Subject: Museum collections  
Course:  Museum collections  
ECTS credits: 3
Language: Croatian
Duration: 1 semester
Status: compulsory course
Method of teaching: 1 hour lecture and 1 hour of practical class
Prerequisite:
Assessment: written report with discussion

Course description:
Theories of the collecting; Synchronic approach: characteristics of the collector's behaviour, male and female collecting pattern; Diachronic approach: history of the collecting in Croatia as the effective history;  
Collecting policy and criteria, collecting plan; Collecting today for tomorrow: SAMDOK.
Code of ethics regarding the collections; Relationship to the special museum material – human remains in the museum and heritage institution; Problem of the authenticity – history of item; Fake as the museum object.
Research of the material culture – models; Connoisseurs v. museum professionals; Relationship of the museology to the basic scientific disciplines; Identities of the museum objects;
Documentation of the museum objects as a part of the researching; Presentation of the research results; Conclusion.

Course objectives:
Learners should understand the collecting phenomenon in general as well as developing of the collections in the museum and other heritage institutions. They should be able to write simple collecting policy and collection plan, demonstrate knowledge of the material culture researching and communicating of the results.

Quality check and success of the course: Quality check and success of the course will be done by combining internal and external evaluation. Internal evaluation will be done by teachers and students using survey method at the end of semester. The external evaluation will be done by colleagues attending the course, by monitoring and assessment of the course.

Reading list:  
1. Cannon-Brooks, P. Nature of the collection. u: Thompson, J.M.A. (Ed.). Manual of Curatorship. Butterworths: The Museum Association, str. 115-123.
2. Maroević, I. Uvod u muzeologiju. Poglavlja: Zaštita i istraživanje /proučavanje. Zagreb: Zavod za informacijske studije, 1993, 169-199.
3. Ritzenthaler, M.L. i ostali. Upravljanje zbirkama fotografija. Poglavlja: 1, 3, 4. Zagreb: Hrvatski državni arhiv, 2004.

Additional reading list
1. Cedrenius, G; Johnsdotter, M. Suvremena dokumentacija - ne samo predmeti već i ljudska bića. Informatica museologica, vol. 25, 1994, 63-68.
2. Vujić, Žarka; Zlodi, Goran. Nova tehnologija i pristup muzejskim zbirkama: iskustvo zagrebačkih umjetničkih muzeja i galerija. Informatica museologica. 31, 2000, str. 25-31.