Conférence et formation

American Association of Museums (AAM) Annual Meeting 2010

Museum Association of Newfoundland and Labrador: Certificate in Basic Museum Studies

This program is intended to be comprehensive and flexible and will provide museum workers with a general introduction into current theories, standards, and best practices for museums.

MA - Photographic Preservation & Collections Management

The joint graduate program provides an integrated program of academic study and professional education that will equip students to meet current responsibilities and future demands in photographic preservation and in managing and preserving photographic collections. Its faculty includes photographic historians, scientists, practitioners, curators and other museum professionals.

The first year of the program is given at Ryerson University in Toronto. The second year is in Rochester at the George Eastman House, while the six-week internship is carried out at a museum or archive during the summer months between the first and second years.

The program is the only one of its kind in the world. Its curriculum is specifically designed to deepen students' understanding of the history of the photographic medium, particularly its social, cultural, and instrumental uses, and the purposes and functions of photographs and photographic collections.

Ironbridge Institute, Heritage Management and Industrial Heritage: Postgraduate Courses

Du site W3 : "Our teaching at the Ironbridge Institute is continually informed by our involvement in contemporary conservation issues. We are requently asked for advice, on the designation of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, on problems concerning the legislative protection of buildings, or the appropriateness of proposed museum developments. We are accustomed to working alongside professionals from recording and conservation agencies, from museums, and from the other professions in which our students make their careers."

8th ICICTH (International Conference on ICT in Health) SAMOS 2010

8th ICICTH 2010 aims to facilitate the discussion on the effective use of Information Communication Technologies in the process of healthcare and to provide a forum for scientific debate and constructive interaction in a multi cultural social environment. The conference provides a platform for scientists and clinicians to present research work; to exchange knowledge, ideas and experience and to identify and discuss the challenges and solutions to effective deployment of ICT applications and services.
8th ICICTH SAMOS 2010 is concerned with various topics of Biomedical and Health Informatics, education (e-learning) and health research.

Association canadienne pour la conservation et la restauration des biens culturels - Congrès Annuel de 2010

