Museum Theory and Practice

Description from DukeHub

Introduction to museum theory and the operation, with a particular focus on art museums. How theory and practice is negotiated in real world settings. Issues involve collecting practices, exhibition practices, and interpretive techniques, as well as legal and ethical issues. Taught at the Nasher Museum.

Skills

• policy and lawAI review: "legal and ethical issues"

AI-resilient: 2 of 5 2/5

• No: Physical, lab or field work
• ✓Yes: Live work with people · "negotiated"
• ✓Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "negotiated"
• No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
• No: Small, in-person format

The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works

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