60-790 Museums in the Digital Age: Artists, Museums and Exhibition Culture

6 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This seminar is a part lecture and discussion with on site visits to museums in the Pittsburgh region. Without a doubt museums globally are changing inside and out, with new demands and expectations from various audiences. The course examines some of the current issues challenging the museum and cultural field such as the treatment of disputed cultural property, working with communities, and dealing with controversy. The museum of today is not just a repository of the past, but an institution with the ability to shape and create meaning for people of all classes and ages. This course explores the role of the museum in the 21st century, considering a diverse range of issues associated with the modern art museum, from the museums evolution from the private interior to the public space to the politics of exhibiting and viewing to the shaping of personal, national, and global identities. Throughout we will address how new technology is influencing all facets of todays museum.

Prerequisites: none listed

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