DATES
Le congrès annuel de 2010 se tiendra à compter du jeudi 10 juin et se terminera le samedi 12 juin.
Avis aux intéressés : Les dates du congrès de 2010 ont été déterminées afin qu'il ait lieu durant la semaine suivant le 25e congrès de la Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNCH). Ce dernier se tiendra au Musée canadien de la nature, à Ottawa.
LIEU
Bibliothèque et Archives Canada sera l'hôte du 36e congrès annuel de l'ACCR et nous accueillera dans son édifice du centre-ville, au 395 rue Wellington. Cet emplacement est à quelques pas seulement du Parlement et de plusieurs grandes institutions culturelles et centres d'intérêt, ce qui permettra aux participants de visiter tant bien les laboratoires de restauration des institutions que les divers sites culturels et touristiques avoisinants.
ATELIERS
Les ateliers suivants seront présentés conjointement au 36e congrès annuel de l'ACCR en collaboration avec l'Institut canadien de conservation :
La conservation-restauration des plumes : un atelier d'initiation
Atelier de trois jours : lundi 7 juin au mercredi 9 juin 2010
Instructrice : Allyson Rae
Lieu : Institut canadien de conservation
Nombre de participants : maximum 30
Description : Les plumes sont présentes dans de nombreux types d'objets, tant dans les collections d'histoire naturelle et ethnographiques, les costumes et les accessoires, que dans l'art contemporain et même dans la décoration intérieure. Leurs textures et gamme de couleurs très riches font des plumes un matériau agréable à travailler mais les rendent fragiles et susceptibles aux dégradations. Cet atelier de trois jours examinera la structure et la nature des plumes et des objets à plumes ainsi que les causes de leur détérioration. À travers une combinaison de conférences et de travaux en laboratoire, les principes et les traitements non-interventionnistes et interventionnistes de base seront présentés en mettant l'accent sur le nettoyage, le traitement des déformations et les techniques de consolidation. Des invités spéciaux discuteront des techniques de nettoyage au laser, de décoloration et de teinture.
L'atelier sera offert par Allyson Rae, qui au cours des 30 dernières années s'est forgé une expertise en restauration d'objets à plumes. Travaillant maintenant à son compte, Allyson a auparavant occupé le poste de Chef de la restauration d'objets organiques au British Museum, où elle était aussi responsable de la formation des employés et stagiaires en matière de restauration des plumes. Elle a offert des ateliers semblables au Royaume Uni en 2007 et 2008.
Atelier offert en partenariat avec le Musée des sciences et de la technologie du Canada et l'Institut canadien de conservation:
Identification et soin des matières plastiques de collections muséales
Atelier de deux jours : mardi 8 juin au mercredi 9 juin 2010
Instructeurs : Sue Warren, restauratrice, Musée des sciences et de la technologie du Canada, et Scott Williams, scientifique principal en conservation, Institut canadien de conservation
Lieu : Musée des sciences et de la technologie du Canada
Nombre de participants : maximum 20
Description : cet atelier s'adresse aux restaurateurs devant préserver des matières plastiques dont ils ont la responsabilité. Au moyen de présentations, de travaux pratiques en laboratoire et de visites guidées de collections muséales, les participants apprendront les bases de la composition, de l'identification et de la dégradation des plastiques. L'emphase sera portée sur les plastiques les plus communément retrouvés dans les collections muséales et sur ceux qui sont le plus susceptibles de causer la dégradation d'autres objets dans la collection (plastiques malins). En utilisant une sélection d'objets ayant précédemment subi des traitements, les stratégies de conservation passive et active, incluant les conditions de rangement appropriées, la surveillance continue, le nettoyage et les techniques de restauration, seront examinées. À la fin de l'atelier, les participants devraient avoir les meilleurs outils et connaissances leur permettant de veiller à la préservation de leurs matières plastiques.
SÉANCE SPÉCIALE
M. Tout-le-monde devrait-il s'en soucier ? Pérennité, viabilité et promotion de la conservation-restauration
Séance spéciale, demi-journée: Table ronde incluant un total de 1,5 heures de présentations par des invités, 1 heure de discussions et 20 minutes pour conclure la séance.
Présentations : Les invités spéciaux seront bientôt révélés
Ouvert à tous. Les professionnels d'autres domaines du patrimoine culturel seront aussi invités à se joindre à nous. Les thèmes de cette séance pourront faire l'objet d'une séance régulière s'ils génèrent assez d'intérêt.
Les présentations sur les sujets suivants sont les bienvenues : pérennité, viabilité, promotion, éducation et visibilité/accessibilité de la conservation-restauration, au Canada ou ailleurs.
En climat économique difficile, M. Tout-le-monde est peut-être davantage préoccupé par sa propre conservation que par la conservation-restauration ; cette indifférence se fait ressentir dans le domaine du patrimoine. Les récentes coupures dans le secteur du patrimoine, dramatiques, reflètent l'attitude actuelle envers les priorités. À ce moment critique il est clair que notre communauté aurait besoin de faire le constat de son propre état et d'être proactif afin de promouvoir notre profession et de convaincre le public de l'importance de notre travail. Non seulement le marketing, la promotion et l'éducation du public sont de mise, mais la profession doit prendre des forces en mettant de l'avant les stratégies pour assurer sa pérennité et travailler à ce que notre communauté soit de plus en plus viable.
Joignez-vous à nous à Ottawa en 2010 pour le 36e congrès de l'ACCR à l'occasion d'une séance très spéciale qui promet d'inspirer l'introspection et l'action. À travers une série de présentations spéciales et de tables rondes, nous évaluerons l'état actuel de notre profession, nous intéresserons aux défis auxquels nous faisons face et à ce qui nous attend pour la décennie à venir. Les situations récentes tant au niveau national qu'international, tels que le nombre important de conservateurs-restaurateurs approchant la retraite, la fermeture de centres de restauration comme le Textile Conservation Centre University de Southampton et la restructuration à grande échelle des institutions menant à des pertes importantes d'emplois en restauration, nous forcent à porter un regard critique sur notre profession. La conservation-restauration est-elle un service essentiel ?
Le congrès de l'ACCR en 2010 est l'événement de choix pour tenir une séance sur la pérennité dans notre domaine et profiter pleinement des ressources disponibles dans la région de la capitale nationale : institutions nationales, spécialistes, universitaires et organisations locales. Comment pouvons-nous assurer la transmission des connaissances et un futur sain pour la conservation-restauration au Canada ? Les professionnels de la conservation-restauration doivent s'efforcer de saisir et d'exploiter les conséquences des priorités et technologies changeantes afin d'en tirer profit pour demeurer actuels et assurer le développement de notre domaine. Nous nous proposons d'entamer la prochaine décennie en portant un regard honnête sur notre profession, sur les défis auxquels nous faisons face et sur notre position actuelle et future au sein de la communauté du patrimoine culturel canadien.

Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec : Muséologie

Du site W3 "La muséologie se rapporte aux sciences et aux techniques qui concourent à la conservation, au classement, à la présentation d'oeuvres, d'objets dans les musées. Au Québec, les institutions muséales couvrent principalement les secteurs de l'art, de l'histoire et de l'ethnologie, de la science et des technologies, des sciences naturelles et de l'environnement."

City University, London, Department of Arts Policy and Management

Du site W3 : "Europe's largest interdisciplinary centre for arts, museums and heritage policy and management studies and research, housed above London's Barbican Arts Centre. In addition to detailed information about the Department and its work, the Department's website offers access to around 800 links and original documents about many aspects of cultural policy and management."

Museums and the Web 2010

Museums and the Web is an annual conference exploring the social, cultural, design, technological, economic, and organizational issues of culture, science and heritage on-line. Taking an international perspective, MW reviews and analyzes the issues and impacts of networked cultural, natural and scientific heritage.
Our community has been meeting since 1997, imagining, tracking, analyzing, and influencing the role museums play on the Web.

Call for Papers - Taking Stock: Museum Studies and Museum Practices in Canada

CALL FOR PAPERS

Taking Stock: Museum Studies and Museum Practices in Canada
Museum Studies Program, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, Canada
April 22-24, 2010
http://takingstockmuseumstudies.ischool.utoronto.ca/

Over the past 40 years, the discipline of Museum Studies has grown beyond its foundational premise as the study of museum organization and management to become a field informed by interdisciplinarian approaches, pedagogies and techniques. Some have argued that Museum Studies has not only come of age, as an academic discipline it has moved into the mainstream. Yet for many, the very formulation of this discipline continues to be a subject of intense reflection and debate, while its relationship with the community of professional practitioners it intends to serve is complex.

While much has been written on Museum Studies/Museology from the UK, US, Australian and European perspectives, less has been articulated about Canadian traditions in the field. Despite over four decades of formal academic training and almost two centuries of professional practices, there are no Canadian national journals, nor annual academic conferences dedicated to the subject of Museum Studies. Doubtless a Canadian museology exists, however the research of Canadian museum scholars continues to be diffused across regional, linguistic, and disciplinarian lines.

The Master of Museum Studies program at the University of Toronto marks its 40th anniversary with a conference that aims to create a forum for a nation-wide debate and critical examination of the academic discipline of Museum Studies in Canada in historical and contemporary contexts, and how this discipline registers within broader global traditions, pedagogies and practices.

Robert R. Janes will be providing the keynote address on Thursday, April 22, 2010.

**Instructions for submission of paper abstracts:
We invite proposals for twenty-minute papers (8-10 pp) that address the field of Museum Studies in Canada, as academic discipline and in terms of the nature of research this field and its practitioners undertake. We welcome contributions from a wide range of viewpoints that interrogate the field of Museum Studies, its histories, epistemologies, theoretical underpinnings and practices. Acknowledging that the discipline is itself informed by a variety of other disciplines, we are interested in diverse methodological and subject-area approaches. Presentations may include analyses of case studies, historical overviews, and comparative frameworks, as well as theoretical articulations of and for museological practice.

