University Museums in Scotland - Conference 2006

A Right to Collections? Cultural Entitlement & Museums

A Conference organised on behalf of UMiS by the University of Dundee Museum Services

16-17 November 2006, West Park House, University of Dundee

Conference Programme

Day One

10.00-10.40 Registration & refreshments

10.40-10.45 Welcome

10.45-10.50 Message from Patricia Ferguson, Minister for Tourism, Culture & Sport

10.50-11.30 Keynote

Henrietta Lidchi, National Museums of Scotland
The Evolution of the Revolution: what destinies for cultural entitlement?

11.30-13.00 Session One: Size & Type of Museum

Chris Lee, Paisley Museum & Art Gallery
Trying to ride in two saddles at once

Rachel Cheer, St Andrews Preservation Trust Museum
Something for Nothing: Volunteers and the Independent Museum

Dr Ofra Keinan, Kinneret College at the Sea of Galilee
Who is representing whom? Two museums in one village

13.00-14.15 Lunch

14.15-15.15 Session Two: Different Audiences - Opportunity & Conflict

Sally-Anne Coupar, Hunterian Museum and Sarah Janes, University of Glasgow
"Access is at the discretion of the curator": Recovering Hunter's Ethos

Alison Hadfield, University of St Andrews Museum Collections
From Policy to Practice: Cultural Entitlement in New Zealand

15.15-15.45 Refreshments

15.45-16.45 Session Three: Digital Collections & Databases

Ellen McAdam, Glasgow Museums
Opening up the Collection: Glasgow Museums' Collections Navigation System

Kenny McAlpine, University of Abertay Dundee
Sampling the past - towards a digital model of musical instrument preservation

17.00-18.30 Reception, Tower Foyer & Lamb Galleries

18.30 Dinner

Day Two

10.00-10.30 Registration & refreshments

10.30-11.00 Keynote

Peter Stott, Falkirk Council Cultural Services
Collections: Right, Necessity or Irrelevance?

11.00-12.30 Session Four: Education & Access

Christine McLean, National Museums of Scotland
A Right to Decide? Who decides the content, theme and collections available for outreach projects and community engagement?

Brian Kelly, Verdant Works, Dundee Heritage Trust
Whose Heritage? Engaging Communities with Dundee's past

Vasiliki Tzibazi, Winchester University and Sarah Lewis, MLA
Cultural Entitlement: a 'pupil-led' model in Kent

12.30-13.45 Lunch

13.45-14.30 Discussion Panel: What does Cultural Entitlement actually mean for Museums?

14.30-15.00 UMIS AGM

15.00-16.30 Opportunity to visit storerooms and displays of University of Dundee Museum Services

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