Language
  • English
Format
  • Full time
Start date
  • September
Location
  • Maastricht
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Arts and Culture: Arts and Heritage: Policy, Management and Education

Which policies and practices can be deployed to manage our cultural and artistic heritage? This specialisation explores approaches towards the interpretation, management, and dissemination of art and heritage within private and public organisations.

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Your future

Employers in the arts and heritage sector often look for a combination of a general arts and culture background with a specialisation in cultural policy, management or education. As a graduate of Arts and Heritage, this will be you.

As a graduate of this programme, you will also possess professional, analytical and other academic skills that employers are looking for. As well as this you will know how to answer questions regarding the policy, appreciation, interpretation, use, conservation, education and management of arts and heritage in a meaningful way.

 

Career prospects

As an Arts and Heritage graduate, you can look for work in:

  • art institutions, e.g. theatres, museums, art centres (e.g. Curator, Collection manager)
  • galleries and auction houses (e.g. Exhibitions manager, Communications manager, Project manager or assistant)
  • governmental or cultural organisations (e.g. Policy advisor, Cultural manager, Programme coordinator)
  • cultural industries and cultural tourism (e.g. Sales executive)
  • media (e.g. Editor, Journalist, Critic)
  • academia or education (e.g. Researcher, Teacher)

Many of our graduates work in high-level agencies, such as:

  • The Art Department of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
  • Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam
  • Dox Centre for Contemporary Art in Prague
  • World Heritage Centre, UNESCO in Paris
  • Foundation Beyeler in Basel
  • Kulturprojekte Berlin
  • Verenigde Organisaties Beeldkunst in Brussels
  • English Heritage in London
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