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All seminar Events (10)

Defying extinction: keeping museums and galleries alive

March 4, 2009 at 2pm to April 3, 2009 at 5pm – Museum of Sydney Museums & Galleries NSW and the Historic Houses Trust present Defying extinction: keeping museums and galleries alive, a timely seminar exploring creative and effective approaches to funding. Inc… Organized by Zoe Johnson | Type: seminar

Community Museums & Aboriginal Artefacts

May 10, 2009 from 10am to 4:30pm – The Koorie Heritage Trust Does your museum have Aboriginal artefacts on display (or in the store, or in a drawer)? Aboriginal material culture is scattered throughout Victorian museums. In many cases there are no records abou… Organized by Museums Australia (Victoria) | Type: seminar

Talk on collection visualisation - 'The Visible Archive'

June 16, 2009 from 12:30pm to 1:30pm – National Archives of Australia, Canberra The National Archives 2008 Ian Maclean Award grant winner, Dr Mitchell Whitelaw, discusses his groundbreaking project The Visible Archive. The project uses creative visualisation to interpret large… Organized by Tim Sherratt | Type: seminar

Museum Tech Pecha Kucha Night

June 18, 2009 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm – Stevenson Lecture Theatre, British Museum Did you miss Museums and the Web this year? Wondering what happened? Join us for the first-ever Museum Tech Pecha Kucha where attendees of the Museums and the Web (MW) conference in April will presen… Organized by Shelley Mannion | Type: seminar, networking, socializing

Falk and Dierking Canberra seminar: Current research in free-choice learning

July 9, 2009 from 2:30pm to 5pm – National Museum of Australia John H Falk and Lynn D Dierking, experts in museum evaluation and learning theory, will share insights from two current research projects in free-choice learning in museums at this free seminar for m… Organized by Rachael Coghlan | Type: seminar

Going the distance: planning for sustainability

July 23, 2009 from 6pm to 7pm – Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo Whether you’re applying for funding, or recruiting new volunteers, it’s a matter of course that your organisation has strong, clear plans in place. Going the distance: planning for sustainability is… Organized by Museums & Galleries NSW | Type: workshop, /, seminar

Audience Development Seminar

August 3, 2009 from 10am to 1pm – Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne Audience Development is about improving services for regular visitors and taking action to reach out to new people. It is about giving a wider range of people the opportunity to improve their underst… Organized by Laura Miles | Type: seminar

"Artist–in-residence/ Artist interventions in museums”

August 5, 2009 from 2pm to 6:30pm – The University of Queensland Art Museum, St Lucia, Brisbane Museum & Gallery Services Qld (M&GSQ) is pleased to present their 2009 seminar in partnership with The University of Queensland Art Museum and The University of Queensland’s Museum Studies pr… Organized by Museum & Gallery Services Qld | Type: seminar, for, museum, &, gallery, staff, artists, educators

Science Matters: Collections, Research & the Public (National Science Week event)

August 21, 2009 from 9am to 5pm – Melbourne Museum Come and hear how science collections have been used to cultivate a greater understanding of our world in this Science Week event for the museums sector. Brian Looker and Dr David Pemberton will cons… Organized by Laura Miles | Type: seminar

Artists interpreting history

September 4, 2009 from 2pm to 5pm – Museum of Sydney In museums, keeping places, and galleries, curators play a crucial role in making information accessible to audiences. Acting as an interface between collections and audiences, curators present objec… Organized by Museums & Galleries NSW | Type: seminar