MA Conference
Museums Aotearoa Conference 2012 (MA12)
18-20 April, 2012, Wellington
MA12 - Collaboration in practice is being planned by a team of Wellington-based colleagues. Mark your diary now, and come to share in Wellington's creative and cultural capital.
We are excited to announce two international keynote speakers:
- Umberto Crenca, founder and artistic director of AS220, a nonprofit centre for the arts in Providence, Rhode Island (www.as220.org)
- Jim Marchbank, former CEO of Science North, Sudbury, North Ontario, (http://www.sciencenorth.ca/)
The annual New Zealand Museum Awards Dinner will be held on Thursday night (19 April) at the City Gallery, with some fine dining and a fantastic local band lined up for entertainment. Awards applications are now open.
Further chances to catch up with colleagues will occur over welcome drinks at the Museum of City and Sea on Wednesday 18 April, prior to dinners for Governors/Directors and Kaitiaki Maori working in museums.
The conference will be preceded by the inaugural Museums Aotearoa Public Lecture on the evening of Tuesday 17 April in Soundings Theatre, Te Papa.
Other related sector events and group meetings will also be held on Tuesday 17th April, including a Poutama 3 workshop entitled Lighting for the Future run by National Services Te Paerangi (see http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/nationalservices/Pages/NationalServices.aspx), a meeting of organisations planning activities relating to WW1 centenaries, and an ARANZ symposium focussing on Maori archives and records.
This will be a great week to be in Wellington - plan to be here and watch for registration information and programme updates.
A limited number of travel and accommodation scholarships (up to $300 per organisation) are available, kindly sponsored by National Services Te Paerangi. We will provide further information about these when registration opens.
The Call for Papers has now closed.
Museums Aotearoa Conference 2011 (MA11)
13 - 15 April 2011, Nelson
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We had a great time at the MA11 conference in Nelson, hosted by The Suter and Nelson Provincial Museum.
Click here for programme information.
MA10 Museums - who needs them?
14 - 16 April 2010
New Plymouth
Demonstrating value and relevance in challenging and changing times.
Thank you to everyone that attended and contributed to the MA10 conference, jointly hosted by Puke Ariki and the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.
MA09 Culture - Access - Innovation
15 - 17th April 2009
Gisborne
Making collections accessible to more people in new ways, MA09 explored the challenges of making our museum collections relevant and accessible to all our audiences.
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MA08 Museum people - the human collection
8 - 11 April 2008
Dunedin
MA08 focussed on people - the staff and volunteers who keep our museums and art galleries functioning - and the challenges, training and development needs, and opportunities that we constantly juggle.
MA07 Museums – Building for the Future
14 - 17 March
Auckland
Held just a few months after the opening of Auckland Museums' grand atrium redevelopment, MA07 looked at case studies, issues and contexts for museum architecture and development.
MA06 Museums as a central focus for community
12 - 14 April
Napier
