Museums Aotearoa
Museums Aotearoa, Te Tari o Ngā Whare Taonga o Te Motu, is New Zealand's independent peak professional organisation for museums and those who work in, or have an interest in, museums.
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MA11: Collecting Culture, 13-15 April 2011
The 2011 Annual Museums Aotearoa Conference (MA11) will be held in Nelson, co-hosted by The Suter Art Gallery and Nelson Provincial Museum. The theme is Collecting Culture - what, why, when, how, where and who?
Followed by a Collections BarCamp hosted by National Services Te Paerangi, 16 April 2011
Collections are at the heart of museums.
- Why do we collect?
- Whose collections are they?
- What is the difference between object and taonga?
- Are we looking after them properly?
- Who can access them?
- Do we have to keep them forever?
MA11 will bring together museum professionals, specialists and private collectors to explore how we look after our collections. Be they art, heritage, natural history, geology, technology, architecture, archives or intangible culture, we all handle, exhibit, interpret and manage collections.
Conference themes include:
- Māori collections
- governance and policy issues
- special collections, eg decorative arts, technology, natural history
- living/handling collections
- deaccessioning and disposal
Programme
The programme includes a marae pōwhiri and kaitiaki hui, hands-on and specialist workshops, plenary sessions and the annual Museum Awards celebration. Special half-day workshops will be held for decorative arts and governance. You will have the opportunity to visit local collections as well as hear from experts and colleagues, and engage in active debate. And on Saturday 16 April, National Services Te Paerangi will host a BarCamp to take the ideas explored at MA11 from inspiration to perspiration.
See the full Programme Online here »
Keynote Speakers
Paul Tapsell - Chair of Māori Studies and Dean of Te Tumu, the School of Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies, at the University of Otago
Annabel Westman – textile historian, Director of Studies for the Attingham Trust, UKAlec Coles – CEO, Western Australian Museum, Perth, Australia
Shane Simpson – Special Counsel, Simpsons, Sydney, Australia
Registration
Registration has now closed. If you have any questions, please contact the MA office.
Travel Subsidy
National Service Te Paerangi has a travel subsidy available to assist smaller organisations to attend MA11. Applications have now closed.
Location & Accommodation
For more information on the location of our various conference venues, and accommodation options nearby, click here.