EUROPEAN MUSEUM ADVISORS CONFERENCE
29 May – 02 June 2012 | Lisbon, Portugal
“How does one measure the success of a museum?” Paul Getty
The European Museum Advisors Conference 2012 is a biannual meeting organized by and for museum advisors and professionals.
programme
It has a long established tradition among Museum Advisors in central and north European countries, completing 20 years of professional networking. Nevertheless, in the southern countries with different professional and governance models, in which the museum support community has a different structure, hence the same problems, this conference hasn’t created a large eco yet.
- Discussion panels with the presentation of papers and case studies on the following themes:
With the aim of reinventing professional boundaries and creating a larger, yet informal, network across the whole of Europe as a creative process of analysing the crisis and its impact, the Municipality of Loures and Mapa das Ideias are the organisers of the EMAC 2012 edition in the metropolitan area of Lisbon. This conference is organised according to carbon zero and fair trade standards.
The programme will be structured as follows:
• Museums and Volunteers • Partnerships and Sustainability • Museum Management and Accountability • European Projects and Issues: Their impact in national, regional and local museums • Professional Training
- Technical visits to the host museums and other heritage sites. - Workshops organised by the participants themselves. - Meetings with Portuguese professionals.
day 1 29 May, Tuesday 2.30pm-3pm Jusep Boya i Busquet, Head of the Museums and Mobile Heritage of the General Board of Cultural Heritage. Catalunya Government, Spain 3pm-3.45pm Presentations and Discussion
CERAMICS MUSEUM OF SACAVÉM
3.30pm-3.45pm Short break
(Municipality of Loures)
3.45pm-5pm Presentations and Discussion
9am-10am Participant registration and welcome (with coffee, tea, cookies and fruit)
5pm-6.30pm Coffee break (with coffee, tea, cookies and fruit) Museum Technical Visit
10am-10.30am Welcome Speeches Vice-President of the Municipality of Loures Director of Mapa das Ideias
6.30pm | Meeting point for bus
10.30am-11am “Loures Museums & Galleries: public commitment through creativity and community engagement” Conceição Assis Macieira, Coordinator of Loures Museums & Galleries 11am-11.15am Short break 11.15am-11.35am “Museum Management and Accountability” Maria Vlachou, Organising Committee
FADO MUSEUM (EGEAC | Municipality of Lisbon)
11.35am-1pm Keynote Speaker: Mercedes Mudarra Barrero, Head of the Museum Service of the General-Board of Museums and Art, Counselor for Culture. Andalucia Government, Spain Presentations and Discussion
7.15pm-7.45pm Lisbon’s application for UNESCO Intangible Heritage for Fado” Presentation by Miguel Honrado, CEO of EGEAC Presentation by Sara Pereira, Director of Fado Museum
1pm-2.30pm Lunch time
8.30pm Dinner with Live Fado (ending at 2am)
day 2
day 3
30 May, Wednesday
31 May, Thursday
MAFRA NATIONAL PALACE
CASA DAS HISTÓRIAS PAULA REGO
10am Meeting point for bus Bus trip and site visits through the Historical Route of Torres Vedras
9am Visit and breakfast at Pastéis de Belém Factory (optional)
10am-12pm Bus trip to Mafra, through the Historical Route of Torres Vedras Meeting with members of the technical team 12pm-12.30pm Coffee break (with coffee, tea, cookies and fruit) 12.30pm-1pm “Heritage Managament and its Sustainability” Presentation by Mário Pereira, Mafra National Palace Director 1pm -3pm Light lunch Technical visit to the Palace 3pm-5.45pm Partnerships and Sustainability Keynote Speaker: Rui Catarino, Presentations and Discussion 5.45pm Bus trip to Lisbon (through Sintra and Cascais)
10am Bus meeting point at Jeronimos 11am-11.30am “Building and Collection: a Dual Challenge” Presentation by Helena de Freitas, Museum Director 11.30am-1pm Professional and University Training in Museums, Keynote Speaker: Alice Semedo, University of Oporto Presentations and Discussion 1pm-4pm Light lunch Technical visits to museums 4pm-6pm Presentations and Discussion 6pm-6.30pm Coffee-break 6pm-7pm Presentations and Discussion
day 4 1 June, Friday
