Moving On!: Academic Museums and Galleries in the New Millennium
Saturday April 29, 2006
Presented by the Association of College and University Museums and Galleries
Hosted by the MIT Museum, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Conference Agenda
9:00 – 9:45 a.m.
Registration
20 Ames Street entrance, List Visual Arts Center
9:45 – 10:15 a.m.
Welcome
Bartos Theatre, List Visual Arts Center
Introductions:
Catherine Sullivan, Curator/Director, Janet Turner Print Museum, California State University, Chico
Welcome
Lisa Tremper Hanover, ACUMG President and Director, Philip and Muriel Berman Art Museum, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
John Durant, Director, MIT Museum
Jane Farver, Director, List Visual Arts Center, MIT
Keynote Speaker
Bartos Theatre
William Mitchell, Professor of Architecture and Media Arts and Sciences, MIT
“Shaping Experience: How Architecture Can Be Used to Shape Programs and Experiences”
10:45 – 11: 15 a.m.
Presentation
Bartos Theatre
Susan Moldenhauer, Director and Chief Curator, University of Wyoming Art Museum
“Planning for the Future: Strategic Planning in the 21st Century”
11:15 – 11:45 a.m.
Presentation
Bartos Theatre
Jane Farver ,Director, List Visual Arts Center, MIT
“Beyond 20 Ames Street: A Virtual Tour of MIT Architecture and Sculpture”
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Open Discussion with Morning Presenters
12:15 – 12:45 p.m.
Box Lunch, Stata Center
12:45 – 1:30
Guided Walking tour of Campus Art and Architecture.
Leaves from the Stata Center.
1:30 – 2:15 p.m.
Presentation
Stata Center
Dr. C. Brendan Martin, Associate Professor of Public History, Middle Tennessee State University
“Museums for the Ages: How Our Museum Can Reach and Teach Different Generations”
2:30 – 3:15 p.m.
Presentation
Stata Center
Dr. Stefan Sommer, Deputy Director for Public Programs, Museum of Northern Arizona, and Dr. Bonnie Kelm, Director, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara
“Bring the Past Forward: 100 Years of the Antiquities Act, Provenance Research and our University Collection”
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Roundtable Discussion: “What�s Your Issue?”
4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Closing Reception and Viewing Exhibitions, MIT Museum