Possible trajectories of enquiry may arise from the following themes:
· What is "Canadian" about Museum Studies in Canada?
· National/regional traditions in the discipline of Museum Studies: its curriculum and research interests;
· The relationship of Museum Studies to professional museum practice in Canada;
· Citizenship and national museology;
· Museology and Canadian cultural policy;
· History and theory of Canadian museological practices;
· Canadian museological theory and praxis in contemporary political context;
· How Canadian museological practices respond to contemporary issues of citizenship, identity, community, and meaning-making.

Please send a 300-word paper proposal and one page C.V. to takingstockmuseumstudies@gmail.com no later than November 30, 2009. Please indicate "Taking Stock" in the subject box of your message, and include the title of your presentation and your institutional affiliation in your correspondence. Successful applicants will be notified in December 2009.

Delegates who would like to participate in the event but who wish not to present are encouraged to contact Nina Boric at nina.boric@utoronto.ca (416.505.8009) to register their interest. Information is also available on the website http://takingstockmuseumstudies.ischool.utoronto.ca/

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Museums Association of Saskatchewan: Programs and Services

The Museums Association of Saskatchewan provides many programs and services to help bring awareness to the museums found in Saskatchewan.

MSc in Interpretation: Management & Practice (taught entirely online)

The MSc Interpretation: Management and Practice was established in 2005 through a multi-agency collaboration between senior interpretative practitioners from key organisations, renowned academics in the field of interpretation and researchers, to meet the growing demand for skilled and innovative professionals who can deliver effective interpretation products, programmes and communication.
Interpretation is a vital process in communicating the meaning of natural and cultural resources to visitors and local communities. Successful commercial tourism and cultural attractions are based on meaningful and well-presented interpretation. Public policy advocates in our national government and abroad are drawing on interpretive principles and techniques to promote greater public involvement and understanding of diverse issues from access, biodiversity and culture to sustainability and tourism.
The programme goes beyond theory and discussion to engage students in the practical application of the multidisciplinary knowledge and skills of interpretation to create a new, rounded interpretive professional. The programme is delivered by senior interpretive practitioners and academics in the UK through Perth College as a member of the UHI Millennium Institute and provides exciting postgraduate study opportunities for those working in the museum, heritage and natural sectors.

Digital Humanities MA

The degree will help you develop the analytical and practical skills you will need to understand and apply computing to the source materials and problems of the humanities. It comprises formal methods and techniques and the consequences and implications of applying them. We use a representative selection of case studies drawn from a number of disciplinary areas to exemplify analysis of typical problems and the combination of technical means needed to approach them successfully.

Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) Digital Heritage Symposium 2010 - Making the Connection: Museums, Visitors and New Technologies

University of Waterloo, Centre for Cultural Management (CCM)

Located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, on the UW campus, the Centre for Cultural Management (CCM) undertakes a broad range of activities providing leadership in cultural management education and research.

Programme de Cybermuséologie

Event Management Certificate

The Event Management credit certificate is offered entirely online and includes courses in Volunteer Management, Marketing, Law and Risk Management, Special Events Management, Community and Culture and Tourism.

Community Museum Association of Prince Edward Island: Training Programs Schedule

Training Programs Schedule

Ontario Museum Association: Certificate in Museum Studies

Certificate in Museum Studies

6th International Conference on Education (ICE) 2010

6th ICE SAMOS 2010 aims to facilitate the discussion on the problems of education internationally providing a forum for scientific debate and constructive interaction in a multi cultural social environment. The conference provides a platform for scientists and teachers and researchers to present their work; to exchange knowledge, ideas and experience and to identify and discuss the challenges and solutions to existing problems worldwide known in education.

