We’re hosting a conference in collaboration with the rather wonderful National Railway Museum in York.
In this two-day conference, we will be discussing the role of heritage institutions in our cities and communities, and how museums, galleries and higher education might work together for teaching, research and public engagement purposes. We will be drawing upon expertise from both the culture and heritage industry and from academic practitioners, and the conference will serve as a space for discussion of both the benefits and challenges of such initiatives, as well as an ideas exchange on best practice.
This conference is free to attend. Register for your free place here.
PROGRAMME
19th April: Day 1 – Museums, Cities and Communities
8.45am – 9am: Registration & coffee
9.00am – 9.10am: Welcome and introduction – Professor Dawn Hadley (Acting Vice President for Arts and Humanities, University of Sheffield)
9.10am – 10.40am: Museums and galleries in urban contexts: case studies
Laura Sillars (Artistic Director at Site Gallery, Sheffield)
Helen Featherstone (Director of the Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust & Kelham Island Museum, Sheffield)
Nicola Freeman (Director of Engagement & Learning at The Hepworth, Wakefield)
Anna Stolyarova (Director of the Amsterdam Street Art Museum, Amsterdam)
10.40am – 11am: Museum and gallery case studies: discussion and questions
11.00am: Coffee
11.10am – 12.10pm: Professor Dawn Hadley (University of Sheffield) & Nick Bax (Human)
‘Castlegate, Sheffield: heritage-led urban regeneration’
12.10pm: Lunch
1.15pm – 2.35pm: Panel 1
Adrian Steel (The Postal Museum)
‘Delivered: The Postal Museum’s new home in the heart of Clerkenwell’
Geoff Ginn (University of Queensland, Australia)
‘Heritage and Renewal: The North Ipswich Railway Workshops, the Queensland Museum and the challenge of ‘catalyst’ investment’
Gabor Stark (University for the Creative Arts)
‘EKR – The Friendly Army: Collective Remembrance and Collaborative Placemaking’
2.35pm – 4.00pm: Panel 2
Andrew Parkin / Sally Waite (Tyne & Wear Archives / Newcastle University)
‘Building a Community Curriculum: the Shefton Collection as a resource for schools’
Cynthia Johnston (School of Advanced Study, University of London),
‘A Pioneering Partnership: Blackburn Museum and the University of London; connecting cultures of research and management’
Kazz Morohashi (Norwich University of the Arts)
‘What did the dog see? Engaging with family audience through live listening and Go Walkeez’
Sue Perks (University for the Creative Arts)
‘The Importance of exhibition projects involving community engagement: my work with Aik Saath’
4.00pm: Coffee
4.15pm – 5.00pm: Andrew McLean (Assistant Director & Head Curator, NRM York)
‘Permanent displays as nexus of collaboration’
5.30 pm: Close
20th April: Day 2 – Museums, Galleries and Higher Education
8.45am-9.15am: Registration & coffee
9.15am – 10.40am: Panel 1
Judith King (Arts & Heritage)
‘Meeting Point: Museums and contemporary artists working together’
Michael Eades (School of Advanced Study, University of London; Festival Curator and Manager, Being Human)
‘Plugging a Gap? ‘Being Human’ and a national perspective on university/museum partnerships’
Sarah Geere & Chris Baker (University of Sheffield)
‘The changing landscape of impact, knowledge exchange and partnership working’
10.40am – 12.00pm: Panel 2
Mike Esbester / Peter Thorpe (University of Portsmouth / NRM)
‘Crowdsourcing, collaboration, archives & accidents: the ‘Railway Work, Life & Death’ project’
Jonathan Aylen & Bob Gwynne (University of Manchester / NRM)
‘From Steam to E-Mail: how computers shaped the railways and railways shaped computing’
Barbara Warnock / Christine Schmidt (Wiener Library, London)
‘Collaborating with academia – the experiences of a small museum’
12pm: Lunch
1.00pm – 2.20pm: Panel 3
Linda Thomson (University College London)
‘Museums on Prescription: museums-based social prescribing scheme for lonely older adults’
Helena Chance / Hannah Ellams (Buckinghamshire New University / Wycombe Museum)
‘“Living, Laughing and Learning in High Wycombe Furniture Town”: a Wycombe Museum and Buckinghamshire New University Partnership’
Rachel Pattinson (Newcastle University)
‘From Warhorse to the Wombles: Seven Stories and Newcastle University’
2.20pm – 4.00pm: Panel 4
Sophie Vohra (University of York, NRM)
‘The Academic and the Museum: The Benefits and Difficulties of a Collaborative Doctoral Award’
Lauren Stokeld (University of York, NRM)
‘Learning the Ropes: Research Students in Public Engagement and a Question of Expertise’
Sarah Morton (University of Bath)
‘The grass isn’t always greener: Towards good practice guidelines for student projects and placements in the heritage sector’
Simona Valeriani (Victoria and Albert Museum, Royal College of Art)
‘Between Museum and Academia: Combining Research and Postgraduate Teaching at the V&A’
4.00pm: Coffee
4.15pm – 5.15pm: Professor Julian Richards (Director of WRoCAH, University of York)
‘Opportunities and Challenges of Partnership Working’
5.15pm – 6.30pm: Route 57 & Railway Cultures – Publications launch & drinks reception
Dan Eltringham (University of Sheffield)
‘Editing the Loco-Motion: Creative Writing, Print and the Museum’
Readings from contributors to Route 57
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