12 monthsProgramme duration
36,800 GBPTuition Fee/year
25 Jun, 2027Application Deadline
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Art History
Degree
MA
Study Level
Master's
Study Mode
On Campus
This MA will give you knowledge and skills to work in several conservation contexts and cross-disciplines. Our object-based approaches are grounded in real problems that generate both practical and theoretical responses. You will gain extensive experience using UCL collections throughout their studies.
From the outset, you will engage with collection management, preventive conservation and foundational conservation theory through core modules. The curriculum places significant emphasis on critical social research, including decolonisation, equity, community-led practices, and environmental sustainability. You will learn to design conservation initiatives that are not only technically sound but also socially responsible and responsive to diverse global contexts.
Effective conservation requires sophisticated interpersonal skills, therefore a core component of the training focuses on communicative competence.
On this course you will learn about:
- Approaches to collection care and conservation strategies
- Understanding of raw materials and manufacturing technologies of collection objects
- Care and management of collections
- Ethics of conservation and cultural heritage
- Professional practice and research processes.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Art History
Degree
MA
Study Level
Master's
Study Mode
On Campus
This MA will give you knowledge and skills to work in several conservation contexts and cross-disciplines. Our object-based approaches are grounded in real problems that generate both practical and theoretical responses. You will gain extensive experience using UCL collections throughout their studies.
From the outset, you will engage with collection management, preventive conservation and foundational conservation theory through core modules. The curriculum places significant emphasis on critical social research, including decolonisation, equity, community-led practices, and environmental sustainability. You will learn to design conservation initiatives that are not only technically sound but also socially responsible and responsive to diverse global contexts.
Effective conservation requires sophisticated interpersonal skills, therefore a core component of the training focuses on communicative competence.
On this course you will learn about:
- Approaches to collection care and conservation strategies
- Understanding of raw materials and manufacturing technologies of collection objects
- Care and management of collections
- Ethics of conservation and cultural heritage
- Professional practice and research processes.
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