Morning session - Increasing the Mobility of Collections Presidency Conferen |
Paul Kirkman - Head of Museums Libraries and Cultural Property Division, UK Department for Culture Media and Sport |
Rolandas Kvietkauskas - Undersecretary, Ministry of Culture, Lithuania |
Increasing the Mobility for Collections UK Presidency Conference November 2006 |
Katy Spurrell - International Relations and Loans Coordinator, Arthemisia Srl, Rome, Italy |
Michael Houlihan - Director General National Museums and Galleries of Wales |
Harold Hartung - Head of Culture European Commission |
Mobility of Collections Conference
Manchester 2005 Attendance by Invitation Only
Programme | Conference themes | Conference papers | UK Working Group
Museums in the EU receive 500 million visitors each year, but objects do not travel frequently enough across national boundaries. Major travelling exhibitions are held in only 1 per cent of Europe’s museums. Increased collections mobility is essential if citizens are to share, enjoy and understand our common heritage and the cultural assets unique to different parts of the European Union.
Member states have begun to consider how best to develop common standards and long-term relationships between individuals and institutions across Europe. ‘Museum Collections on the Move’, a conference under the Netherlands Presidency, was held in October 2004. The following month EU Culture Ministers prioritised the development and implementation of a European Action Plan on Collections Mobility for the second half of 2006. A European Experts’ Group was formed, which met four times during spring 2005. ‘Lending to Europe – Recommendations on Collections Mobility for European Museums’, a report of the Expert Group, was endorsed by European Culture Ministers in May 2005, under the Luxembourg Presidency.
This UK conference aims to take forward the report’s recommendations and to bring together museum experts and cultural administrators from across Europe to draw up clear and workable actions to:
- build contacts and trust
- share best practice
- develop appropriate common standards for loan agreements and insurance or state indemnity schemes.
Sole responsibility for the content of all publications produced in connection with this conference lies with their authors. The European Commission is not responsible for any use of the information contained therein.
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Programme
INCREASING THE MOBILITY OF COLLECTIONS
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
27th November 2005
1930-2130
Drinks Reception and Registration
The reception takes place in the city’s most prestigious and stylish art gallery which houses one of the UK’s finest art collections.
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INCREASING THE MOBILITY OF COLLECTIONS
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, United Kingdom
28th November 2005
0830-1730
Conference
Timetable
0830-0930 Registration and Coffee (Choir Foyer)
0930-0935 Introduction and Welcome (Barbirolli Theatre)
Paul Kirkman, Head of Museums and Cultural Property
Division, Department of Culture, Media and Sport
0935-0945 Keynote
David Lammy MP, Minister for Culture
0945-0955 Introduction to the Report ‘Lending to Europe’ – Recommendations on Collection Mobility for European Museums
Ronald De Leeuw, Director General, Rijksmuseum, Netherlands
0955-1035 Indemnities
Freda Matassa, Head of Collections Management, Tate Gallery
Rolandas Kvietkauskas, Undersecretary, Ministry of Culture, Lithuania
Francine Mariani-Ducray, Direction des musées de France
Armin Mahr, Austrian Federal Ministry of Education and Science
Hillary Bauer, Head of the Cultural Property Unit, Department of Culture, Media and Sport
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1035-1105 Best Practice
David McNeff, Loans Manager, National Portrait Gallery
Fernando Fontes, Chief Curator, Documentation Unit, Department of State Museums, Spanish Ministry of Culture
Katy Spurrell, International Relations and Loans Coordinator, Arthemisia Srl, Rome
1105-1145 Building Up Trust
Katalin Neray, Director, Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest
Dorota Folga Januszewska, Director of Collection and Research, National Museum, Warsaw
Roy Clare, Director, National Maritime Museum
Antoinnette Caruana, Chief Executive Officer, Heritage Malta,
1145-1210 Building Up Trust – An Agent’s Perspective
Paul Williamson, Museum and Gallery Director, Constantine Limited
1210-1230 Questions and Answers
1230-1245 Chair’s Summary of Presentations and Directions for Afternoon
Paul Kirkman, Head of Museums and Cultural Property
Division, Department of Culture, Media and Sport
Michael Houlihan, Director General, National Museums and Galleries of Wales
1245-1400 Lunch (Choir Foyer)
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1400-1515 Breakouts
Indemnities (Barbirolli Theatre)
Julia Toffolo, Registrar & Deputy Director of the Government Art
Collection (Facilitator)
Lesley-Anne Kerr, Head of Access, Learning and ICT, ICT Strategy (Rapporteur)Best Practice (Circle Foyer)
Hillary Bauer, Head of the Cultural Property Unit, Department of Culture, Media and Sport (Facilitator)
Maurice Davies, Deputy Directory, Museums Association (Rapporteur)
Building Up Trust (Circle Foyer)
Astrid Weij, Advisor on International Affairs, Netherlands Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Facilitator)
Henrietta Lidchi, Keeper of World Cultures, National Museums of Scotland (Rapporteur)
1515-1600 Tea (Choir Foyer)
1515-1600 Facilitators Feedback Meeting with Rapporteurs (Circle Foyer)
1600-1645 Report Back by Rapporteurs (Barbirolli Theatre) chaired by Michael Houlihan
Lesley-Anne Kerr, Head of Access, Learning and ICT, ICT Strategy
Maurice Davies, Deputy Directory, Museums Association (Rapporteur)
Henrietta Lidchi, Keeper of World Cultures, National Museums of Scotland
1645-1700 Round-Up of the Day
Michael Houlihan
1700-1720 Harald Hartung, Head of Culture Unit, European Commission
1720-1730 Thank You and Close
Paul Kirkman, Head of Museums and Cultural Property
Division, Department of Culture, Media and Sport
INCREASING THE MOBILITY OF COLLECTIONS
Imperial War Museum North, Manchester, United Kingdom
28th November 2005
2000-0030
Conference Dinner
The building, designed by world-renowned architect, Daniel Libeskind, provides a spectacular setting for the dinner. The evening begins with drinks and the opportunity to view the galleries. Dinner is served in the museum’s dramatic main exhibition gallery with its curved floors and enigmatic displays.
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Conference themes
Facilitating collections mobility through government indemnity schemes
Sessions under this theme will explore government (state) indemnity schemes and the difference between indemnity, non-insurance and self-insurance.
Sharing best practice
Sessions under this theme will explore the development of standards for museums and states to promote increased lending between institutions. Speakers will use best practice examples from
their own countries.
Building trust between museum professionals through increased contact
Sessions under this theme will address the concerns of European museums that feel they are outside regular and well-established circuits of borrowing and lending objects.
Speakers will investigate the best ways to establish good working relationships with other professionals across Europe.
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UK Working Group
Hillary Bauer
Head of the Cultural Property Unit
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Julia Toffolo
Head Registrar and Deputy Director
Government Art Collection
Helen Bell
EU Presidency Unit
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Andrea Rose
Director of Visual Arts
British Council
Lesley-Anne Kerr
Head of Access, Learning and ICT, ICT Strategy
Cymal, Welsh Assembly Government
Mark O'Neill
Head of Glasgow Museums Service
Glasgow Museums
Dr Chris Stanley
Associate Keeper and Deputy Head of Department of Mineralogy
Natural History Museum
Freda Matassa
Head of Collections Management
Tate
Peter Winsor
Senior Collections Advisor
Museums, Libraries and Achieves Council
Ros Cary
Assistant to the Director
National Maritime Museum
Roy Clare Director
National Maritime Museum
Judy Aitken Policy Officer
Museums association
Emily Candler
Secretary
National Museums' Directors Conference
Michael Houlihan
Director General
National Museums and Galleries of Wales
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