The NPG is hosting two discussions during MGM 2002 event below. Bookings to
the addresses below, not via the NPG.
Thursday 9 May 2002, 7-8.30pm
Organised by the Group for Education in Museums and engage
'A box of matches is the curator's best friend'
Speakers:Tom Bentley (Demos), Charles Landry (Comedia), Alice Rawsthorne
(Director, Design Museum)
What is the point of collecting? How should museums and galleries decide
what not to keep? Are we a nation obsessed by objects and artworks,
dwelling in the past? Is what we keep and display in fact essential to our
future? Or do our collections only matter if people understand and enjoy
them?
Free to GEM/engage members, but booking essential. Contact
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The Institute of Ideas and the National Portrait Gallery present
Friday 17 May 2002
Going back to our roots
National Portrait Gallery
6:30pm
Speakers:
Tristram Hunt, Associate fellow,Centre for History and Economics, King's
College, Cambridge
Liz Forgan, Chair Heritage Lottery Fund
Greg Neale, Editor BBC History Magazine
Frank Furedi, Author Mythical Past Elusive Future
Chaired by Tiffany Jenkins, Institute of Ideas
Tickets £5/7 020 7269 9220
www.Instituteofideas.com
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