Zayed University to launch master's degree in museology



Zayed University will launch a new masters degree in museology this September.

Registration for the course, to be run by the university's College of Sustainability Sciences and Humanities in collaboration with UK's Saint Andrews University, is open now.

It includes courses in management of cultural heritage and various arts institutions such as museums, documentation and archiving centres, national heritage institutions as well as management of art collections and exhibition design.

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