CASA DA CERCA DE ALMADA 9.30am Meeting point at Cais Sodré Boat Station 11.15am-11.45am Arrival at Casa da Cerca de Almada Coffee break (with coffee, tea, cookies and fruit) 11.45am-12.15pm “Mission and Community” Ana Isabel Ribeiro, Cultural Center Director 12.15pm-1pm European Projects and their Impact in Museums, Presentations and Discussion 1pm-3pm Lunch 3pm-5.30pm Workshop 1 Workshop 2 Workshop 3 Workshop 4 (with coffee-break available throughout the session) 6pm Boat trip back to Lisbon
THE PHARMACY MUSEUM 6.30pm-7pm “The Management of a privately owned Museum” João Neto, Museum Director and President of the Portuguese Association of Museology (APOM) 7pm-8.30pm Panel organised by the Portuguese Association of Museum Professionals
day 5 2 June, Saturday
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY 10am-10.30am Arrival and special breakfast 10.15am-10.45am “Challenges in Museum Management” Luís Raposo, Museum Director and President of ICOM Portugal
1pm-2.30pm Buffet lunch with a wonderful view of Belém 2.30pm-3pm Presentation of EMAC 2012 highlights 3pm-3.30pm EMAC history by Leon Smets (to be confirmed)
10.45am-11.45am “The crisis as a challenge (to do more and better)” Michael Dixon, Director of the Natural History Museum and Chair of National Museum Directors’ Conference UK
3.30pm-4.30pm Discussion about the organisation and contents of EMAC 2014
11.45am-12pm Coffee break (with coffee, tea, cookies and fruit)
4.30pm-4.45pm Coffee break (with coffee, tea, cookies and fruit)
12pm-1pm Panel organised by ICOM Portugal
4.45pm-5.30pm Closing Session
registration proceedings This conference will be registered on video and audio recordings that will be used in the emac 2012 Abstracts and eBook CD.
conference participants Registration Fee: €550,00 The registration fees include: • Admission to all sessions • Access to Virtual content. • A printed Conference Programme • emac 2012 Abstracts and eBook CD • Conference bag • Bus and boat trips • Snacks/Coffee breaks (daily, morning and afternoon) • Attendance and/or author certificates • An invoice of the registration fee will be provided with the conference material.
virtual participants NOT ATTENDING AUTHORS
If you wish your paper to be published in the emac 2012 Publication, but you are not able to attend emac 2012 in person, you can register for a “virtual presentation”. Registration Fee for Virtual Participants: €100,00 The registration fees include: emac 2012 Abstracts and eBook CD • Conference material • An author certificate • An invoice of the registration fee will be sent with the conference material by express courier.
important dates Abstract submission deadline 30 March 2012 Notification of acceptance/rejection 10 April 2012 Final paper submission deadline 15 May (included) Registration deadline 30 April 2012 (included)
organização
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Bursary Application | This does not apply to Portuguese participants. Please consult your National deadlines. Please consult your LLP National Agency for further information. http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learningprogramme/doc1208_en.htm Conference Dates Lisbon (Portugal), 29 May – 2 June 2012
organising committee and support The 9th European Museum Advisors Conference will be organised by Mapa das Ideias and Câmara Municipal de Loures (Municipality of Loures) in Loures, Mafra, Cascais and Lisbon, from 29 May to 2 June 2012. Organising Committee Joaquim Jorge | joaquim_jorge@cm-loures.pt Inês Bettencourt da Câmara | ines.camara@ mapadasideias.pt Patrícia Remelgado | pat.remelgado@gmail.com Maria Vlachou | mariavlachou.pt@gmail.com We also rely on the generous support of the many Museums and Cultural Centers that will be hosting the event and sharing with us their experience and technical expertise: “Casa das Histórias” Paula Rego Museum (“Casa das Histórias” Paula Rego Foundation) Ceramic Museum of Sacavém (Municipality of Loures) Cultural Center “Casa da Cerca de Almada” (Municipality of Almada) Fado and Portuguese Guitar Museum (EGEAC) National Museum of Archaeology (IMC) National Palace of Mafra (IMC) Pharmacy Museum (National Pharmacy Association) We have the support of the following organisations: ICOM-Portugal (Portuguese National Committee of ICOM) APOM (Portuguese Association of Museology) IMC (Institute for Museums and Conservation) EGEAC Casa das Histórias Paula Rego Câmara Municipal de Almada
DESIGN: P-06 Atelier