The Postgraduate Program in Museology aims to provide theoretical and practical knowledge and skills related to museums and cultural institutions, integrating and supporting the most innovative practices in museum research and programming. The program combines theoretical understanding with practical experience, preparing graduates for roles in curation, conservation, research, collection and archive management, audience engagement, and project and resource management.
The course units will be taught in Portuguese, with an emphasis on active methodologies that encourage content engagement, discussion, reflection, and communication in collaboration with museological institutions.

• To understand the theoretical foundations of: museology and museography; exhibition planning and design; educational and community mediation and engagement; research, documentation, and collection management; information gathering systems; and preventive conservation.
• To prepare students for practical roles in curation, cultural mediation, conservation, research, and digital humanities.

• Academic Community;
• Professionals in Museums and Cultural Heritage;
• Professionals in Archives, Libraries, and Documentation Centers;
• Local Government Professionals;
• General Community with Responsibilities in Heritage.

MODULES

Museums and Community
António Luciano Morais Filho
José Amado Mendes
10 hours

Museum Ethics
Maria Luísa Jacquinet
6 hours

Museum Spaces and Facilities
Duarte Manuel Freitas
8 hours

Exhibition Curation: Practices, Models, and Challenges
Joana d’ Oliva Monteiro
14 hours

Preventive Conservation
Helena Gonçalves Pinto
8 hours

Management of Museum Collections
Adolfo Silveira
Helena Gonçalves Pinto
14 hours

Project and Resource Management
João Francisco Fialho
10 hours

Presentations
Duarte Manuel Freitas
Helena Gonçalves Pinto
5 hours

Adolfo Silveira Martins
António Luciano Morais Filho
Helena Gonçalves Pinto
Duarte Manuel Freitas
João Francisco Fialho
Joana d’ Oliva Monteiro
José Amado Mendes
Maria Luísa Jacquinet