Collections Management
Course dates: Monday 01 March - Friday 05 March 2027
Class timetable: 5 sessions (View class timetable for Monday 01 March 2027 to Friday 05 March 2027)
Timetable data for Monday 01 March 2027 to Friday 05 March 2027
| Day of class | Date of class | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 01-Mar-2027 | 10:00am - 5:00pm | Birkbeck Campus, Central London |
| Tuesday | 02-Mar-2027 | 10:00am - 5:00pm | Birkbeck Campus, Central London |
| Wednesday | 03-Mar-2027 | 10:00am - 5:00pm | Birkbeck Campus, Central London |
| Thursday | 04-Mar-2027 | 10:00am - 5:00pm | Birkbeck Campus, Central London |
| Friday | 05-Mar-2027 | 10:00am - 5:00pm | Birkbeck Campus, Central London |
Location: Birkbeck Campus, Central London
Fees: £1890.00
Availability: Limited
RegisterCourse Overview
Collections management lies at the heart of museum practice today. On this short intensive course you will be introduced to its core principles, including:
- acquisition
- registration
- cataloguing
- basic object care
- storage
- access.
Our Collections Management course takes place over a five-day period: you will engage in classroom learning each morning followed by visits to a range of museum and gallery collections across London in the afternoon. You will have the opportunity to meet a range of professional registrars and collections managers and to critically reflect upon some of the key challenges facing the profession today.
This postgraduate-level course is designed as an introduction to the profession and is ideal if you are considering pursuing a career in museum collections management or registration practices. If you are already working in the sector and are looking to advance your career by specialising in the field, this course can count towards your Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
Assessment of this course consists of an assignment in which you will document a bequest according to accredited museum standard and include your reflective critique on this process.
As a student on this course, you will study alongside Birkbeck students enrolled on one of our undergraduate or postgraduate courses, giving you the opportunity to network with a range of Birkbeck current students whilst you learn.
Fees
Students are charged a tuition fee for each short course on registering. Please view details for this course, including dates, location and fees at the top of this page. Short course fees may be subject to annual inflationary increases. For more information, please see our Fees Policy.
Birkbeck's Lifelong Learning Guarantee
If you've studied at Birkbeck before and successfully completed an award with us, take advantage of our Lifelong Learning Guarantee to gain a reduction on the tuition fee of this course.
Entry Requirements
Most of our short courses have no formal entry requirements and are open to all students.
This short course has no prerequisites.
As part of the registration process, you may be required to submit a copy of a suitable form of ID.
International students who wish to come to the UK to study a short course can apply for a Visitor visa. Please note that it is not possible to obtain a Student visa to study a short course.
How to Register
You register directly onto the classes you would like to take. Classes are filled on a first-come, first-served basis - so register early.
If you want to take more than one short course, you can select each one separately and then register onto them together via our online application portal. There is usually no formal selection process, although some modules may have prerequisites and/or other requirements, which will be specified where relevant.