2016 Irish Museums Association Annual Conference

10:00 – 10:45     

Tea/Coffee: Atrium, National Gallery of Ireland, Clare Street, Dublin 2

Registration: Lecture theatre, National Gallery of Ireland

10:45 – 11:00     

Welcome: Anne Hodge, Curator of Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Ireland

11:00 – 12:30     

The ‘grassroots’ museum: Drogheda citizen’s role in developing and shaping a truly democratic museum

Audrey Smith, Heritage Consultant, Drogheda Museum and Old Drogheda Society

Local Authority Museum Network (LAMN): Preserving the past – Shaping the future

Liam Bradley, Curator, Monaghan County Museum

From inclusion to citizenship: Perceptions 2016

Louise Foott, Lecturer, Dept of Arts in Health & Community Practice, CIT Crawford College of Art & Design

Evolving from last resort to first choice: Using exhibitions to democratise access to National Library Collections

Nicola Ralston, Assistant Keeper – Education and Outreach,  National Library of Ireland

Moderator: Anne Hodge, Curator of Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Ireland

13:30 –14:15      

Migration in museums – towards more diverse ways of narrating

Edith Andrees, Cultural Historian and Museum Educator

Object-based learning to support language acquisition for new arrivals

Jo-Anne Sunderland-Bowe, Heritage Education Consultant and BSOL Programme Manager, British Museum

Moderator: Carla Marrinan, Chief Executive Officer, National Print Museum

14:45 – 15:30     

Colonialism and Museums - Are we there yet?

Briony Widdis, PhD Candidate, Ulster University

Are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) histories locked in museum closets?

Dr Alan Kirwan, Museum Educator, House of European History, a project of the European Parliament

Moderator: Ken Langan,  Board Director, Irish Museums Association

15:30 –  15:40    

Short Break

15:40 – 16:30     

Democratic or Dangerous? Museums and their usefulness in contemporary society

Dr Elizabeth Crooke, Professor of Heritage and Museum Studies, Ulster University

The role of National Museums in (re)negotiating national identity

Jennifer Siung, Head of Education, Chester Beatty Library

Moderator: Dr Hugh Maguire, Director, The Hunt Museum

16:30 – 16:40     

Closing Remarks: Brian Crowley IMA Chair and Curator, Pearse Museum

16:45 – 17:00     

Creative Europe 2014-2020 Information Session

Audrey Keane, Creative Europe – Culture office, Arts Council

17:45 – 19:00     

Museum Visit and Reception: The National Print Museum, Beggars Bush Barracks, Haddington Rd, D4

9:15 –  9:30      

Registration:  Lecture Theatre, National Gallery of Ireland, Clare Street, Dublin 2

9:30 – 11:00      

Welcome: Brian Crowley, Chair, Irish Museums Association

Launch of Proceedings: Sean Rainbird, Director, National Gallery of Ireland

Relative success and/or absolute failure?

Dr Jette Sandahl, Museum Advisor and former Director, Museum of Copenhagen, Denmark

One day, all this will be yours

Tony Butler, Executive Director, Derby Museums Trust

Moderator: William Blair Head of Human History, National Museums Northern Ireland

11:30 – 12:45    

This is your museum too! Regaining trust and re-establishing connections with society in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Elma Hasimbegovic, Director, History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina

On the Factory’s Ruins: The death of a nation and the birth of a museum

Dr Anthony Haughey, Visual Artist and Lecturer, School of Media, Dublin Institute of Technology

Curating Birmingham: diversity, identity and power

Nazia Ali, Curator of ‘Collecting Birmingham’, Birmingham Museums Trust

Moderator: Aoife Ruane, Director, Highlanes Gallery

13:45 – 15:00    

Panel Session: Towards a Cultural Democracy

Chaired by Dr Ciarán Benson, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University College Dublin

Lar Joye, Assistant Keeper, National Museum of Ireland – Art & Industrial Division

Fiona Kearney, Director, Lewis Glucksman Gallery

Dr Malachi O’Doherty, Writer and Broadcaster

Eithne Verling, Director, Galway City Museum

Trevor White, Director, Little Museum of Dublin

15:30 – 16:20    

Good citizenship means putting the public at the heart of our museums

Dr Marie Bourke, Museum Professional

Museums, Imaginaries, and the Natural History of Humankind

Dr Aislinn O’Donnell, Lecturer in Philosophy of Education, University of Limerick

Moderator: Dr Emily Mark-Fitzgerald  Lecturer, School of Art History and Cultural Policy, University College Dublin

16:30 – 16:45    

Closing Remarks and Vote of Thanks: Brian Crowley Chair, IMA

17:00 – 17:30    

EGM (IMA members)

18:30 – 19:30    

Tour of An Post’s GPO Witness History, General Post Office, O’Connell St. Lower, Dublin 1

20:30 – 23:00    

Conference Dinner: The Winding Stair Restaurant, 40 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin 1