Museum and Gallery Practices, Minor
The Museum and Gallery Practices minor is a unique, integrated and cross-departmental minor that allows students to become familiar with a range of professional activities within the museum and gallery fields. Students will acquire a general understanding of various areas of practices and can also tailor their selection of courses to concentrate on more specific areas of interest such as curation, museum education, or exhibition design.
Participating departments: Architecture, Fashion, Film and Video, Fine Arts, History of Art and Design, Humanities and Media Studies, Interior Design, Photography, and Social Science and Critical Studies.
Minor Coordinator
Aileen Wilson
awilson2@pratt.edu
718.636.3637
Associate Provost for Interdisciplinary and Integrative Learning
Founding Director, The Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
Curator, Individualized Learning
Amir Parsa
aparsa@pratt.edu
718.687.5859
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Museum Education | ||
| Choose one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Contemporary Museum Education | ||
| Innovation & Museum Education | ||
| Curation and Installation | ||
| Choose one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Artist as Curator | ||
| Professional Practices | ||
| Photography: Curatorial Practices (Prerequisite: PHOT-105 or PHOT-210) | ||
| Special Projects | ||
| Multimedia Installation | ||
| Museum Theory and History | ||
| Choose one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Curating Culture: A History of Museums Collecting, and Display | ||
| Museology Expositions, 1851-2015 | ||
| Contemporary Perspectives | ||
| Choose two courses from the following: | 6 | |
| Contemporary Museum Education | ||
| Innovation & Museum Education | ||
| Museums Seen: Curating Culture in NYC | ||
| Philosophy and Critical Theory Theory | ||
| Topics in Gender Studies: Feminist Film and Film Theory Thought, Politics, and Creativity | ||
| Leisure in the Empire City: Modernity And the Interior Architecture of Entertainment | ||
| Architectural Creativity | ||
| Critical Thinking:The Evolution of Form | ||
| Curating Culture: A History of Museums Collecting, and Display | ||
| Museology Expositions, 1851-2015 | ||
| Artist as Curator | ||
| Professional Practices | ||
| Photography: Curatorial Practices | ||
| Special Projects | ||
| Multimedia Installation | ||
| Art Since the Sixties | ||
ADE-423P | ||
| Total Credits | 15 | |
Please note: At least two courses must be at the 300-level or above. No more than two courses can be in the same department.
When students complete the minor they have:
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Acquired knowledge of the history and theory of museums, the evolution of the museum and gallery type Institutions in various times periods and in different cultural contexts and geographical regions
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Acquired knowledge of the curatorial and educational missions of museums
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Engaged in practical application of projects relating to curatonal, educational or emerging practices;
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Acquired knowledge of issues related to exhibition design, installation, architecture and spatial considerations in museum/gallery design and practices and their relationship to the educational mission of museums, and to curatorial practices;
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Acquired a basic knowledge of corollary practices in galleries and museums such as development, management. libraries and archives, collection and conservation etc;
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Directed their skill-sets toward specific practice in a particular dimension of museums or galleries through collaborative (and/or) individual projects.
Participating departments: Architecture, Fashion, Film and Video, Fine Arts, History of Art and Design, Humanities and Media Studies, Interior Design, Photography, and Social Science and Critical Studies.