What’s in an exhibition? This session rethinks the museum tour, introducing participants to aspects of exhibition literacy that delves deep into the multiple ways to encounter and read an exhibition. Through inquiry-based exercises and open discussions guided by Museum facilitators, participants will have a chance to engage in conversation to unpack exhibitions in layers, revealing complications in positionalities, narratives, and contexts coalescing with personal interpretations and perspectives.

This programme is limited to 20 pax only. All are welcome to sign-up, but please ensure that you are able to attend before doing so.

About the NUS Museum Summer Series

The NUS Museum Summer Series is a pilot programme stemming from the educative and engagement thrust of the Museum’s internship programme through the years. The title of the series references a pivotal reflection on terminologies and aspects of museum work that are constantly evolving, shaped by a rich tapestry of research, practice, communities, institutions, labour, and the individuals who have participated in our spaces in various forms.

Through a curriculum of tours and talks, students will explore areas in art and museology, as well as its multidisciplinary approaches in broader civic communities, touching upon areas of how cultural practices attend to discursive spaces in society. The pilot programme will also introduce various ecologies surrounding practice, exhibition literacy, heritage and architecture, history and communities, exhibition-making and its relationship to object, document and art studies.