Des lignes directrices ICOM de programme d'études pour le Développement Professionnel dans les musées

Du site W3 : "L'intention du Directives ICOM de Programme d'Études pour le Développement Professionnel dans les Musées est de fournir un document référence duquel sommaires compréhensives d'éducation. Ce document doit servir les exigences, objectives, et ressources des musées et leur employés. Les directives approchent le dessein d'enseignement relatif aux capabilités requis par une carrière dans les musées, plutôt que les méthodes traditionnels des tâches du métier. Les techniques sont aperçus par la connaissance et leur réalisations au point de vue d'un cadre des réalités sociaux, téchnologiques, et économiques. Ça rend compte des priorités qui existent dans les emplois, dimensions, et métiers variés des musées, et des différents contextes culturelles."

Association of Manitoba Museums: Certificate Program in Museum Practice

Certificate Program in Museum Practice

Association des Musées du Nouveau-Brunswick : Développement professionel

Développement professionel

Université du Québec à Montréal et l'Université de Montréal, Maîtrise en muséologie

Du site W3 : "La Maîtrise en muséologie a une double mission : former des professionnels qui puissent améliorer la qualité des services rendus dans les musées à l'ensemble de la population et contribuer au développement de la recherche sur l'institution muséale, sa relation avec le public et sa fonction dans la société."

Canadian Association for Conservation of Cultural Property (CAC) 2010 Annual Conference

DATES
The 2010 conference will be held beginning Thursday June 10th and ending Saturday June 12th.
For those interested, please note that the 2010 conference has been timed to take place in the week after the 25th annual conference of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC). The SPNHC conference will also be taking place in Ottawa in 2010 and will be hosted by the Canadian Museum of Nature.
LOCATION
The conference venue will be the Library and Archives Canada building at 395 Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa. This location is just steps from the Parliament Buildings and many of Ottawa's major cultural institutions and attractions, providing attendees with ample opportunity to tour institutional conservation labs and other locations of interest.
WORKSHOPS
The following workshops will take place in conjunction with the 36th Annual CAC Conference:
In partnership with the Canadian Conservation Institute,
The Conservation of Feathers: An Introductory Workshop
Three day workshop: Monday June 7th to Wednesday June 9th, 2010
Instructor: Allyson Rae
Location: Canadian Conservation Institute
Number of participants: Maximum 30
Description: Feathers are found in all sorts of places - natural history collections, ethnographic artefacts, costume and accessories, contemporary art, even decorative interiors. The richness of their textures and colours make them a joy to work with - and contributes to their delicacy and susceptibility to damage. This three day workshop will explore the structure and nature of feathers and feathered objects and the causes of their deterioration. Through a combination of theoretical and practical sessions, principles and practice for non-interventive and basic interventive options will be introduced with a focus on soil removal, treatment of distortions and repair techniques. Invited speakers will discuss laser cleaning, fading and dying techniques.
The workshop will be led by Allyson Rae, who over the last 30 years has had extensive experience in the conservation of artefacts incorporating feathers. Now a freelance conservator, Allyson was formerly Head of Organic Artefacts Conservation at the British Museum, where an aspect of her role was training staff and interns in feather conservation. She led similar workshops in the UK in 2007 and 2008.
In partnership with the Canada Science and Technology Museum,
Identification and Care of Plastics in Museum Collections
Two day workshop: Tuesday June 8th and Wednesday June 9th, 2010
Instructors: Sue Warren, Conservator, Canada Science and Technology Museum and Scott Williams, Conservation Scientist, Canadian Conservation Institute
Location: Canada Science and Technology Museum
Number of participants: Maximum 20
Description: This workshop is intended for conservators who need to preserve plastics in their care. Through lectures, lab work, and guided study tours of the museum collection, participants will learn the basics of composition, identification, and degradation of plastics, with an emphasis on plastics most commonly encountered in museum collections and those which are most likely to degrade or to damage other objects in the collection (malignant plastics). Using a selection of objects subjected to previous treatments, passive and active conservation strategies including appropriate storage conditions, monitoring, cleaning and repairing will be discussed. At the end of the workshop, participants should have the best available tools and knowledge to enable them to provide care for their plastics.
SPECIAL SESSION
Should Joe Care? Continuity, Viability and Advocacy for Conservation
Half day special session: Panel discussion including a total of 1.5 hours of presentation, 1 hour of discussion and 20 minutes wrap-up.
Speakers: To be announced shortly
Open to all. Invitation will be extended to other cultural heritage professionals as well.
The discussion may extend to a regular session if the topic generates interest.
Papers about continuity, viability, advocacy, education, visibility/accessibility of conservation, in Canada and abroad, are welcome.
In the midst of a dismal economic climate, Joe Public is likely thinking more about being conservative than about conservation, and the heritage community is suffering from his/her indifference. Recent cutbacks to the heritage sector, while abysmal, nevertheless reflect current attitudes towards priorities. At this critical juncture it is clear that it is necessary for our community to examine its own condition, take action to promote our existence and convince the public that what we do, matters. Not only will marketing, advocacy and public education be requisite for the future, but the profession must strive to strengthen itself from within by executing strategies for continuity and finding ways to make the community increasingly viable.
Please join us in Ottawa for the 2010 CAC Conference for a very special session that promises to inspire both introspection and action. Through a series of featured talks and panel discussions, we will evaluate our profession's current situation, address the challenges we now face and look forward to what lies ahead for the next decade. Recent situations, nationally and internationally, including the critical mass of conservators nearing retirement, the closing of conservation centres such as the Textile Conservation Centre University of Southampton and large scale institutional restructuring resulting in significant job losses in conservation, force us to take stock of the profession. Is conservation an essential service?
The CAC Ottawa conference in 2010 is the perfect time and place to host a session on the subject of continuity in the field and take full advantage of our central location and the wealth of knowledge available through national institutions, scholars and smaller organizations. How can we ensure knowledge transfer and a vibrant future for conservation in Canada? Conservation professionals must strive to harness the effects of changing priorities and technologies and use them to their advantage to remain current and further the advancement of the field. We suggest setting foot in the next decade with an honest look at our profession, the challenges we face, and our present and future position within the Canadian cultural heritage landscape.

