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Prague , Czech Republic
8 –10 November 2005
Pantheon and conference hall of the National Museum ,
Václavské námìstí 68, Praha 1
International Museology Conference on the topic
The Museum and Change II.
connected with
INTERCOM Annual Meeting
... Three years have elapsed since the first round of The Museum and Change conference which in 2002 sought answers to the questions of how the management conditions and museum collection building had changed in Central and Eastern Europe; a conference which sought and hopefully found at least some answers to the question of what should be changed in museums’ approach to their visitors and how the training of the oncoming generation of museum professionals should be innovated. Today, the starting point for the meeting apparently resides in a range of issues, which were not tackled or were given marginal attention when we convened three years ago...
...2005 is the fifteenth year of the existence of the Association of Czech Museums and Galleries and – as every anniversary – an occasion for taking stock of the past period, conceptions and activities, as well as for confirming – or changing – the future orientation of the organization...
... Museums are bridges between the past, present and future, between our lives and the stories of the people who lived here before us, between cultures, nations and people; they are places of new experience, adventures and knowledge. The world changes fast today – and so do museums. There are new technologies, ways of communication, visitor approaches, and services. In spite of that museums continue to play the role of bridges – mediators of knowledge, comprehension and understanding...
...Also the Czech museum environment has changed since the first meeting in 2002. A new public administration system is now in place, and a major portion of regional museums and art museums have been transferred under self-governing regions. Act no. 122/2000 Coll. on the Protection of Museum Collections is now in force and its 2004 amendment extended the provisions of the law to public services of collection building institutions. Four instruction centres have been set up as a direct result of the Policy of enhanced care for tangible cultural heritage from 2003 to 2008 which is the basic government policy document...
... a number of new exhibitions have been set up and many significant exhibition projects have been implemented. After the dramatic drop in 2002, museum attendance rates are gradually recovering. Media campaigns, of which the most notable is the spring national Festival of Museum Nights, represent a new phenomenon in museums’ public action...
...The Museum and Change II. is the second occasion for Central European museum professionals, museology teachers and students to meet; our goal is to make this meeting a triennial event focusing on topical, hot – and perhaps also controversial – issues related to museums, museum visitors and current museum practice. We are pleased that the conference has also embraced the annual meeting of INTERCOM, the international committee of ICOM dedicated to museum management...
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Objective of the meeting |
To confront opinions on the work of the museum community and to stimulate discussion on new museological topics that will come into the foreground with a growing intensity in the future period. To clarify new trends in museum work and to find new applicable models for our work. To provide occasion for international discussion on further orientation of museum work, a forum for sharing experience and mutual inspiration. |
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Target groups |
Professional museum professionals primarily from Central Europe (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Austria, Germany), overlapping to other EU countries... University teachers and students primarily representing museology, culturology, history, art history, archaeology, ethnography, cultural anthropology, architecture... Interdisciplinary sociologists and agencies which in the past did research in museum sector; teachers; architectural design studios which were or have been involved in museum development or museum design projects… Journalists journalists focusing on culture and society... Representatives of political life, public administration and self-government bodies culture and education sections / commissions of the Parliament, Senate, regional commissioners, representatives of museum and gallery administrators... |
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Thematic blocks |
I. Managing change What are the main pressures on modern museums? We now have so many roles to play to justify public funding - does this in any way deflect us from our 'original' purposes? What are the tensions these pressures bring and how do we deal with them? Are these pressures common worldwide? What are the skills necessary to meet the challenges of constant change and how do we ensure that we have them? How should a museum structure itself and behave in order to be able to manage change successfully?
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II. The role of national museum organizations What is the influence of museum organisations on the functioning of museums (within a country or on international scale)? What are the spheres of their action? What should the spheres of their action be? In which way do they collaborate with museum administrators, and the state and public administration? In which way do they collaborate with the private sector? Are there any changes in the mission of these organisations? What is their impact on the public perception of the missions and objectives of museums? |
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III. Volunteers and museums What is the role of a volunteer in a museum? What are the professional and ethical requirements for the relation between a museum professional and a volunteer? How can volunteers influence museum image? Can a volunteer become an “ambassador” of a museum? |
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IV. Collection mobility To what extent may museum collection remain enclosed within the museum walls in the changing society? Is there any way to create new space for exhibitions or to use new, non-traditional tools for exhibiting museum collections? Can the existing urban infrastructure be employed to enhance the creativity of museum institutions? To what extent are different institutions willing and able to overcome potential dividing lines? Does collection mobility merely mean casual exhibition swapping? What is the way to assure safety for collections once they set on the journey? Is the current practice sufficient? Are we ready to cooperate on the European scale? |
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V. Museums in the virtual space Does digitalisation of cultural heritage offer new ways of interpretation? Or is the information propagated with the use of information technologies only a highly efficient marketing tool promoting the awareness of the existing cultural heritage? Provided the oncoming generations are given almost unlimited access to information on the past, as well as on the present of humankind and society and their ethic, aesthetic and social needs or expressions – how does digitalisation of collections influence the mission of museums? How does digitalisation reflect in the sphere of museum ethics? Is the digital record capable of substituting the real collection item? And is the digital record capable of mediating the real experience? What is the role of virtual reality in museum work? |
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Conference organizers |
Association of Czech Museums and Galleries, Czech Committee of ICOM, Czech Ministry of Culture, National Museum, Masaryk University – Institute of Archaeology and Museology, Brno, Silesian University – Institute of History and Museology , Opava; Czech Galleries Council |
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Working language |
Czech and Slovak / English |
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Conference secretariat |
Association of Czech Museums and Galleries Jindrisska 901/5, II. schodiste, 110 00 Praha 1 – Nove Mesto, Czech Republic tel. +420 224 210 037-9, fax +420 224 210 047 e-mail: amg@cz-museums.cz http://www.cz-museums.cz |
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Conference dates |
Tuesday 8 November – Thursday10 November 2005 INTERCOM Annual meeting> 11 November 2005; excursion> 12 November 2005 (for INTERCOM members, working language – English) |
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Course of conference |
Four thematic sessions with papers and panel discussions. Papers should not exceed 20 minutes. Poster presentations. Workshops |
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Outputs |
Proceedings in Czech and English, website, CD ROM |
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Applications |
1st Circular letter (from 10 June to 30 July 2005) 2nd Circular letter (from 1 September to 20 October 2005) Registration forms will be sent to museums by post, or by e-mail on request. On-line form is available here. |
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Accommodation |
Accommodation will be booked by the conference secretariat according to requests specified in the conference application form. The secretariat will contact participants with further information on hotel reservations and way of payment. |
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Conference fee |
CZK 720 for members, employees and students of the organizing institutions and members of the Union of Museums in Slovakia and the Slovak ICOM Committee 30% discount for the participants who signed in upon receipt of the 1st circular letter, i.e. CZK 500; 20% for the participants who signed in upon receipt of the 2nd circular letter , i.e. CZK 580 EUR 160 for the other conference participants 30% discount for the participants who signed in upon receipt of the 1st circular letter, i.e. EUR 110; 20% for the participants who signed in upon receipt of the 2nd circular letter , i.e. EUR 130 EUR 260 for conference and annual INTERCOM meeting participants 30% discount for the participants who signed in upon receipt of the 1st circular letter, i.e. EUR 180; 20% for the participants who signed in upon receipt of the 2nd circular letter , i.e. EUR 210 Conference fees should be paid by a bank transfer to the account of the Association of Czech Museums and Galleries, GE Money Bank, account no. 2233905-504/0600, SWIFT code: AGBACZPP. The fee covers conference organisation costs, conference materials, interpretation and refreshments during the sessions. |
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Preliminary conference schedule |
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8 November 2005, Tuesday, main building of National Museum |
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Pantheon of National Museum |
Conference hall |
Meeting room |
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8..–10.00 |
Registration of participants |
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10.00 |
Official opening of the conference |
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11.00-12.00 |
1st session – joint meeting |
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working meeting on selected topics |
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13.00-14.00 |
lunch break |
lunch break |
lunch break |
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14.00-16.00 |
2nd session – 1st part |
3rd session – 1st part |
working meeting on selected topics |
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16.00 |
Close of the 1st conference day, accommodation, visits to Prague museums and galleries |
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9 November 2005, Wednesday |
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10.00-13.00 |
2nd session – 2nd part |
3rd session – 2nd part |
working meeting on selected topics |
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13.00-14.00 |
lunch break |
lunch break |
lunch break |
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14.00-18.00 |
4th session – 1st part |
5th block – 1st part |
working meeting on selected topics |
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20.00 |
Gala night – a concert in the National Museum Pantheon, banquet |
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10 November 2005, Thursday |
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10.00-12.00 |
4th session – 2nd part |
5th session – 2nd part |
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13.00-12.00 |
Closing meeting of all conference participants and closing address |
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11 November 2005, Friday, National Museum – Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures |
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10.00-12.00 |
INTERCOM annual meeting – 1st part |
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12.00-13.00 |
lunch break |
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13.00-16.00 |
INTERCOM annual meeting – 2nd part |
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19.00 |
for INTERCOM annual meeting farewell party |
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12 November 2005, Saturday |
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INTERCOM Excursion – museums and sites in Bohemia |
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