IRISH MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION: BLOW YOUR OWN TRUMPET

Just a quick blog post on upcoming discussion forum taking place in Collins’s Barracks, Dublin 7 next Friday the 13^th of July. The Irish Museums Association is holding its annual practitioners’ forum, Blow Your Own Trumpet 2012, at the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts & History on Friday, 13th July. This all-day event provides practitioners with a chance to share their findings and experiences working with a variety of projects and to engage with colleagues working in museums, galleries and cultural institutions; particularly in the areas of access, outreach & education (more information can be found here).

SCHEDULE

10:05 – 10:20 The Irish Community Archive Network – Sharing Our Local History Online y Lorna Elms, National Museum of Ireland – Country Life

SESSION 1: WALKING THE WALK, TALKING THE TALK: GUIDING THE VISITOR. AV LECTURE HALL

10:20 – 10:35 The Audience as ‘les grands voyeurs’: information provision versus audience-driven dialogue in museums by Jenny Papassotiriou, Office of Public Works – Historic Properties

10:35 – 10:50 Seminars on the street: how can we ‘do’ history walking tours in Dublin by John Gibney, Historical Insights Ireland

10:50 – 11:05 Carlow’s Trail of the Saints Project by Dermot Mulligan, Carlow County Museum

SESSION 2: COMMUNICATING COLLECTIONS. AV LECTURE HALL

11:40 – 11:55 The Haunted Hunt; creative inspiration and engagement centred around a diverse museum collection by Cara-Jan O’Callaghan

11:55 – 12:10 Care and Access: the Marron Collection by Theresa Loftus, Monaghan County Museum

12:10 – 12:25 Integrating Narrative: Media & the Exhibition by Susan Holland, Crafts Council of Ireland

12:25 – 12:40 What happens next is a secret by Marguerite O’Molloy, IMMA

SESSION 3: MUSEUMS & MENTAL HEALTH. PALATINE ROOM

14:00 – 14:10 Arts & Health, An Irish Perspective by Claire Meaney, www.artsandhealth.ie

14:10 – 14:25 The Azure Project (Art & Dementia) (TBC) by Bairbre – Ann Harkin, Butler Gallery (TBC)

14:25 – 14:40 Arteffact- can Museums really improve your mental health? by Morrigan Mason,  Bodelwyddan Castle Trust, Wales

15:00 – 16:00 Workshop / Demo by Sian Hughes and Alison Mercer, Arteffact