Do you have a few minutes to spare to help with the data behind a NEMA 2014 conference panel? Tufts Alum Amanda Gustin is chairing a panel titled “The Graduate School Conundrum.” The panel will open with analysis of trends in museum graduate education, and …
See http://www.aam-us.org/events/annual-meeting/sessions for details. Session Proposal Submission Opens July 16 Session Proposal Submission Deadline August 25 Session Acceptance/Non-Acceptance Sent mid-November
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
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