We're not talking about storage facilities – but preservation housing!
The Museum Council, the Icelandic Section of ICOM and FÍSOS are inviting you to a symposium at the Museum House on Hverfisgata on Monday, May 9th, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM under the title: We are not talking about storage facilities – but preservation buildings!
The conference will also be streamed, see details. here on Facebook event
The monitoring and preservation status of museums across the country will be discussed – as well as the challenges we face – with speakers coming from various backgrounds and possessing extensive knowledge and experience in museum operations.
Agenda:
13:00 – Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Director of the Museum Council, will host a symposium. Address by the moderator, Aníta Elefsen, Director of the Icelandic Herring Museum and Chair of FÍSOS.
13:10 – Why is the Museum Council always interfering? About housing issues, monitoring and follow-up. Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Director of the Museums Council, Ingibjörg Áskelsdóttir, curator on the Museums Council's supervisory committee, and Lýður Pálsson, director of the Árnesingi Museum of Local History.
1:35 PM – Shared storage facilities – a viable option? Steinunn María Sveinsdóttir, director of the Icelandic Aviation Museum, Elsa Guðný Björgvinsdóttir, director of the East Iceland Museum of Art, and Elfa Hlín Sigrúnar Pétursdóttir, director of the East Iceland Technical Museum of Art
14:00 – On museum issues in West IcelandSigursteinn Sigurðsson, cultural representative for West Iceland.
14:15 – Collection in boxesBerglind Þorsteinsdóttir, curator of the Skagfjorden Regional Museum
14:25 – Status of conservation issues at the Kópavogur Natural History Museum – Finnur Ingimarsson, director of the Kópavogur Natural History Museum
14:35 – Museum Storage: Out of the Shadows. Christine McLellan, Glasgow Museums Logistics & Programming Manager
15:00 – A job is half done when it's begun. – preservation issues at the National Gallery of Iceland – Harpa Þórsdóttir, Director of the National Gallery of Iceland
15:10 – Now everything will be better – the experience of the National Museum's new storage facility at TjarnarvöllurÁgústa Kristófersdóttir, Director of the National Museum of Iceland's Collections
15:20 – Coffee and snacks