The Master of Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies (Professional) allows you to specialise in the areas you want to take your career. You’ll develop the knowledge, research skills and practical experience to make a difference in the way communities engage with the past.

Do you have a passion for the past and how it impacts the present?

Cultural heritage and museum studies has been taught at Deakin for over
40-years, making it the largest and longest running program of its kind in Australia. All units are developed and taught by leading academics with industry experience.

 

Whether you want to create exhibitions, manage a museum or heritage site, safeguard Indigenous cultural heritage or protect and interpret significant objects, buildings, sites and landscapes, you will have the ability to tailor your studies to these disciplines throughout your masters degree.

 

During your studies, you will explore traditions and living examples of culture, and focus on current social, environmental and political concerns.

 

The core units you will study are built around these themes and include:

• Intangible Cultural Heritage
• World Heritage
• Digital Interpretation
• Sustainability and Human Rights in Heritage and Museums
• Museums, Heritage and Society
• Research Design