Arts Management, Museology and Cultural Practices
Manchester is one of the UK’s major cultural hotspots and we are based at the heart of it.
Home to the Institute for Cultural Practices, we draw on the city, offering academically rich and vocationally helpful teaching via a team of leading researchers with hands-on professional backgrounds.
Whether you’re interested in heritage, arts management, digital media or the creative industries, you’ll benefit from a diverse programme of study which utilises the range of expertise contained within the institute.
On top of our own institutions, Manchester Museum, The Whitworth and The John Rylands Library, we have active links with more than 100 artistic and cultural institutions across the country, affording you opportunities to take place in practice-based research and work placements.
Opportunities:
Learn from experts
Gain valuable work experience
Extend your practice-based experience through live projects
Be at the heart of Manchester’s ‘cultural boom’
Access excellent facilities
Join our international arts managers and museum professionals network
Graduate Destinations
Our students graduate as the creative professionals of the future. Many find employment in the cultural and heritage sectors as gallery managers, curators and archivists. Many also go into education and events management.
Some jobs that some of our MA Art Gallery and Museum Studies students got when they graduated:
- Assistant Curator of Fine Art, National Museums Liverpool
- Visitor Services Operations Manager, National Portrait Gallery
- Visitor Services Assistant, Manchester Art Gallery
- Events Coordinator, The Wordsworth Trust Museum & Art Gallery
Some jobs that some of our MA Arts Management, Policy and Practice students got when they graduated:
- Programmes Coordinator for Cultures, Histories and Heritage AHRC
- Delphi Outreach Coordinator, Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Project Support Officer, National Services Scotland
- Arts Administrator Trainee, Hong Kong Arts Festival
- Senior Project Manager, China Shanghai International Arts Festival
Denise Courcoux
Art Gallery And Museum Studies Student
“Having Manchester Museum and Whitworth Art Gallery as part of the University’s resources is undoubtedly a huge asset to this course; I particularly enjoyed co-curating an exhibition at Manchester Museum with coursemates.”
Laurie Kremer
Arts Management Student
“Through my work placement as part of the MA Arts Management, Policy and Practice, I acquired an unimaginable amount of experience. I was also inspired to write about the value of collaborative, international partnership for my Master’s research dissertation..”
Faculty of Humanities
The University of Manchester