The aim of the course is to give at the student the basic knowledge of the history of collecting and Museology from both a historical excursus and on the point of view of the cultural Heritage. The course also intends to pay particular attention to the history of the formation of museum institutions between the age of Enlightenment and the birth of modern states. Students will be involved directly in exercises aimed to developing both skills in tradimento historical-critical contexts and ability to read a work of art preserved in museum institutions