Illuminating the Museums conference 2014: Recent Episodes
Oxford University
A series of lightning talks illuminating the museums and what they do. Including the Ashmolean Museum, Pitt Rivers, The Museum of Natural History, the Oxford City museum and the Museum of the History of Science
Lucy Shaw, Oxford University Museum Partnership Manager, gives a talk on the Oxford Cultural Leaders Programme
Joy Todd, Oxford University Museums Outreach Manager, gives a talk on the successes of the Count me in project
Anjanesh Babu, Ashmolean museum, gives a talk on the different roles and uses IT has in museums
Heidi Kurtz and Hattie Warburton, Univesity of Oxford, give a talk on how Oxford museums get thier funding
Helen Fountain and Antonia Harland-Lang give a talk on the ways in which the Museum of Oxford reaches out to the local community
Dec McCarthy, Ashmolean museum, gives a talk on the commercial aspects of the Ashmoelan Museum
Andrew Lamb, Bate Collection of Musical Instruments, gives a talk on how to manage a collection of musical instruments which are fragile but need to be played to understand them.
Chris Morton, Pitt Rivers Museum, gives a talk on working with first nations and source communities to enhance the museum's understanding of its collections
Dan Hicks, Pitt Rivers Museum, gives a talk on object based research at the Pitt Rivers Museum
Andrew McLellan, Pitt Rivers Musuem, gives a talk on how the Pitt Rivers Museum has been using academic research to create new educational activities
Adrian Brooks and Helen Ward, Ashmolean Museum, give a talk on how using iPads and tablet device in museums have helped improved student engagement during museum visits
Chris Parkin, Museum of the History of Science, gives a talk on engagment events at the Museum of the History of Science
Sarah Lloyd, Botanic Gardens, gives a talk on how scientists can engage with the public about thier research through innovative events and learning experiences
Bethany Palumbo, Museum of Natural History, gives a talk on her work to restore the museum's collection of whale skeletons
Alison Roberts, Ashmolean museum, gives a talk on how the museums are crowdsourcing ideas from community groups to improve collections and exhibitions
Susan Walker, Ashmolean Museum, gives a talk on how the Ashmolean museum is redevloping thier Ancient Greece exhibitions
Stephen Johnston, Museum of the History of Science, gives a short talk on the Geek is Good exhibition at the Museum of the History of Science