'Thinking Outside the Box': Innovative Approaches to Museum Work

OUR CONFERENCE IS NOW SOLD OUT

Our conference this year 'Thinking Outside the Box': Innovative Approaches to Museum Work will share examples and ideas of innovative working.

Programme:

Unexpected ideas – using your collections in ways no-one expects

Landseer in a Lorry (is it Ed Sheeran in there?)

National Galleries Scotland

The rise and fall of Benny Lynch

Kevin Kerrigan, Open Museum

Cross Generational Working

Attracting and Engaging the Older Generation in the Visitor Attraction Sector

Professor Anna Leask, Edinburgh Napier University

Engaging with Experience: A cross generational project

Adam Love-Rodgers, National Museums Scotland

Breakout Sessions

Making Learning Visible

Scottish Learning Group

Co-creating change in the Museum

Glasgow Women’s Library

Unsettling Naken chaetrie in Scottish museums

University of Stirling

Getting the Word Out

Collaborative Working and Going Industrial

Emma Halford-Forbes, Industrial Museums Scotland

Panel Discussion: Collaborative Working

Chair: David Mitchell, Historic Environment Scotland

Cait McCullagh, Heriot Watt University

Alison Hadfield, Museum of the University of St Andrews

Bob Clark, Auchindrian Township

The conference will be held at the Engine Shed on Wednesday 25 April from 10:00 – 16:30.

The costs for places is £15 for members and £25 for non-members.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Membership

If you would like to become a member and only pay £15 for your conference place, please click the following link for more information: http://bit.ly/SMFMembership

If you have any queries about the conference or the Scottish Museums Federation in general, please email scottishmuseumsfederation@gmail.com

We look forward to seeing you there!

SMF Committee