Cultural Heritage Protection and Management
or how to take care of our cultural heritage
Taught by: Mgr. Lenka Vargová, PhD.
Form of teaching : lecture / seminar
ECST: 4
Aim of the course:
Students will acquire knowledge in the field of specifics of protection and management of collections, cultural monuments and natural heritage according to legislative norms.
Brief outline:
- Cultural heritage (definitions, Slovak and international legislation, sustainable development)
- Cultural heritage in museums (definitions, legislation, comprehensive protection of cultural heritage, depository regime, security of collections, treatment of collections, display of cultural heritage)
- Protection of cultural heritage in archives (definitions, legislation, levels of protection, use and access to cultural heritage)
- Protection of cultural heritage in libraries (definitions, legislation, levels of protection, use and access to cultural heritage)
- Protection of cultural heritage in the competence of the authorities for the protection of the heritage fund (definitions, types of monuments and their protection, management of cultural monuments, legislation, levels of protection, use and access to cultural heritage)
- Protection of natural heritage (definitions, types of monuments and their protection, legislation, levels of protection, use and access to natural heritage)
Course requirements:
- During the semester: a paper to be handed in during the last week of classes on a relevant topic chosen by the student. Minor assignments in preparation for class.
- During the examination period: final test in which the student must achieve at least 60% success.
Recommended literature:
- DVOŘÁKOVÁ, Viera. Ochrana kultúrneho dedičstva v medzinárodných dokumentoch ICOMOS, Bratislava: Kontakt plus, 2004, 115 s. ISBN 80-88855-45-4
- AMBROSE, Timothy a Crispin PAINE. Museum basics. 3rd ed. London: Routledge, 2012. ISBN 9780415619349.
- TANDON, Aparna. FIRST AID TO CULTURAL HERITAGE IN TIMES OF CRISIS : Handbook. ICCROM, 2018, 177s. ISBN 9789290772811

