This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. German to English
  3. History

Museumswesen

English translation: museum studies

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
German term or phrase:Museumswesen
English translation:museum studies
Entered by: Cathrin Cordes

15:28 Dec 3, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Science - History / Museums
German term or phrase: Museumswesen
Kontext: Die wissenschaftliche Spezialbibliothek des Deutschen Historischen Museums zur deutschen und allgemeinen Geschichte sowie zum Museumswesen besitzt mehr als 200.000 Bände, davon 10.000 Bände Rara, 40.000 Bände Zeitschriften und Zeitungen, 5.000 Bände Militaria und 10.000 Museumskataloge.
Hattie Spence
Germany
Local time: 05:23
museum studies
Explanation:
all sound very similar, but I'm convinced this is it, as a friend of mine has studied it
Selected response from:

Cathrin Cordes
Local time: 04:23
Grading comment
Many thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2museum studies
Cathrin Cordes
3 +2Museology
Paul Frank (X)
5 -1museum science
Vittorio Ferretti
3 +1museums / museum activity/history/heritage/research / the museum world
Francis Lee (X)
3gen. information about museums themselves (OR) ... about this and other museums
Beth Jones
3museum life
Stephen Gobin
3museum practice
Kevin Fulton


Discussion entries: 4





  

Answers


6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
gen. information about museums themselves (OR) ... about this and other museums


Explanation:
this might get you started off in the right direction I think...?
At first I thought it was about the DHM itself, but if they feature museum catalogs...
HTH

Beth Jones
Austria
Local time: 05:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
museum science


Explanation:
see link


    Reference: http://bubl.ac.uk/link/m/museumscience.htm
Vittorio Ferretti
Local time: 05:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Francis Lee (X): Sounds like a 1:1 translation of "Museumswissenschaft" ... Is this a common term?/ Is posting the same link your only argument?
10 mins
  -> see please http://bubl.ac.uk/link/m/museumscience.htm
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Museology


Explanation:
Museumswesen is sometimes translated as museology, which the Random House Unabridged defines as "the systematic study of the organization, management, and function of a museum."

Paul Frank (X)
Local time: 05:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  casper (X): Or: Museum Studies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museology
5 mins
neutral  Francis Lee (X): Is this a commonly understood term in English?
8 mins
neutral  Rebecca Garber: I agree with Francis. I'd go with Chetan's suggestion.
21 mins
agree  Daniela Gieseler-Higgs: I think you can use museology as well as museum studies. Look at the number of entries you get if you enter museology into a search engine. I know that the term commonly used among historians.
2 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
museums / museum activity/history/heritage/research / the museum world


Explanation:
Please! What's the context/readership?!!!

Museumswesen is a pretty vague term. Take your pick ...

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 12 mins (2007-12-03 15:40:26 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Depends on whether it's referring to a) the DHM itself (in which case: history/heritage) or b) museums in general (= activity/work)

Francis Lee (X)
Local time: 05:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 103

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mill2: history of museums?
1 hr
neutral  Daniela Gieseler-Higgs: Not a very helpful answer...
2 hrs
  -> Why not?? p.s. "museology" is the obvious 1:1 answer - but native-speaker intuition told me: not a common term in THIS context. I hope you are able to appreciate that. ;-)
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
museum life


Explanation:
Just a suggestion. I'm thinking in terms of the life of a museum, how a museum operates, what it does, behind the scenes.

Stephen Gobin
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
museum practice


Explanation:
There's a journal devoted to the topic.
Also
"The Smithsonian's Fellowships in Museum Practice (FMP) program is a professional development opportunity for experienced museum practitioners, academics, and training providers."


    Reference: http://www.museumsassociation.org/mp&_IXPOS_=mphead2
    Reference: http://museumstudies.si.edu/fmp.htm
Kevin Fulton
United States
Local time: 23:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 14
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
museum studies


Explanation:
all sound very similar, but I'm convinced this is it, as a friend of mine has studied it

Cathrin Cordes
Local time: 04:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Many thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  casper (X): Or: Museology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museology
5 hrs
agree  Stephen Gobin
10 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search