The Department of Antiquities, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge will host an international Symposium on the theme of public engagement with collections of the Ancient World in European museums on March 16-17, 2015.
In this two day Symposium, we will be looking at the range of strategies and ideas currently employed by European Museums with Ancient World collections to engage their public with aspects of ancient material culture. We will also be discussing the influence, the different pattern of evolution of curatorial and academic disciplines in different countries has on contemporary public engagement initiatives. European museums and collections that have recently undergone, or are currently undergoing major refurbishment programmes are particularly invited to share their experience of how their ideas of redisplaying antiquities have shaped, or are shaping, a new relationship with their audiences – and who these are.
Participants
Prof. Dimitrios Pandermalis (President, New Acropolis Museum, Athens), Dr Martin Maischberger (Deputy Director, Antikensammlung, Berlin), Dr Despina Kalesopoulou and Ariadne Klonizaki (National Archaeological Museum, Athens), Dr Jody Joy (Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge), Prof. Matthias Wemhoff (Director of the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Antikensammlung Berlin), Dr Nena Galanidou (University of Crete).
Further Information / Registration
16.3.2015 | |
09:30 - 10:15 | Registration and Coffee |
10:15 - 10:30 | Introduction and welcome Lucilla Burn |
10:30 - 10:50 | Engaging our visitors with the Ancient World Collections; The experience of the Fitzwilliam Museum Lucilla Burn Anastasia Christophilopoulou |
10:50 - 11:10 | The new concept of the Museum für Vor‐ und Frühgeschichte ‐ archaeology in a monument of museum's history Marion Bertram |
11:10 - 11:30 | The Cambridge Gallery at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Jody Joy |
11:30 - 11:50 | Collecting, studying and presenting Classical Antiquity in Berlin in the past, present and future Martin Maischberger |
11:50 - 12:10 | Experiment in temporary exhibitions Nicholas James |
12:10 - 12:30 | Public engagement with the Ancient World in Greece: limitations and prospects Nena Galanidou |
12:30 - 13:00 | Discussion to the morning session |
13:00 - 14:15 | Lunch Break |
14:15 - 14:35 | Casting Light on the Ancient World: Education in the Museum of Classical Archaeology Kate Beats Jennifer Thornber |
14:35 - 15:10 | Steps towards the Learning Museum: The National Archaeological Museum "Inside Out" Despina Kalessopoulou Panagiota Koutsiana Maria Lagogianni‐Georgakarakos Maria Selekou |
14:35 - 15:10 | Music as a means of attracting museum audiences Ariadne Klonizaki |
15:10 - 15:30 | From the lecture room to the exhibit hall ‐ Training young professionals in Archaeology in Berlin Regina Attula |
15:30 - 15:50 | Public engagement at the Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin. Some impressions from a community of learners Christine Gerbich |
16:00 - 16:45 | Tea |
16:45 - 17:15 | The Acropolis Museum and its public engagement activities and approaches of the past 5 years Dimitrios Pandermalis |
17:15 - 18:00 | Discussion to the afternoon session and Conclusions |
18:30 - 20:00 | Evening Reception at the Museum of Classical Archaeology |
17.3.2015 | |
10:30 - 11:30 | Guided tour to the refurbished galleries, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Meet at the entrance of the Museum on Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3DZ, at 10:20 am for 10:30 am Sarah‐Jane Harknett |
12:00 - 13:00 | Guided tour, Gallery of Greece and Rome (Gallery 21) Meet at the Main Entrance of the Fitzwilliam Museum on Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1RB at 11.50 am for 12.00 am Lucilla Burn |
13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch‐time reception |
14:30 - 15:00 | Symposium closes |