Research
The following
list contains the titles of theses and dissertations that have been written
for MLitt, MPhil and PhD degrees in Museum and Gallery Studies.
The Ring Net by Will MacLean. 1990
Two extraordinary houses, three remarkable architects: Blackwell and Gamble
House Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott and Charles Sumner and Henry Mather Greene.
2005
Attracting the Teachers: Primary School Visits to Museums in Fife
2003
Cause and Effect: The provisions of Access and Learning within Registered Highland Independent Museums
2004
Oral History inNorthern Ireland's Registered Museums: An Overview and Assessment.
2005
The Architecture of Scottish University Museums 1789-1930. 1999
Profit-Making Events in the Museum and Heritage Sector: Focusing specifically
on: The National Museums of Scotland, National Galleries of Scotland, Historic
Scotland and National Trust for Scotland. 2005
How a costume collection is formed. Two very different collecting styles and
collections. 2000
The Restoration of William Adam Houses in Various Hands. 1990
Curating Architecture at the Victoria and Albert Museum. 2005
Collecting Drawings: A Survey of the History of the 16th and 17th C Drawing Collection in the N.G.S.
1993
Anatomy Museums:Historical Cultural and Ethical Perspectives. 2001
17th and 18th C. Highland Plaid Brooches in the collection of the Royal Museums
of Scotland. 1986
The Functions of Museum Publications - a case study on the National Museums
of Scotland. 2004
Paul Sandby and Scotland. 1988
Public Spaces, Private Lives: The Artist's Studio as Heritage Attraction.
2003
Is There a Future for Natural History Collections?
2004
A Brief History of the North American Ethnographic Collections in Six Scottish
Museums. 1992
A Heritage Strategy for Belfast. 2000
Romancing the sea: identity and images of the fishing communities of the East
Coast of Scotland. 2001
"The Effects of Econ. & Soc. Developments in the 17th C upon British Amateur
Embroideries, with part ref. to the Collection in the N.M.S. 1988
The Fate of the Avant-Garde : Conteporary Art in Glasgow and the Postmodernism
of Resistance. 1993
David Martin (1737-1797) : A Catalogue Raisonn‚ of his Portaits in Oils. 1995
Worst-case scenario - disaster planning in the UK and the Czech Republic.
2003
To Rise Again: The Story of the Potlatch Collection. 2005
The Peter Memorial Church Stirling and the late Scots Gothic Church Design
of John James Stevenson. 2001
Hew Lorimer : A Special Kind of Artist. 1995
A First Step: A study of the need for more Information and Communication Technology
to Improve Exhibition Publicity at Small Museums. 2005
The social and political background to the public commissions of William Trotter.
2004
Challenging the Conventional Museum System: Installations by Fred Wilson.
2005
From the Ultima Thule to a Cultural Borderland: Museum Education in a devolved
Scotland. 2003
The Dealers and Collectors of Glasgow : A Social History. 1990
Housing for the fishing community in St Andrews 1840-1936. 2003
Recent Conservation Practices in the NGS : A Survey of Italian Paintings in
the 15th and 16th Centuries. 1992
Art galleries and the Regeneration of British Cities. 2003
A History of Culzean Castle Gardens, Ayrshire. 2000
Scottish Masonic Furniture. 1997
Football Museums: With emphasis on the Scottish Football Museum. 2003
Art Promotion in New Europe : towards cultural integration. The Cases of Poland
and the Czech Republic. 1995
The Background, History and Purchase of the Three Masted Barque Glenlee. 2001
The Historical Development of Zimbabwe's Museums and Monuments. 1996
Museums in Taiwan. 1997
A brief history of stained glass: The St Andrews experience in context. 2000
Beyond the White Cube: Theory and Practice. 2000
"Controversy, Legacy and the Audience Experience with reference to the Great
Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations and the Millennium Experience".
2002
"Rousham, Oxfordshire: preserving its place in history", 1990
The effects of economic and social developments in the seventeenth century
upon British amateur empbroidereries with particual ref. To collection in
The National Museums of Scotland. 1988
T.J. Honeyman : Policies towards the popularisation of Art and of the Glasgow
Art Galleries and Museum. 1992
Millet and the French peasant : the artist as social historian. 1990
Adult and Community Education in Museums in Fife and Tayside. 1991
Museum and Gallery Studies/Early photographs of Japan in Scottish collections.
1998
The Furniture Collection at Paxton House: with Special Ref. to Haig and Chippendale
and Wm. Trotter & Son. 1993
The impact of Social Justice on the Museum and Gallery Sector in Scotland
since Devolution. 2004
Nasturalist contra Biologist: The rise and fall of Frank Buckland's Museum
of Economic Fish Culture. 2000
Museological Criticism and Museum Practice. How far can museum practice be
informed by museological criticism (w. ref. to the NGS and RMS). 1991
Space Time and Other Stories: Learning through live interpretation. 2005
A Study of Authenticity and Interpretation in Three National Trust for Scotland
Houses. 2002
Dr. John Adamson and early Photography in St. Andrews. 1994
Taking Stock: A study of the current problems of archaeological storage. 1994
A National Awakening: A Study of the Vision and Actions of Preservationists
in N.E. Fife 1919-1939. 1992
Understanding Minerals: A Study of the Way Mineral Colections are presented
to the non-specialist visitor. 2001
The Architecture of Industrial St Andrews c.1790-1900. 2003
Kellie Castle: Some Observations on its Restoration and Architectural Development.
1986
Blackbeard's Treasure: The Museology of the Metal Artefacts Recovered from
the Shipwreck believed to be the Queen Ann's Revenge. 2004
Stilled Life: The Still Life in Photography. 2003
Understanding the space for sculpture in corporate collecting policy. 2005
Museums and Schools: Encouraging Partnerships to Enhance Education. 2005
Preserving and Interpreting Historic Ships: A Case Study of the Nineteenth
Century Prigates Trincomalee and Unicorn. 2002
Displaying contemporary art: a journey through some of the finest galleries
in Scotland. 2002
An Analysis of Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction at Castle Fraser.
2002
An Overview of Costume Collections in Scottish Museums and the Public's Response
to Them. 2001
Provisions for visually Impaired People in Museums and Galleries in Scotland: An Investigation. 2003
Architecture of the Agricultural Revolution: Home Farms and their Estates
in North Fife, c.1800-c.1850. 1988
Selling our Souls: art museums, museum shops and their ethical considerations
in the United States and Britain. 2001
Muirhead Bone: Portrayer of Modern Life: Glasgow, the Formative Years, 1876-1901.
1988
"The Portfolio of 15 Drawings by Wyndham Lewis 1919: A Historical, Technical
and Critical Analysis. 1990
A comparative cultural approach within fund raising theory: looking at British
and American Museums. 2002
The Lothian picture collection: history and context. 1990
Arniston House: Reflections on its Interiors 1726-1850. 1996
In their won words: A contemporary study of women in the fishing industry
in the late twentieth century - an oral history approach. 2000
Tatlin - Russian Construcitivst. 2002