Министерство образования и науки РФ
ФГБОУ ВПО «Иркутский государственный лингвистический
университет»
А.Н. Войткова
«Иностранный язык в профессиональной сфере»
MUSEUM STUDIES &
ALL THAT JAZZ
Учебное пособие
Иркутск
ИГЛУ
2011
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ББК 81.43.1 – 923
Г 37
Печатается по решению редакционно-издательского совета Иркутского государственного
лингвистического университета
Рецензенты: канд. филол. н., доцент, заведущая кафедрой
«Английского языка (2 специальность)» ИГЛУ, М.А.Егорова;
канд. филол. н., доцент кафедры американистики ИГЛУ
Калашников Э.В.
Войткова А.Н.
Г37 Museum studies & all that jazz: учеб. пособие / А.Н. Войткова. – Иркутск,
2011. - 71 с.
Учебное пособие содержит обширный аутентичный текстовой материал по актуальным
проблемам музееведения и систему заданий к нему.
Предназначено для студентов среднего (среднепродвинутого) уровня, обучающихся в
вузах с расширенной сеткой преподавания английского языка, а также для студентов 1 и
2 курса лингвистического университета неязыковой специальности «Музееведение».
Настоящее пособие направлено на формирование профессиональной дискурсивной
иноязычной компетенции.
ББК 81.43.1 – 923
© Войткова А.Н., 2011
© Иркутский государственный
лингвистический университет, 2011
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Contents
Предисловие
Module 1 What is museum studies? Introduction to museology
1. The Meaning of the Museum
2. Museum functions
3. Why do people go to museums?
4. History of museums. Types of museums.
Types of museum audiences
5. World famous museums. Project work
Etymology of the world ‘museum’
All visits to museums should be free (role-play)
Module 2 Making a career in museum.
1. People in museum studies. Museum Board & staff.
Wh Job skills
at makes a good:
2. Public speaking skills.
3. Museum education.
museum interpreter? / museum guide / tour guide?
Museum interpretation specialist. Job description
Personal traits. Vocabulary
Art Ambassador
Museum Board & staff. Organization structures
Museum Curator
Museum educator
Museum director: a specialist or generalist?
A day in the life of a professional in a museum
Making presentations. Public speech
Judging criteria
Museum education curriculum
How to get a job in a museum
Museum salaries. Benefits
Module 3 Museum Management
1. Museum Management. How to run a museum.
2. Exhibition Planning & Design. Museum collections.
How to start a non-profit museum.
Museum Experience Hierarchy
The analyses of websites of famous museums
What Makes a Good Interactive Exhibit?
Museum collections. Material conservation. How to
Organize an Exhibition
Module 4
1. Material Culture and Research. Heritage Resource Management.
A general introduction to the philosophy, policies and practice of
heritage site management.
2. Final Tasks. Projects.
Supplement
1. Names of Countries
2. Making presentations
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Module 1
Part 1
Unit 1 (a) Part 1
Introduction
1. The Meaning of a
Museum
a) Brainstorming. Which
things generally come under
the heading of “museum
studies”?
Discuss your ideas in class
Museum
studies
b) What is a
museum? Based on
the ideas mentioned
in class think over the definition of what a
museum is.
c) Below are the museum definitions taken from EnglishEnglish
dictionaries read them & select the best & say why
you consider it the one that reflects the basic idea of the
concept:
'A museum is an institution which collects, documents, preserves, exhibits
and interprets material evidence and associated information for the public
benefit'
'Museums enable people to explore collections for inspiration, learning and
enjoyment.'
• a building in which objects of interest or significance are stored and
exhibited . (Compact Oxford English Dictionary).
2. a) Read the quote & say what you feel about it
A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than
anything else in the world.
--Edmond de Goncourt
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b)Read the text that says what museum studies is
What is Museum Studies?
A major in museum studies prepares you to develop, conserve, and retrieve
artifacts, exhibitions and collections. Museums play an important educational and
social role in communities. They collect, display and preserve items from different
cultures, time periods, and industries. Most museum studies graduate students have a
liberal arts education with a focus on the kind of field they want to work in (art,
anthropology, science, etc.).
Museum studies, sometimes called museology, is the field that encompasses
museum history, theory and practice (the ideas and issues that are involved in the
museum profession—from the practical, day-to-day skills which are necessary to
operate a museum to theories on the social role of museums).
http://museumstudies.si.edu/
c) Consult the English-English dictionary about the words
a major
field
community artifacts
exhibition
collection
arts education & etc.
3. a) Discuss the following questions:
Is this specialty popular among
applicants (pupils who enter
universities)?
Why have you chosen this
specialty?
What are you planning to do
for a living? What will you do?
Will you work by specialty or
not? Why?
Museum halls are likely to be
empty most of the time? Can you say why?
