6^th International Conference on the Inclusive Museum

 

Inclusion is a top priority for museums & cultural development of the Danish Cultural Agency, which in partnership with the University of Copenhagen and the International Institute for the Inclusive Museum is establishing an international center of excellence in Inclusive Museum Studies in 2013. The first major activity is the 6th International Conference on the Inclusive Museum (http://onmuseums.com/the-conference%29">http://onmuseums.com/the-conference) hosted by the National Gallery of Denmark. It is a professional/research meeting with case studies and a day dedicated to practical engagement in heritage practice, (http://onmuseums.com/the-conference/program/museum-day) focusing on urban heritage, gender mainstreaming, rethinking natural and cultural heritage and art and place making. Next deadline for submission of proposals is: 14 Feb 2013. Current Abstracts of accepted proposals are online: (http://onmuseums.com/the-conference/program/list-of-accepted-proposals) Please note that places are limited and that registration is for participation for a whole year in the Inclusive Museum Knowledge Community with various benefits including select free publications and one year subscription to the International Journal of the Inclusive Museum.

 

 

Call for papers AICCM National Conference, ‘Contexts for Conservation’

The Science Exchange, Adelaide, SA

23rd, 24th and 25th October

 

The 2013 AICCM National Conference will provide the conservation profession with an opportunity to explore the roles of conservation and conservators within a variety of wider contexts. An interdisciplinary approach will be taken in considering the activities, ideas and challenges of the conservation profession in the present and into the future. The scope will encompass the many varied connections and relationships conservators encounter in their work, from close working relationships with curators and collection managers in cultural institutions, private citizens caring for their own collections to their much broader involvement with national and international cultural and heritage issues.

 

The organising committee now welcomes abstracts (maximum 300 words) for papers on these themes. Abstracts will be accepted until Friday the 12th of April 2013.To submit an abstract, or for further information, please contact:

 

    Kasi Albert

    Preventive Conservator, Artlab Australia

    Mobile: (+61) 0408340894

    Email: national.conference@aiccm.org.au

 

 

“Public Policies toward Museums in Times of Crisis” Conference

Organised jointly by ICOM Europe and ICOM Portugal, this conference will take place in Lisbon on 5 and 6 April 2013. A full programme and registration form is available at www.icom-portugal.org.

 

 

“Clothes Tell Stories”

As Chair of ICOM’s Costume Committee I am looking for contributions to our special project “Clothes Tell Stories”, which will be launched at the meeting in Rio. You can see more about our exciting program under “News – next annual meeting” on the Committee website http://www.costume-committee.org">www.costume-committee.org

This project, called an on-line Costume Workbook, is a web-based resource for museums, students and the general public about how to use costume to tell stories: costume is extremely evocative and always has an immediate appeal in museums. Clothes so easily illustrate many kinds of stories because, when correctly used, they bring an extremely personal aspect to our history. Costume Committee members are contributing their expertise in this project to illustrate many aspects of working with historical costume which will be useful for others: terminology, exhibition techniques, successful labels, contemporary collecting, aspects of proper storage and handling, exhibition walk-throughs and much more.

I’m interested in hearing from those of you who have some under-exposed costume in your collections which we might use as illustrations or case stories. We have found unusual, little-known and exciting items of clothing in art museums, archives, historical houses, museums of natural history, university, specialty and technical museums, and these always seem to increase in exhibition value – and contribute to costume history in general! - when a costume expert has been consulted. We are interested in offering how we as costume experts can elicit more information from special items to help tell the stories you want to tell.

As many small and/or specialty museums do not have access to personnel trained in working with costume, we hope the Costume Workbook can help teach how to store, handle and show costume and accessories. This will not only bring less-known historical costume out in the open, but will contribute to creating valuable new contacts between museums and ICOM specialists.

I look forward to hearing from you! Please contact me at kj@dkks.dk