Post-graduate Programs in Museum Studies, Interpretive Studies, and Art Gallery & Museum Studies

Université Laval, Le diplôme en muséologie

Du site W3 : "Ce programme vise à préparer à des fonctions professionnelles dans un musée. Il est destiné prioritairement à ceux qui ont déjà une expérience de travail dans le milieu muséal. Il est aussi ouvert aux personnes qui souhaitent travailler en muséologie ou élargir leur culture par la muséologie."

Instituto Latinoamericano de Museologia (Latin American Institute of Museology) (ILAM)

ILAM is an institute of the National University of Costa Rica (UNA) dedicated to the study of Latin American Museology. ILAM proposes to join efforts to provide training, support and the exchange of information for the improvement and development of museums and natural parks of Latin America.
The fundamental objective of ILAM is to provoke a process of constructive criticism and reflection on the role of museums and parks in our region. Also to identify and effectuate the necessary changes to develop an harmonic, responsible and involved relationship between our communities and their natural and cultural heritage.

Symposium sur le patrimoine numérique du RCIP - Tisser des liens : musées, visiteurs et nouvelles technologies

University of Victoria, Cultural Resource Management Program

The Cultural Resource Management Program (CRMP) at the University of Victoria has been offering accessible, innovative learning opportunities to heritage, museum, and cultural professionals throughout Canada and beyond since 1982. Both on-campus and distance education courses are designed to appeal to busy professionals who wish to develop and maintain their understanding of contemporary and emerging professional issues and competencies - while also juggling competing demands in the workplace and the community.
Strengthen your professional knowledge, skills, and career prospects by registering in individual courses on an as-needed basis, or by participating in one of our select programs. All our courses relate theory to practice, involve expert instructors and resource people, and bring together a fascinating mix of participants, experience, and perspectives.