The Academic Master’s programme offers highly specialised training in one of the key professions in the management of artistic and cultural heritage: the registrar and collection specialist. Through theoretical, practical, and laboratory-based teaching, the AM combines cross-disciplinary skills such as data management, the cataloguing of artworks and luxury objects, legal knowledge regarding the handling and circulation of artworks and cultural assets, and expertise in logistics and materials conservation. The final internship gives students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a profession that is becoming increasingly strategic for museums, galleries, foundations, archives, artists’ studios, private and corporate collections, art fairs, and for managing the heritage of luxury companies in the fashion and design sectors.
Department: Visual Arts
Area: Visual Arts
Title Awarded: First Level Academic Master Degree*
Credits: 60 CFA
Starting: October 2026
Duration: 1 year
Languages: Italian
Campus: Milan
*Degrees recognised by the MUR
Our Faculty
Marco Scotini is the Artistic Director of the FM Centre for Contemporary Art, Milan, and Head of the Exhibitions Programme at PAV, Parco Arte Vivente, Turin. He is the Scientific Director of the Archivio Gianni Colombo and the Bert Theis Archive. He has been a member of the Italian Council since 2019. He has been Visual Arts Department Head since 2004. After many collaborations with international artistic institutions (Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Documenta, Kassel, MAXXI, Rome, SALT, Istanbul, Castello di Rivoli), he curated the Albanian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2015), co-curated the 1st Anren Biennale (2017) and he has been the Artistic Director of the 2nd Yinchuan Biennale in China (2018). Among his most recent publications: Utopian Display. Geopolitical Curating (Quodlibet NABA Insights, 2019), Politiques de la Végétation (Eterotopia France, 2019), Artecrazia (DeriveApprodi, 2017).
Study and career opportunities
NABA’s Career Services & Industry Relations Office can provide you with support and guidance during your transition from the academy to the professional world. Our staff can help you develop self-promotion tools and assist you during your first steps into the world of work.
The Office develops relationships with companies in order to set up internship agreements, employment opportunities, and interactive projects between students and businesses.
Kick-off your career. Among the career opportunities: