The School is pleased to announce that its next Open Day and Evening will be taking place on Monday 13 February 2012. This Open Day and Evening is for any applicant or prospective applicant who is considering commencing Masters or PhD level study with the School in 2012 (see details of our courses).

The Open Day and Evening sessions (including an optional tour) will take place in the Museum Studies Building at 19 University Rd, Leicester LE1 7RF.

You can download a campus map and directions to the University. The School of Museum Studies is located on University Road, close to the junction with London Road and is around 10-15 minutes walk from the train station. Unfortunately there is no parking for visitors on campus, please allow time to find nearby on-street parking or the Granville Rd public car park.

Open Day - Campus-Based Programmes

(Museum Studies; Art Museum and Gallery Studies; PhD)

• 1:00 Optional campus tour with current Masters students
• 2:00 Head of School - Welcome Richard Sandell 
• 2:15 Programme information session (campus-based Masters, PhD) Janet Marstine, Dave Unwin, Gus Dinn, Barbara Lloyd, Viv Golding
• 3:15 Coffee break
• 3:45 ‘Bitesize’ lectures

1. Suzanne MacLeod - ‘Rethinking Museum Architecture’
2. Dave Unwin - ‘Dinosaurs - the Museum's Greatest Invention?’
3. Janet Marstine - ‘From Trousers to Teddy Bears:  Recycle LACMA and the Ethics of Deaccession’
4. Simon Knell - 'The Politics of National Museums'

• 4:45 Academic Director - Summary and Wrap-up Ross Parry
• 5:00 End of day

Distance learning study - Open evening

(Museum Studies; Interpretation, Representation and Heritage; Digital Heritage; Learning and Visitor Studies in Museums and Galleries)

• 6:00 Head of School Welcome Richard Sandell
• 6:15 Introduction to studying at a distance Katy Bunning, Sandra Dudley , Sheila Watson, Rebecca Gumbelton and Gus Dinn
• 7:00 Question and answer session
• 7:30 ‘Bitesize’ lecture - ‘Museums and the Human Rights Frame’ Richard Sandell
• 7:45 Academic Director summary and wrap-up Ross Parry
• 8:00 End of evening

To book your place on the day, please contact the School on the details below indicating which course(s) you are interested in and whether you wish to attend the Open Day and/or the Open Evening. If you have any particular requirements for the event (e.g. access needs, different information formats) please inform the School.

School of Museum Studies
University of Leicester
Museum Studies Building
19 University Road
Leicester
UK
LE1 7RF

Telephone: +44(0)116 252 3963
Fax: 0116 252 3960
museum.studies@leicester.ac.uk