Cultural Heritage & Museums Courses and Certifications

Tangible Things: Discovering History Through Artworks, Artifacts, Scientific Specimens, and the Stuff Around You

9 ratings

Gain an understanding of history, museum studies, and curation by looking at, organizing, and interpreting art, artifacts, scientific curiosities, and the stuff of everyday life.

• edX
• 10 weeks, 1-3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Arts and Heritage Management

1525 ratings at Coursera

Learn to run cultural institutions: reconcile curators and managers, apply hedonic consumption models, build visitor brand loyalty, and use numbers to plan sustainable growth.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

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Science and Technology in the Silla Cultural Heritage

60 ratings at Coursera

Examine Silla's cultural heritage through a scientific lens: Bulguksa, Seokguram Grotto, Cheomseongdae, Poseokjeong, the Sacred Bell of King Seongdeok, and Silla metalcrafts.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Contested Heritage: the Politics of Cultural Treasures (Live Online)

32 ratings at CourseHorse

Delve into the ethical, legal, and political challenges surrounding cultural heritage and its ownership.

• CourseHorse
• 12 hours
• Self-Paced
• $335.00

Module 3: The Scent & Culture Series: An Intensive in Olfactory Storytelling (Live Online)

17 ratings at CourseHorse

Module 3 of The Scent & Culture Series: An Intensive in Olfactory Storytelling examines how historically significant scents can be researched, recreated, and preserved as cultural heritage.

• CourseHorse
• 2 hours
• Self-Paced
• $125.00

Creating a Digital Cultural Heritage Community

3 ratings

Learn how to create a community for digital cultural heritage through innovative practices for user engagement.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 2-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Aberdulais Falls: a case study in Welsh heritage

27 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Aberdulais Falls: a case study in Welsh heritage, looks at the Aberdulais Falls in Wales, and considers the key issues affecting the decision-making of the bodies which are ...

• OpenLearn
• 2 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

What is heritage?

22 ratings at OpenLearn

What is heritage? This free course will introduce you to the concept of heritage and its critical study, exploring the role of heritage in both past and contemporary societies.

• OpenLearn
• 10 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Heritage case studies: Scotland

14 ratings at OpenLearn

The heritage traditions of Scotland are unique in comparison to the rest of Britain. This free course, Heritage case studies: Scotland, uses two case studies to demonstrate how heritage sites have ...

• OpenLearn
• 5 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

REcube: REthink, REvive, REuse

1 rating

Assess and green-regenerate Europe's concrete heritage: historical research, landscape and urban context, structural-material assessment, structural health monitoring, HBIM and CIM, and retrofitting solutions.

• Polimi OPEN KNOWLEDGE
• 6 weeks
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Water Works: Activating Heritage for Sustainable Development

5 ratings at edX

Explore water systems and apply the UNESCO Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) approach for tackling the environmental challenges of today.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 4-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism

This course has been developed within the IHEA – Share Africa program, with the aim of training professionals capable of operating in complex geopolitical and cultural contexts, through the enhancemen

• Federica
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

World Heritage Sites: Exploring the World’s Greatest Places

78 ratings at The Great Courses Plus

<p>Encounter some of the most astounding treasures of our world, both man-made and natural, in this tour of UNESCO World Heritage sites.</p>

• The Great Courses Plus
• 11 hours 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Living Heritage and Sustainable Development

33 ratings at edX

How is intangible cultural heritage – or ‘living heritage’ – related to sustainable development? Why is it important to keep heritage alive?

• edX
• 6 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Managing Museums in the 21st Century, a My Armenia Program series

32 ratings at edX

This course provides a broad introduction to various aspects of operating a museum. This course is not intended to serve as a primer for managing a museum, but rather as a resource for thinking about

• edX
• 2 weeks, 1-2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate