2018 Education and Outreach Forum

Interested in museum and gallery learning and community engagment? The annual Irish Museums Association Education and Outreach (E+O) forum will take place on the 5 July 2018 at the Lecture theatre, National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts and History. Please note this event books out so early registration is advised.

From projects that explore working with teenagers to women in direct provision, projects at pilot stage to results of final evaluation, or covering disciplines from archaeology to art, the E+O forum is a key event in the calendar for museum and cultural practitioners and educators to meet and discuss topics of interest to their learning and engagement programmes.

It provides an informal platform to reflect and engage with colleagues and is intended as a place for critical engagement, examination and experimentation of ideas, where a lasting contribution can be made to the development of education in the museum context.

Speakers are selected from an open call for papers:

TY with a twist

Gillian Roddie, Education and Learning Manager (Interim), Science Gallery Dublin Students create for Students. Project space for schools to focus on vocational training

Lucia Taeubler, Head of Museum Education and Customer Services, Kunstmeile Krems Developing and using Handling Collections to teach about Archaeology 

Siobhán Pierce, Education and Outreach Officer - Archaeology & Natural History, National Museum of Ireland Engaging Mini People in a Mini Space with Minifigures 

Julie Burke, Education and Outreach Officer, Marsh’s Library Engaging with the Troubles 

Fiona Baird, Education Officer, Ulster Museum, National Museums Northern IrelandARTiculation: Art, Artefact and Architecture 

Julia Walsh, Education and Outreach Officer, Tipperary County Museum and Josepha Sanna, ARTiculation Outreach, The Roche Court Educational Trust Building a culture of Visitor Research in Irish Museums and Galleries 

Fiona Byrne, Education Manager, Design & Crafts Council of Ireland From Scéal to Storia: Exploring Cultural Heritage in Europe 

Aoife Hegarty, Digital Humanities PhD Candidate, University College Cork

Beyond self-confidence: a participatory evaluation of personal change in Science Gallery's Mediators 

Katrina Enros, Global Engagement and Insights Manager, Science Gallery International A Creative Art Project with Women Living in Direct Provision Accommodation 

Emma Klemencic, Coordinator - Learn and Explore Programme, and Inge Van Doorslaer, Artist Facilitator, Crawford Art Gallery Sybil and the Commons: an experiment in opening up collections 

Chelsea Canavan, Education and Outreach Assistant, The Hunt Museum

Click here to view schedule, presentation abstracts and speakers' biographies.

Click here to register for this event via Eventbrite (Fee: €15 - €25).

This event will run from 9:30 - 16:00 on the 5 July 2018 at National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 1.

The Education and Outreach forum 2018 has been awarded the European Year of Cultural Heritage label. #EuropeForCulture #MakingAConnection