[artinfo] MA in Expanded Museum Studies

[Art & Education]

University of Applied Arts Vienna

MA in Expanded Museum Studies

Entrance examination: November 25, 2021-February 22, 2022

The newly established Expanded Museum Studies MA programme at the 
University of Applied Arts in Vienna offers a field of study and 
research towards redirecting the notion of the museum and its 
practices. In searching for the museum's potential developments and 
alternative sustainable concepts, one leading question is: What will 
the museum of the future look like?

Since its creation, the museum has been in a state of continuous 
change and, thereby, not free of contradictions. As a preserving, 
researching, and educational institution, the museum is also a place 
of encounter and entertainment within the context of an ever-evolving 
society.

Expanded Museum Studies critically addresses these challenges in 
theory, discourse, and practice on the basis of interdisciplinary and 
cross-disciplinary practical approaches that reflect, amongst others, 
museology, art, and cultural studies, conservation, and 
methodological developments. Key interrogations include: Is the 
institutional model of the museum as Occidental blueprint established 
in the 19th century still legitimate? What kinds of changes are 
necessary to ensure the relevance, credibility, acceptance, and 
function of the museum in the face of diversity, the global, 
decolonization, accessibility, digitalization, and sustainability? 
How is it possible to do justice to the contents of a museum and 
combine this in a way that is compatible with the demands of various 
audiences, the institution itself, and its staff?

For more information about Expanded Museum Studies, a link to the 
curriculum and application procedures for winter semester 2022/23 
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