The Society of Museum Archaeologists Annual Conference 2011
M-Shed, Bristol
‘Making an impact: Why museum archaeology matters’
Thursday 3rd November
2pm-2.45pm Arrival and registration
2.45pm Welcome from the Chair of Society for Museum Archaeologists
Session one
Shed loads of stuff.
3pm -4pm: M Shed - Bristol's newest museum'
An introduction and guided tour by Gail Boyle, Senior Collections Officer (Archaeology)
4pm- 4.30 pm Tea
The Local View
Chair: TBC
4.30 pm- 5.00 pm: Know Your Place - learning and sharing information about historic Bristol
Peter Insole, Bristol Archaeological Officer
5.pm- 5.30 pm: The Portable Antiquities Scheme - Database, Website & Volunteers
Daniel Pett ICT Adviser and Kurt Adams Finds Liaison Officer for Gloucestershire and Avon
Questions
Keynote address
6pm -6.45pm: Facing an uncertain future
Dominic Tweddle, Director General, National Museum of the Royal Navy
6.30pm-9pm Evening reception at M-Shed
Friday 4th November
8.30-9am: Tea, Coffee and pastries on arrival
Session two
Illuminating the darkness
Chair: TBC
9am-9.30am: Luton Osteology Initiative: Opening up sensitive collections to unusual
audiences
Tim Vickers, Collections Care Officer and formers Curator of Archaeology at Luton Culture.
9.30 am-10am: The Lawrence Room of Girton College: Making University Collections
Accessible
Imogen Gunn, Curatorial Assistant for Archaeology, Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology,
University of Cambridge
10am-10.30am: Museums, Plans and Planning
Duncan Brown, Head of Archaeological Archives, English Heritage
Questions
10.40am-11am Tea
(SMA Committee Meeting)
Session three
Getting out of the office
Chair: TBC
11am-11.30am: Why Museums Matter: the Caithness Broch Centre
Dr Andy Heald, Managing Director, AOC Archaeology Group
11.30-12pm: 'I never knew ceramics could be so interesting!': Community engagement at
Conisbrough Castle
Kevin Booth, Senior Curator (North), English Heritage, Sally Rodgers, Community Heritage
Officer, Heeley City Farm, Sheffield
12.00-12.30pm: Conquering the north: the first human colonisation of Britain
Dr Nick Ashton, Curator of Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Collections, the British Museum
Questions
12.40-1pm SMA AGM
1pm-2pm Lunch (provided)
Session four
How to make friends and influence people
Chair: TBC
2.00-2.30pm A joined up future?
John Orna-Ornstein, Head of National Programmes, The British Museum
Caroline McDonald, Curator of Archaeology, Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service
2.30 pm-3.00pm: ‘It’s the economy- stupid’ a case study on economic impact and its
relevance
Paul Burtenshaw PhD candidate Institute of Archaeology , Tim Schadla-Hall Reader in Public
Archaeology IOA
3.00pm-3.30pm: Governance Matters: Why Institutional Design is Key to the Success of
Community Organization
Peter Gould, MPhil/PhD Institute of Archaeology, UCL
Questions
3.40-4.00pm Tea
Session five
State of the Nation
Chair: Dave Allen
4pm-4.45pm: ‘Art and Archaeology’– Museum Archaeology in an Arts Council World
Hedley, Swain, Director Museums and Renaissance, Arts Council England
Questions
4.45pm-5pm Sum up and Close: Chair of the Society of Museum Archaeologists
7.00pm Conference dinner
Local venue TBC
This is an informal affair and delegates pay for themselves on the night.