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220 Full-time Master's degrees in Museum Studies

Heritage Management (with HRP)
The Heritage Management (with HRP) course delivered by Queen Mary University of London is designed to create future heritage sector leaders with the ability to address the managerial, intellectual, cultural, social and technical challenges of maintaining cultural heritage sites.

Cultural Heritage Studies (Heritage and the Arts)
Explore the cultural and creative industries, including publishing, broadcasting, heritage management and arts curation with the Cultural Heritage Studies (Heritage and the Arts) programme at the University of Southampton.

Postgraduate Diploma in Museum and Heritage Practice
The Postgraduate Diploma in Museum and Heritage Practice program from Victoria University of Wellington will help you build valuable relationships with peers, university staff, and future colleagues, and become part of a strong professional network.

Curating Collections and Heritage
This Curating Collections and Heritage course offered by University of Brighton has been developed in partnership with the Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove in response to current priorities within the museums and heritage sector.

Master of Museum and Heritage Studies
Study your specialist subject in detail and take the opportunity to contribute to the world's knowledge in that area. Enhance your critical thinking, communication and problem-solving abilities and learn to create and assess new ideas. The Master of Museum and Heritage Studies programme is offered at the Victoria University of Wellington.

Museum Cultures with Curating - Pre-Master's Programme
This one-year (2-semester) programme offers successful students guaranteed progression to a postgraduate degree at a top UK university. Learn more at the Museum Cultures with Curating - Pre-Master's Programme at OnCampus London from Birkbeck, University of London.

Master of Archaeology and Heritage Management (1.5 years)
The Archaeology and Heritage Management (Advanced level entry) programme from Flinders University aims to meet the research and professional needs of graduates with an interest in Australian archaeology, archaeological field practice and cultural heritage consultancy.

Museum and Heritage Studies
The Museum and Heritage Studies programme at The University of Sydney will help you to develop a deep understanding of the core historical and theoretical developments in museum and heritage studies as well as knowledge of current practice and debates.

Heritage and Exhibition Design
Explore the development of public spaces, civic amenities and heritage sites through applied principles of exhibition and display with this MA in Heritage and Exhibition Design at the Edinburgh Napier University.

Museum Studies
Join the Museum Studies programme from Newcastle University. Develop the practical skills essential to work in a museum, whilst engaging with theories and debates on the societal role of museums.

Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies
On this Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies programme from the University of East Anglia you’ll develop a unique combination of theory and practice. You’ll be able to connect the present to the past and the future. You’ll use the Sainsbury Centre's collection of world art to address big issues. Learning from world-leading experts, you’ll gain insights into both museum and heritage sectors.

Curating
The Curating programme from University of Essex teaches you the practice, theory and history of curating in equal measure.

Folkloristics and Applied Heritage Studies
The Folkloristics and Applied Heritage Studies master's programme at the University of Tartu trains specialists who are well versed in scholarly approaches to folk culture and cultural heritage, and competent to use this expertise creatively in academia and beyond.

Digital Heritage
This Digital Heritage course from University of York provides professional training in the growing fields of digital archiving, visualisation, museums and heritage sector curation, interpretation and education.

Museums and Heritage Practice
You will study Museums and Heritage Practice at University of Chester, investigating the qualities of artefacts, sites and cultural traditions, alongside debates that shape our relationship with the past and its future potential.

Museum Studies
Throughout this Museum Studies MA course from the University of York you'll engage with a wide range of issues and develop a unique mix of practice-based and theoretical learning for your professional work or further research in the museum sector.

Curating Contemporary Design (in partnership with the Design Museum)
On Curating Contemporary Design (in partnership with the Design Museum) course at Kingston University you’ll explore contemporary issues shaping today’s world, drawing on design and curatorial history.

Historic Buildings
The Historic Buildings course at the University of York will allow you to explore current intellectual and professional research priorities in the archaeology of buildings and introduce you to conservation legislation, policy and practice. You'll leave with excellent research and communication skills relating to the research, analysis and interpretation of historic buildings.

Curating (with Advanced Practice)
Based in the international art gallery and museum, MIMA, this professionally focused course covers the advanced practical and intellectual requirements of a curator including collections, commissioning, interpretation, engagement, project management and critical theoretical contexts. The Curating (with Advanced Practice) course is offered at Teesside University.

Heritage, Museums and Galleries
The flexible research Heritage, Museums and Galleries programme from Newcastle University focuses on our key research themes. These are: cultural politics and policy; identity, community and place; and representation and media.