guides who staff museums and other educational institutions....
, graphic designer, exhibit designer

Exhibition designer

An Exhibition Designer is a professional who creates furnishings, fixtures and display stands for events such as large public exhibitions, conferences, trade shows and temporary displays for business, museums, libraries and galleries....
, archivist

Archivist

An archivist is a professional who assesses, collects, organizes, preserves, maintains control over, and provides access to information determined to have long-term value....
and conservation specialist

Art conservation and restoration

Conservation-restoration, also referred to as Conservation, is a profession devoted to the preservation of cultural heritage for the future. Conservation activities include examination, documentation, treatment, and preventive care....
.

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[https://www.museum.washington.edu/museum/ University of Washington, Museology Graduate Program] Seattle, Washington, USA
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University of Manchester
University of Manchester

The University of Manchester is a "red brick university" civic university located in Manchester, England. It is a member of the Russell Group of large research-intensive universities and the N8 Group for research collaboration....
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, New York University
New York University

New York University is a private university, nonsectarian, research university in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan....
, USA
,Bournemouth University
Bournemouth University

Bournemouth University is a university in and around the large south coast town of Bournemouth, UK . It has several well respected departments including The School of Health and Social Care, The School of Services Management, The Business School, School of Design, Engineering & Computing and the Media School, recognised as the only Centre fo...
, England
, University of Iceland, Iceland
University College of London