Master in Heritage, Museums and Galleries

For Master in Heritage, Museums and Galleries, tuition comes to 33,286 USD per year.

Our flexible research programme focuses on our key research themes. These are: cultural politics and policy; identity, community and place; and representation and media. The Heritage, Museums and Galleries MLitt is a research-based programme with some taught elements. The taught research methods part of the programme provides structured learning. This is ideal if you're unfamiliar with academic research or have been away from academia for a long time. The flexible nature of the assignments makes this programme particularly suitable for sector professionals. It will suit those interested in advancing their career and knowledge through research. The assignments offer the opportunity for you to explore a variety of smaller topics or carry out in-depth research on a single topic. This research master's in Heritage, Museum and Galleries will also suit those who want to progress to doctoral study. The programme is in Media, Culture, Heritage (MCH), within the School of Arts and Cultures. This is a leading academic centre for research and teaching in museum, gallery, and heritage studies. MCH has a thriving, high-profile interdisciplinary research community of: - postgraduate research students - experienced academic researchers who are key figures in their fields Our research students pursue a variety of topics related to museum, gallery and heritage studies. Our academic supervisors have significant experience in interdisciplinary research and professional practice. Our key research themes are: Cultural politics and policy - factors that determine how cultural policy is constructed: institutionally, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally - how management strategies affect heritage resources - the impact of large-scale constitutional change upon cultural policy - intended and unintended consequences of implementing international - conventions, charters and instruments - contribution of research to cultural policy construction - the intersection of political movements and agendas with heritage - definitions and attributed values of heritage Identity, community and place - construction and representation of identities, places and communities through heritage - how heritage is used by and for communities - relationships between local, regional, national and international notions of place and identities, communities and heritages - principles of community museology and ecomuseology practice in different contexts - relationships between heritage tourism and identities, communities and places - identities produced through the consumption of heritage - relationship between identity construction and wellbeing Media and representation - how media works in heritage organisations and how organisations work as media - factors shaping the production, morphology and consumption of media and media representations in heritage organisations - representations made possible through institutional technologies specific to heritage organisations and how we analyse them to understand culture, society and knowledge - study and design of digital heritage applications and digital cultural engagement We have an emphasis on empirical research and its grounding on professional practice in the UK and abroad. As a result, our research alumni have been successful in securing worldwide careers in: - academia - other governmental organisations - the cultural and creative industry sectors Find out more about: - research in media, culture and heritage - our staff specialisms How to apply