On 23 May 2026, field classes were held in Vukovar as part of the regular teaching activities in the courses 20th-Century Art, Museum Theory and Practice, and Research Methodology and Modes of Writing about Art within the undergraduate study programme in Art History. Four of the six third-year Art History students and eight of the eleven second-year Art History students participated.
The institutions in which the field classes took place were the Vukovar City Museum and the Vučedol Culture Museum. The following activities were carried out: at the Vukovar City Museum, classes were held within the museum’s permanent exhibition and the Bauer Collection exhibition. At the Vučedol Culture Museum, classes were held within the permanent exhibition.
The aim of the field classes was to introduce students to museums and current exhibition programmes and to provide them with an opportunity to analyse exhibitions for the purposes of writing seminar papers. The following expected outcomes of the field classes were achieved: familiarising students with the activities of two important museum institutions of the general and specialised type in eastern Croatia, as well as with the museological concepts of their permanent exhibitions. Furthermore, students became acquainted with styles, movements, artists and works of visual art from the 20th and 21st centuries, learned to recognise and identify 20th-century art styles, and examined examples of modern and postmodern art. By visiting the exhibitions, students gained insight into the exhibition activities of leading museum institutions and became familiar with various forms of museum communication, as well as with the museological aspects of interpreting museum objects.
Asst. Prof. Daniel Zec, PhD