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Effective Training for Signature Museum Staff Signature Museums Signature Architects: Planning and Running a Successful Signature Museum Signature Museums Signature Architects: Planning and Running a Successful Signature Museum ClickNetherfield Conference 2013 26 th February 2013 Museum of Islamic Art, Doha Dr Karen Exell Lecturer, Museum Studies & Coordinator, MA in Museum and Gallery Practice UCL Qatar [email protected]

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Effective Training for Signature Museum Staff

Signature Museums – Signature Architects: Planning and Running a Successful Signature MuseumSignature Museums – Signature Architects: Planning and Running a Successful Signature Museum

ClickNetherfield Conference 2013

26th February 2013

Museum of Islamic Art, Doha

Dr Karen ExellLecturer, Museum Studies & Coordinator, MA in Museum and Gallery PracticeUCL [email protected]

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Why UCL Qatar now?

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Museums in Qatar:Challenges and Opportunities

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VCUQ Photo Gallary Archives

http://qatarcultureclub.blogspot.com/2011/01/qatar-unified-imaging-project-quip-maps_26.html

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• Lack of cultural awareness ofmuseums -> lack of awareness ofwork that museums do/roles inmuseums

• The primary role of the museums isto present Qatar to the world usingthe international ‘language ofthe international ‘language ofmuseums’

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• The museums in Qatar must also evolve anddevelop to represent Qatar to itself

• This requires a deep cultural understanding ofboth Qatar’s heritage and how museumswork, to develop a ‘Qatar museum paradigm’

• Training is essential to understanding of thelimits and potential of the museum, bothlimits and potential of the museum, bothpractically and conceptually

• UCL Qatar is not just UCL; it is UCL Qatar –regionally aware and regionally focussed

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What does UCL Qatar do?

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Lisa Usman

Short courses

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/qatar/short-courses

Lisa UsmanShort Course Programme [email protected]

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MA in Archaeology of theArab and Islamic World(2 years)

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MSc in Conservation(2 years)

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MA in Museum and Gallery Practice (1 year)

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MA in Museum and Gallery Practice: practical

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MA in Museum and Gallery Practice: professional

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MA in Museum and Gallery Practice: regional

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MA in Museum and Gallery Practice:what do we teach?

Practical skills through:o Technical Skills for Cultural Heritageo Collections Care and Managemento PlacementTheoretical background through:o Principles in Museum and Gallery PracticeTheory and practice through:o Managing Museums and Cultural

HeritageHeritage InterpretationHeritage

o Heritage InterpretationResearch skills through:o Methods for Heritage Research (new)o DissertationSpecialisations in:o Education, Outreach and Community

Engagemento Digital Heritageo Object-Based Learningo Contemporary Art Curation (new)

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MA in Museum and Gallery Practice:approach

• Critical thinking and criticalengagement, under-pinned by theory

• Seminar-style teaching, discussion-focussed, student-led andinterdisciplinary

• Aim: reflexive practice with a regional• Aim: reflexive practice with a regionalfocus

The MA in Museum and Gallery Practice isinformed by the expertise of UCL inLondon but shaped by the needs ofQatar and the region.

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Interdisciplinary training

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Holistic exhibitiondevelopment

• MIA exhibition•Roles and remit•Communication•Team-working•Professional expertise•Professional relationships

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UCL Qatar and its role in effective training for signaturemuseum staff

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• The museum is not (just)the building

• The museum is the peoplewho work there

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Qatar will achieve its vision through embedding training at theheart of its cultural development

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Effective Training for Signature Museum Staff

Signature Museums – Signature Architects: Planning and Running a Successful Signature Museum

ClickNetherfield Conference 2013

26th February 2013

Museum of Islamic Art, Doha

Dr Karen ExellLecturer, Museum Studies & Coordinator, MA in Museum and Gallery PracticeUCL [email protected]