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• Contemporary Museum Contexts

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mu7012

  Module code: MU7012 In this module, you'll sketch out the social, cultural and historical landscapes within which museums are located.

• The Mindful Museum

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/mindful-museum

  This session focused on the ideas of the Mindful Museum: a museum that purposefully responds to events in the outside world, above and beyond internal concerns.

• The cultural value of engaging with museums and galleries

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/engaging-with-museums-1

  A critical review of the existing body of research in the UK about the value of visiting museums and galleries.

• Making Meaning in Art Museums 1

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/making-meaning-1

  Making Meaning in Art Museums 1 explores the ways in which visitors to Wolverhampton Art Gallery talked about their experiences.

• Museums and an ageing population

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/museums-and-ageing-population

  This session explored how museums can meet the needs of older people, putting older people’s rights at the centre of Museum practice.

• Managing Resources in the Museum

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mu7506

  Module code: MU7506 Module Outline Museums are made up of a number of resources. These include people, infrastructures and collections and associated information. This module explores how these resources are acquired – and how and why they are maintained and developed.

• Leicester City Museums collection

  https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/all/leicester-city-museums

  The Leicester City Museums collection is made up of interviews with Leicester musuem staff in regards to their experiences of working within the range of museums found in Leicester. Learn more about the collection.

• Inspiration, identity, learning: the value of museums

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/inspiration-identity-learning-1

  This research gives both a perspective of the national impact of museum education and a view of the extent to which this may be seen as contributing social value.

• Funding

  https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/research-degrees/funding

  Learn about funding opportunities for students interested in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester.

• Expert opinions cover museums Donald Trump driverless cars nuclear weapons Brexit craftivism and managers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/expert-opinions-cover-museums-donald-trump-driverless-cars-nuclear-weapons-and-brexit

  Robin Clarke from the School of Museum Studies has discussed how museums can respond to the rise of the far-right in Europe.