Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies (CHMS)

Curriculum Overview 

The track proposes courses in Archaeology, Art History, Visual Studies, History of Philosophy, History, European and International Legislation on Cultural Heritage and Landscape, Organization and Management of Cultural Heritage and Creative Industries, Technologies applied to the valorization of Cultural Heritage, public engagement, cataloguing methods, museum management, museum visitors, provenance studies. Both research- and practice-oriented courses constitute the program, which aims at training both qualified professionals operating in the concrete field of cultural management and academics. It promotes research by exposing the students to different research approaches and methodologies, through case studies belonging to research fields such as Art History, Classical Archaeology, Museology, History, Visual Studies, Museum Studies, Legislation and Institutional Regulation, Organization and Management of Cultural Heritage, Institutions and Creative Industries. PhD research will be developed in strong connection with the members of relevant Italian museums and cultural institutions and other museum professionals involved in Lynx Research Unit projects.