Museums and Galleries History Group Second Symposium
Negotiating Museum and Gallery History
The Museums and Galleries History Group will hold its next symposium at
Newcastle University on September 7th and 8th 2006 on the theme negotiating
museum and gallery history. This is a chance to review the nature and roles
of museum and gallery history, looking at: trends in and uses of museum and
gallery historiography and attempts to link contemporary museological
concerns (such as access, inclusion, diversity, restitution etc.) to
historical precedents. The proceedings will also focus on the ways in which
museums and galleries today work with (or against) their historic
identities, buildings, collections, displays and the historical paradigms
of knowledge, culture and society inherent within them.
Speakers include academics such as Sam Alberti, Chris Whitehead and
Catherine Lewis and museum professionals such as Liz Hyde and Lindy
Gilliland. Papers range in focus from the significance of architectural
adaptation in historic museums and galleries to the problems of producing
contemporary displays in historic settings and aspects of the history of
museum education. There will also be a visit to BALTIC Centre for
Contemporary Art, whose archivist will discuss the documentation of the
Centre’s own past and present.
The registration fee is £30 for MGHG members and £40 for non-members. The
programme and booking form can be downloaded at the Museum and Gallery
History Group’s website, http://www.mghg.org/ . The registration fee
includes lunches, tea and coffee and attendance at a wine reception at
Newcastle University’s Hatton Gallery.
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