Museums Re-imagined in the Era of Participatory Culture
London, United Kingdom | Museum of London
This international conference is meant to present an opportunity for professional inquiry and development with a packed schedule of progressive sessions from leading thinkers in the global museum community. The event will allow participants to discuss the latest ideas about participatory practice, leading-edge digital initiatives, innovative storytelling, interpretation and exhibition design, progressive public engagement, inventive and inclusive programming - plus pioneering new thinking for collections, leadership and the future of museums.
Speakers include Kaywin Feldman, Director and President of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and current board chair of the American Alliance of Museums; Rose Hiscock is Director of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney; Victoria Suzman, Project Cataloguer at the British Museum; Synthia Griffin, Curator of Community and Regeneration Programmes at Tate Modern, Daryl Karp, Director of the Museum of Australian Democracy; and Peter Higgin, Enrichment Director at the ground-breaking theatre company Punchdrunk.