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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