Museum Studies and Heritage

6 ECTS / Semester / Portuguese
Objectives: 
Provide students with basic knowledge about heritage and museology and relate them to the cultural tourism sector:
  • Distinguish the different heritage contexts;
  • Know the terminology of museum subjects;
  • Understand the history of museology and tourism in the Western world depending on the cultural, social, economic and political context of each period;
  • Relate the cultural function of the museum with the interpretation and mediation of collections with the publics;
  • Understand the ethical values related to heritage and museums;
  • Acquire research skills and critical ability to update knowledge.

Skills:
  • Develop cultural programs integrating heritage sites, museums and museological spaces;
  • Request and propose communication strategies in heritage sites, museums and museological spaces;
  • Adapt operating models of heritage sites, museums and museological spaces to tourist practices.

Faculty

Holder of a Doctoral Degree in History from the Lusíada University with a thesis entitled "Musealização do sagrado: Práticas museológicas em torno de objectos do…