Archives and museums. Protection of cultural heritage in the information society

Modes of study / Info Pack

Accreditation

The accreditation of this program is until 2025 .

Education

The education is performed by Faculty of Law and History.

Annotation

Archives and Museums. Conservation of the cultural heritage in the information society, Master's Degree organized by The Department of History at the Law and History Faculty.

The mission of this master's programme is to suggest education, open for the dialogue between various historical and cultural traditions rationalizing it through a thorough understanding of their documents and subjects and the ways the past and the communication with different cultures are discovered, classified, preserved, used, and presented.

The purpose of the programme is to prepare modern specialists not only for the state archives and museums but for the state administration, the archives of companies and NGOs, for cultural and echo tourism etc.

The scientific excursions are a part of the process of education. The students visit and become directly acquainted with the archives and the museum in Veliko Turnovo, Sofia and Belgrade. The optional programme includes public lectures of famous Bulgarian and foreign scholars who are specialists in archives, museums or history.

It is a full-time education with a duration period of five semesters. It ends with a preparation and defense of master's thesis and with a Master's Degree in History.