Study Groups and Achievements

Experimental Exhibits of Research Results in Museum Studies

Postgraduate Curriculum for Specialized Training of Curators

In a publication entitled “Training Specialist Curators – Study Report on the Training Curriculum,” we recommended the following:

Our first proposal focuses on the sort of programs we should newly add to train specialist curators, by following the example of actual graduate courses in the fields of history and folklore. Although the number of curators with a master’s degree is increasing, graduate schools have only focused on raising expertise in the study of history and folklore. Programs intended to improve the expertise of curators are not available. With this in mind, we presented a feasible and specific curriculum.

Secondly, we proposed the establishment of a museology graduate school. To train specialist curators, it is essential to train scholars who can teach the necessary curriculum. We pointed out the lack of graduate museology courses, and stressed the need to establish them. Although we have not presented a specific curriculum, we expect to examine this in the future.

Currently, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology is looking into the possibility of creating a qualification system for new specialist personnel such as the senior curator. In the future, the curriculum needs to be reviewed in order to correspond with such developments. For the time being, we have included in the report a record of the seminars, where the current situation of graduate schools and the expertise of curators were discussed. We hope this will contribute to making a proposal that suits the current situation.

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