Build expertise in collections management as you explore the role of community and sharing in university museums.
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Discover a new approach to collections management
In 2021, Keio University pioneered a new approach to collections management at its university museum, KeMCo. The museum opened up a creative akichi (an open space for community collections) and welcomed the public for a variety of activities.
On this two-week course, you’ll find out more about Keio’s innovations in collections management. You’ll explore concepts like community, sharing, and akichi, discussing their role in modern-day collections management in university museums.
Join an online community sharing experiences and ideas
The aim of this course is to open up a space for discussing contemporary issues, ideas, and best practices, just like its own creative akichi.
You’ll join a vibrant, international online community where you can share your own experiences and your own views on collections management. You’ll also take a virtual tour of university museums around the world.
You’ll finish the course with a new network of international learners, and a renewed sense of the role of community in collections management.
Syllabus
Week 1: Re-engaging with Community Collections
Week 2: Designing a Place for Sharing - Akichi
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Engage with the state and issue of the local community collections.
- Discuss the practical and creative practices in collection management to re-engage university collections with newer and more diverse community members.
- Develop new ideas for creating practices around community collections inspired by the concept of akichi.
- Collaborate with various colleagues worldwide and share your challenges and practices.
Who is the course for?
This course is designed for anyone working or interested in collections management, particularly those handling community collections.
More broadly, it will also suit anyone interested in exploring ideas and best practices around the role of museums in education and the community.
