MUSEOLOGY
PUBLIC LECUTRES AT CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
You are welcome to join undergraduate students from the Department of
Archaeology and Conservation in the School of History Archaeology and
Religion (SHARE) by attending a series of lectures. These are held in room
2.03 of the Humanities Building. Maps for the campus can be found on Cardiff
University’s website.
All Lectures Friday 13.10 – 14.00 Room 2.03 Humanities Building
FREE TO ATTEND BUT IF YOU BOOK IN ADVANCE WE CAN NOTIFY YOU OF
ANY CHANGES TO THE PROGRAMME.
COORDINATOR JANE HENDERSON HENDERSONLJ@CARDIFF.AC.UK
17TH FEB
ANNA BARNES
CONSERVATOR / EXHIBITIONS AND
OUTREACH OFFICER, ROTHERHAM MBC
What happens to the things in museums?
This talk will give an account of the way that objects are used and cared for in museums.
The speaker will describe the collections care and conservation in operation in a
medium sized local authority museums service. The presentation will also cover how
collections are used in exhibitions and through outreach activities
24TH FEB
STEVE DAVIS
OPERATIONAL RISK BUSINESS PARTNER
SPECIALIST-SECURITY THE NATIONAL TRUST
Security in the National Trust
This presentation will describe the experience of crime from a specialist perspective and
will look at the solutions used to try and limit losses and damage and the statistics of
crime, by reference to reported incidents in the National Trust.
2ND MARCH
PIOTR BIENKOWSKI
CONSULTANT
Sharing decision making with communities: what works and what doesn't?
In recent years, Professor Bienkowski has led work in museums aimed at involving
different communities in decision-making and interpretation. In the UK and
internationally, there is evidence that, despite museums' best intentions, some
approaches can backfire, and that communities remain feeling disempowered. Real
sharing of decision-making is not easy, and requires systematic change at all levels in an
organisation.
1.10pm
2.03 Humanities Building HendersonLJ@cardiff.ac.uk to confirm
16TH MARCH DAVID ANDERSON DIRECTOR AC-NMW
Museums, Participation and Cultural Rights: the implications of the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights for the work of Museums with their publics
The application of Human Rights legislation to museums has not, until recently, received
much attention. Yet the implications for the cultural sector is taken seriously, as
profound. These include not just what services museums offer to the public, but how
such services are developed.
23RD MARCH EMMA AYLING
CURATOR PRIESTS HOUSE MUSEUMS
Life in a Modern Museum
A behind the scenes talk about life in an independent museum, The Priest's House
Museum in East Dorset. The museum is governed by a board of Trustees in partnership
with East Dorset District Council. The speaker is one of two professional curators who
work with a team of over 100 volunteers who help with all aspects of the Museum. The
Museum has won various awards for its creative display and education programmes,
and it continues as a very active and lively community service managed on a highly
professional basis. The talk will describe the challenges, pitfalls and joys of working
with the community to deliver high quality museum services.
30TH MARCH PROFESSOR GAYNOR KAVANAGH DPHIL MPHIL FMA DEAN
CARDIFF SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN, CARDIFF METROPOLITAN
UNIVERSITY
Thinking about things: ourselves and the material world.
This talk will be concerned with issues that arise for museums from interlocking notions
of identity, memory and the senses. It will challenge the didactic nature of museums
where it is based on an unreflective perception of collections as carriers of information
4TH MAY
DIANE GWILT
KEEPER OF COLLECTIONS SERVICES AC
NMW
Delivering the vision
This presentation will focus on the managerial aspects of delivering the museum’s vision
in practice. The speaker will explain the underpinning role of planning and finance in
ensuring that the museum can offer its services. The presentation will describe the core
planning documents from a museum; show how risk management feeds into that
process and explains how the allocation of funding flows down from decisions about
vision, aims, objectives and priorities.
1.10pm
2.03 Humanities Building HendersonLJ@cardiff.ac.uk to confirm