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| Semester: | Fall 2024 |
| Number: | 0104-215-001 |
| Instructor: | TBA |
| Days: | Thursday 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm |
| Note: | Traditional In-Person Class |
| Location: | Garden City - NEX 241 |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Notes: |
This Course Requires Two Independent Museums/Lab Visitsand There Are Some |
| Course Materials: | View Text Books |
| Description: |
Historic Preservation uses history, architecture, and curatorial studies to preserve historic buildings, towns, and landscapes. In this class, students will use the principles of restoration, conservation, and adaptive reuse to examine the ethics and methods of interpretation in both recognizing and maintaining our cultural heritage through these places. |
| Learning Goals: |
Students will articulate the role of preservation and conservation professionals within museums, their specific responsibilities and challenges.Students will examine the ethical and historical foundations of artifact conservation. Students will apply analytical techniques used in the field of conservation. Students will discuss agents of degradation affecting museum objects and how to minimize their undesirable effects. Students will synthesize critical thinking, research, and presentation skills by performing in-depth analysis of museum objects. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here. |
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