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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