Museum Studies [Μinοr]

What are we collecting when we collect? What do we not exhibit? How do museological practices come to shape the understanding of the world we live in? The minor in Museum Studies at Leuphana answers such questions from multiple perspectives. It interweaves critical museology, transcultural art history, memory studies, provenance research, and concepts of cultural organization. It offers theoretical foundations for our contemporary and historical engagement with humanity’s tangible and intangible heritage. The program also provides insights into the practical aspects of this professional field through the involvement of museum and cultural heritage experts.

The program addresses current challenges such as decolonization, restitution, memory, representation, participation, and accessibility, particularly evident in the museum sector. It is designed for students who are interested in museums as sites and agents of knowledge production, negotiation, and transformation and who want to learn about the role of culture in contemporary societies.