Conference Programme 2016
25 – 28 September 2016, Edinburgh and Glasgow, United Kingdom
Theme: The role of the artefact in 21st century museums
| Sunday 25 September, Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland (corner Chambers Street/ George IV Bridge) |
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| 18:30 | 20:30 | Opening reception | |
| Monday 26 September, Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland (entry via Lothian Street) |
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| 09:00 | 09:30 | Registration/ coffee | |
| 09:30 | 10:00 | Director’s welcome by Gordon Rintoul CBE | |
| 10:00 | 12:00 | Session 1: Transport at the National Museums Scotland: Past, Present, Future | |
| Ian Brown, Thilo Bürgel, Louise Innes, Alison Taubmann | |||
| 15:30 | 17:30 | Session 2: Conservation perspective – Do we or Don’t we run them? | |
| Chris Knapp (Imperial War Museum) | |||
| Dave Morris (National Museum of the Royal Navy) | |||
| Chris Van Schaardenburgh (BovingtonTank Museum) | |||
| Tuesday 27 September, Glasgow Riverside Museum |
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| 10:30 | 11:00 | Welcome by Martin Bellamy | |
| 11:00 | 13:00 | Session 3: Collections Accessibility and Digital Options | |
| Aija Bauere (Riga Motor Museums): New Riga Motor Museum – New Technologies – New Challenges |
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| Bianca Gendreau (Canadian Museum of History): Making collections accessible, tradition, trend and tyranny |
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| Erin Gregory (Canada Aviation and Space Museum): Game On: Bringing Artifacts and History to Life in Mobile Apps |
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| 14:00 | 15:00 | Session 4: Research and the Collection | |
| Stephen Quick (Canadian War Museum): Exploring History Through a Life-size Graphic Novel: The Making of Deadly Skies – Air War, 1914–1918 |
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| Sam Mullins (London Transport Museum): Colour Light and Movement |
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| 15:30 | 17:00 | Session 5: Operating a Collection – or Not | |
| Joachim Breuninger (Transport Museum Dresden): Why we do not run our collection! |
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| Walter Hofstetter (SBB Historic): The Way To a Well Managed Rolling Stock Collection |
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| Dr. Rainer Mertens (DB Museum): Euphoria machine – past and present of the historical “Adler”-train |
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| 19:30 | Conference Dinner | Hawthornden Court | |
| Wednesday 28 September, Edinburgh, National Museum of Flight (East Fortune Airfield) |
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| 10:30 | 12:30 | Session 6 | |
| Paul Kirkman (National Railway Museum York): Flying Scotsman Restoration – tbc |
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| René Schrøder Christensen (Danish Railway Museum): The material turn and fear of artefacts – exhibits or the experience of riding a train? | |||
| Peter Ovenstone (Heritage Railway Association): ABTEM Larger & Working Objects | |||
| 12:30 | 13:00 | General Assembly | |
| 17:00 | End of the Conference | ||
