MUKS10 History of Czech Museums II.

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Otakar Kirsch, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Jiří Macháček, Ph.D.
Division of Museology – Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Tomáš Jirák
Supplier department: Division of Museology – Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 23. 2. 9:10–12:25 K32, Thu 16. 3. 9:10–12:25 K32, Thu 6. 4. 9:10–12:25 K32, Thu 18. 5. 9:10–12:25 K32
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to understand important trends in development of museums and museology in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia and will be capable to put them into contemporary cultural, political and intellectual context. Students will evaluate the importance of museum institutions, their collections and individual museum workers in the history of this field. They will be capable to describe the contribution of historical Czech Lands to the evolution of museological thinking in the world.
Syllabus
  • The situation of museums during the First Republic era. The Union of Czechoslovak Museums. Development of regional and specialized museums in 1918-1938. Land Museums during the Interwar Years. Sudeten German Museums in Czechoslovakia and the Greater German Reich. Czech museums at the time of the German Occupation. War events and their impact on Czechoslovak museums. The onset of communism and its impact on Czechoslovak museums (1948-1953). The period of "consolidation", the establishment of the Cabinet of Museum and Regional Studies, and the publishing of a Museum Law. Czechoslovak Museums in the 1960s. Normalization period. Development of Czech museums from 1989 to present day - basic trends.
Literature
  • Špét, Jiří. Přehled vývoje českého muzejnictví (do roku 1945). 2. vyd. Brno : Masarykova univerzita, 2004.
  • Špét, Jiří: Muzea ve vývoji společnosti a národní kultury. Praha b.d.
  • SKLENÁŘ, Karel. Obraz vlasti : příběh Národního muzea. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Paseka, 2001, 419 s. ISBN 8071853992. info
  • NEKUDA, Vladimír. 150 let Moravského musea v Brně : stručný přehled historického vývoje. V Brně: Moravské museum, 1969. info
  • 150 let Národního muzea v Praze. Praha 1968
  • SKLENÁŘ, Karel. Společnost národního muzea v dějinách i v současnosti. 1 vyd. Praha: ARSCI, 2007, 95 s. ISBN 9788086078748. info
  • PETRÁŇ, Josef. Nástin dějin filozofické fakulty Univerzity Karlovy v Praze : do roku 1948. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1983, 406 s. info
  • KALUS, Jaromír, Jiří PERNES and Vladimír TKÁČ. Muzea na Moravě a ve Slezsku. Ostrava: Profil, 1988. info
Teaching methods
lecture
Assessment methods
oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021.
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