Do we really need those museums if unfortunately there are only few
visitors?
b) Make up a dialogue based on the questions above
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4. Because of their special environment, museums and
picture galleries offer the kind of conditions that allow a
student to experience the intrinsic qualities of the art
object. The atmosphere of museums evokes marvel. When
our emotions are roused, we are more sensitive, we openly
explore, make discoveries, and ultimately are more receptive
to the learning experience. Enlarge on the benefits of
museums and picture galleries.
5. Make up a 2 minute speech about what museum studies is
& what is your field of interest in this professional sphere?
6. Study the vocabulary from this lesson & make up
sentences with them
Vocabulary Unit 1 (a)
1. to retrieve
2. to develop
3. to preserve
4. to conserve
5. to store
6. to collect
7. to document
8. to exhibit (v)
9. to operate a
museum
10. to be involved in
11. to enable smb
12. to explore
13. to encompass
14. to display
15. museum studies
16. ridiculous
17. painting
18. issue
19. a major
20. field
21. exhibition
22. exhibits (n)
23. collection
24. museum studies
25. community
26. artifacts
27. arts education
28. educational
29. inspiration
30. inspire
31. be inspired (by)
32. enjoyment
33. an object of interest
34. an object of
importance
35. evidence
36. material evidence
37. item
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Module 1
Part 2
MUSEUM FUNCTIONS
1. a) Before you deal with the functions discuss the following
in class?
Do we need museums & what for / why?
How many world known museums do you know?
b) Study the chart below & make up questions about the map.
Discuss the functions in class. Make a speech about the
museum functions
b) Make a speech about the museum functions
2. Look through the active vocabulary from the unit & make
up sentences with them.
‘Museum Functions’ vocabulary
1. inform about the past
present and future
2. display objects
3. entertain
4. be as a meeting place
5. spark an interest
6. archives
7. storytelling device
8. reenactment
9. demonstrations
10. hands-on visits
11. institution
12. collect
13. interpret
14. safeguard
15. make accessible
16. specimens
17. hold in trust of
society
18. catalogue
19. churches
20. mosques
21. cathedrals
22. temples
23. castles
24. palaces
25. 'ruins’
26. Country Houses
27. Stately Homes
28. barns
29. heritage
30. Attractions
31. science Centers
32. theme Parks
33. zoos
34. exhibitions
35. trade Shows
36. topics
37. antique Shops
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http://www.chr.org.uk/Museums/musmeaningwhatisamuseum.htm
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3. Museum Functions in more detail
(the article is take from the site by the Castle Museum in England)
Another definition of a museum is: "a non-profit making, permanent
institution in the service of society and of its development, and open to the
public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for
purposes of study, education and enjoyment, material evidence of people and
their environment."
The main museum functions of the Museum are:
Documentation
Conservation
Exhibition
Education
Research
Read the article & match the passages with the titles
above.
1.__________________________________
The Museum needs to keep information about objects, such as where they come
from, who gave them to the museum, who used them and what they used them for.
This information makes the objects much more useful.
Collections are documented so that:
staff know where they are and what they have
staff know what their storage and security needs are
staff know their insurance needs
staff know whether or not they want to collect something when it is offered
to them
they can be used for research
they can be used for exhibitions and displays
they can be used for other
educational work.
They document the
collections using three kinds
of records:
1. initial documentation when an
object comes into the museum for loan,
identification, acquisition, or anything
else
2. item documentation which is a
full record of all available information
about the object
3. control documentation which is a record of the movement and location of
the object
Good documentation:
is easy to add to or change
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is capable of keeping some information confidential
is capable of making some information easily available to everyone
allows for cross-referencing between the different kinds of records
can be used for all sorts of items
The records can be kept on cards, in registers and /or on computer date bases.
Nowadays they are currently digitizing much of the documentation.
2.________________________
This function involves looking after objects, repairing and restoring them as
necessary. The Museum has to think about the environment in which objects are
stored or displayed, particularly:
the light levels and the length of time objects are exposed to the light
the temperature they are kept in
the relative humidity of the air - is it dry or moist?
the effects of changes in temperature and /or relative humidity
air pollution
insect attacks on objects
the effects of handling on objects
This procedure is also concerned
with packaging and transporting objects
and the storage systems that are used.
Our conservation staff are
important members of exhibition teams
too. They work to ensure objects are put
on display in ways that minimise the
likely damage.
3. __________________
This function is "detailed and careful investigation into some subject or area
of study with the aim of discovering and applying new facts or information "
But whatever their size, all museums have a responsibility to research their
collections and make them available for others to research. Such research has two
key outcomes:
advancement of human knowledge and
understanding
individual empowerment via access to
knowledge
4.____________________________
Museums exhibit to provide the objects and
information necessary for visitors to learn and have
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