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Art History and Museum Curating at University of Sussex - UCAS

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2023 - 20242024 - 2025
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Course summary

Gain the skills to join the exciting world of museums, galleries and the cultural heritage sector. You’ll work with academics who have relationships with museums across the UK, and direct experience of curating exhibitions and permanent collections in the museums and galleries sector. You’ll gain invaluable museum experience working in close contact with museum staff – and in a team of curating students – to address a live issue for a specific museum. Between February and the end of June, you’ll get the opportunity to work on some of the pressing issues facing the sector today. In previous years, museums have included projects relating to:

  • disability and access
  • Black Lives Matter
  • queer heritage and erotic art
  • narratives engaging with the repatriation of museum objects.
The participating museums are:
  • Charleston
  • Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft
  • the British Museum
  • the Towner Eastbourne.
In class, you’ll explore the history, theory and politics of art institutions and build a critical framework for the practice of curating. And you’ll also visit museums in Sussex and London. This allows you to learn first-hand about institutional histories, collections, permanent galleries and temporary exhibitions. We understand that deciding where and what to study is a very important decision. We’ll make all reasonable efforts to provide you with the courses, services and facilities described in this prospectus. However, if we need to make material changes, for example due to government or regulatory requirements, or unanticipated staff changes, we’ll let you know as soon as possible.

Modules

Please check our website in January 2024 for the modules running in the academic year 2024/25.

Entry requirements

You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above. Your qualification should be in art history or another relevant humanities or social sciences subject. You may also be considered for the course if you have other professional qualifications or experience of equivalent standing.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Additional fee information

Information about our tuition fees, funding options and scholarships for UK and international students is available on our website. Find out more here: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-funding

Sponsorship information

Our goal is to ensure that every student who wants to study with us is able to regardless of financial barriers, so that we continue to attract talented and unique people. Details of our scholarships are not yet set for entry in the academic year 2024/25.

Art History and Museum Curating at University of Sussex - UCAS