Academic Catalog

CONS505 MUSEUMS AND HERITAGE PLACES

Course Code:	8560505
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):	3(3-0)
ECTS Credit:	8.0
Department:	Graduate Program In Conservation Of Cultural Heritage
Language of Instruction:	English
Level of Study:	Graduate
Course Coordinator:	Assoc.Prof.Dr. PINAR AYKAÇ LEIDHOLM
Offered Semester:	Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Conceptual and contextual relationship between museums and heritage places; theoretical approaches, practical methods, and scholarly debates about museums and heritage places; historical trajectory of museums and heritage places; presenting historic buildings as museums; adaptive-reuse of historic buildings as museums; historic museums as heritage places; historic house museums; museumification of contested heritage places; open-air museums; intangible heritage; museums in historic cities; museums as urban regenerators; culture-led urban regeneration; museum quarters/clusters; cultural quarters, theme parks; disneyfication; musealisation