Module overview
This module examines the past, present and future of museum and heritage communication. It will explore the ever-changing purposes and practices espoused by museums, with a primary focus on the UK. The sessions will look at the development of heritage communication, public engagement with the past, and the debates around authority, protection and control. This context will provide the background to discussion of more detailed case studies, including fieldtrips as well as practical activities linked to the construction of exhibition schemes. The frameworks that underpin the construction of such interpretive schemes will be examined, as well as the shifting political, social and economic contexts that drive the delivery of heritage interpretation. Note, this module cannot be taken by students who have completed ARCH3017: Presenting the Past, and vice versa.