Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Alternative primary groupings

• 04 - Social and behavioural sciences and law
• 30B - Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciences
• 30.14 - Museology/museum studies

30.1401 - Museology/museum studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the attitudes, knowledge, and skills required to develop, prepare, organize, administer, conserve, store and retrieve artifacts, exhibits and entire collections in museums and galleries, and that prepares individuals to assume curatorial, technical and managerial positions in museums. These programs include courses in institutional management, acquisition, exhibit design, conservation, packing techniques, and public relations.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • applied museum studies
  • museology
  • museum curator
  • museum management
  • museum studies
  • museum technology

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • archaeology(45.0301)
  • archival studies(25.0103)
  • art conservation(50.0703)
  • historic preservation and conservation(30.1201)
  • museum costumes(50.0510)