Scientific museography

This course comprises 4 hours of lectures, during which students are introduced to the basic concepts that define scientific museum institutions (status, typology, missions, public, collection, conservation, exhibition, education and study functions), as well as the related professions.
These lessons are followed by 11 hours in the field, during which students take guided tours of scientific collections and museums (Jardin des Plantes, Herbarium, Zoological Park, Aquarium, Museum, etc.), focusing on scenography, itineraries and mediation systems.

The aim of this course is to introduce students to the world of scientific museography and give them the keys to interacting with its professionals as an ecologist or ecology mediator. By the end of this course, students should be familiar with:
1. the functions of the various museum professionals
2. the basic notions that define museum institutions: collection, referencing, conservation, exhibition, public, visitor itinerary, etc.
3. the tools of scientific mediation and the rules for writing museum texts.

Test of knowledge: 100% CC