Course: PRESENTATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

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Course title PRESENTATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
Course code KHI/PKD
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Pátek Jakub, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Honys Vít, PhDr.
Course content
1. Cross-section through the world history of collecting, museums and galleries 2. The rulers and the nobility as art collectors and donors in Bohemia and Moravia 3. History of museums, galleries and relics of folk culture in Bohemia and Moravia 4. History of making accessible the historical monuments (castles, chateaux, Church and technical monuments) in Bohemia and Moravia 5. Museums, galleries and monuments of folk culture in the Czech Republic at present (their founders, their operation and legislature) 6. Historical monuments opened up to public (castles, chateaux, sacral and technical monuments) in the Czech Republic at present (their founders, their operation and legislature) 7. The past and the present creation of museum and gallery permanent, long- and short-term exhibitions 8. The retrospective of creating interior installations at castles and chateaux between 1945 and 2000 9. Contemporary trends in creating interior installations at castles and chateaux 10. Museum and gallery collections at present - their recording and preserving 11. Collections of movables at castles and chateaux at present - their recording and preserving 12. Meeting a castle warden alias about the everyday work in a historical monument/object 13. Field trip (to a museum, gallery or a folk culture monument) 14. Field trip to a historical monument opened to public (a castle, château, Church or technical monument)

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is to provide its graduates a concrete idea of the historical retrospective as well as the topical trends in the area of presenting cultural heritage. In the framework of the particular subjects, students are gradually informed about the developments and mainly the contemporary trends in care of historical monuments and museum exhibitions and conservation. They are introduced to the practice of installation and recording, operational customs concerning the individual types of objects, the basics of marketing, creative pedagogy etc. The education is realized via external co-operators from the ranks of the National Heritage Institute. It has a form of presentation education and, in part, in the form of presenting practical examples in the field. The subject circles, broke down to a number of lessons, are the following: Museums of folk culture, castles, chateaux, monasteries/convents, galleries, exhibition and installation practice, educational tours, promotion.
The graduates receive clear idea about the role and functioning as well as commonplace operation of the individual types of institutions and objects. They become familiar with the management structure, sources of financing and the working contents of particular professional positions in the framework of concrete types of facilities. They are able to actively participate in exhibition activities and developing new permanent collections, either as external professional co-operators or directly as employees of historical monuments/objects or galleries. They have precise idea about the possibilities of their eventual future fulfilment in some type of these institutions.
Prerequisites
1. Graduation from the subject is not conditioned by previous mastering of another discipline. 2. The students are expected to have general overview at least in the framework of secondary-school curricula in the field of history.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Students are required to actively participate in all forms of education, including the external one, and to fulfil assigned tasks.
Recommended literature


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Cultural History (A14) Category: History courses 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter