Recent Tufts alumna Lauren Reddy passed this announcement along. Thanks, Lauren!

Full-time student registration is $35, and there are a limited number of scholarships available.

NICHOLS HOUSE MUSEUM SYMPOSIUM

IN THE HOUSE AND ON THE WEB:
21ST-CENTURY STRATEGIES FOR INTERPRETING HISTORIC INTERIORS

The Boston Athenaeum, 10 1/2 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts
October 3, 2014 at 8:00 am – 3:30 pm

On Friday, October 3, five speakers from Europe and the United States will come together to share experiences from their museums and heritage sites which have successfully integrated technology into interpretations of their historic interiors and landscapes. From mobile applications to virtual recreations, learn from these 21st-century innovators and come away with cutting-edge ideas from museum professionals around the world. Please join us for this full-day event.

SPEAKERS:

Lee Glazer, PhD- Associate Curator, American Art, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
Victoria Kastner – Historian, Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California
Annie Kemkaran-Smith – Curator (Art Collections) Down House, National Collections Group, London, UK
John A. Sibbald – Chairman, Virtual Hamilton Palace Trust, Hamilton, Scotland
Loic Tallon – Senior Mobile Manager, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Telephone: 617.227.6993
Email: info@nicholshousemuseum.org

http://www.nicholshousemuseum.org/symposium_2014.php