Annual Conference 2008
Collections: used, abused or
destroyed? - collections management in museums
The New Leeds City
Museum, Cookridge Street, Millennium Square, Leeds
Thursday 6 November
First session: The local scene
1pm-2pm
Arrival and registration
2pm
Welcome
2.30pm-3pm
John Roles, Leeds Museums and Galleries
- Recent Developments in Leeds Museums.
3pm-3.30pm
Katherine Baxter, Leeds Museums and
Galleries - Kirkstall Abbey, preservation and conservation.
3.30pm-4pm Tea
4pm-4.30pm
Amy Cooper, Portable Antiquities
Scheme - The PAS in West Yorkshire.
4.30pm-5pm
Gavin Edwards, Bradford Museums
Service - (title to be confirmed).
Keynote address
6pm
Dr Karen Watts,
Royal Armouries
Followed by a buffet reception closing at 8pm
Friday 7 November
Second session: Science and collections
9am-9.30am
Suzanne Kitto, Conservator, Royal
Armouries - A review of scientific techniques used in archaeology.
9.30am-10am
Dr Alex Gibson, University of
Bradford - Scientific analysis of archaeological collections (exact title to be
confirmed).
10am-10.30am
Speaker from National Museums
Liverpool (to be confirmed) - Sampling and analysis - the museum perspective.
10.30am-11am
Coffee (SMA Committee Meeting)
Third session: Renaissance - its impact on collections
11am-12pm
David Evans and colleagues from
smaller museums in Yorkshire - Renaissance partnership working through the
Yorkshire Hub
12pm-1pm
Society of Museum Archaeologists' Annual
General Meeting
1pm-2pm Lunch
Fourth session: Transfer of archaeological archives - a discussion
2pm-2.20pm
Duncan Brown, Southampton Museums.
2.20pm-2.40pm
Nicola Scott, Oxford Archaeology
and Chris Butterworth, Wessex Archaeology
2.40pm-3pm
Quinton Carroll, Cambridgeshire County
Council
3pm-3.20pm
Gavin Edwards, Bradford Museums
Service. Excavation archives - are they a waste of space?
3.20pm-3.50pm
Tea
3.50pm-4.45pm
Discussion
4.45pm-5pm
Sum up and Close. Philip Wise - Chair
of the Society of Museum Archaeologists
7.30pm
Conference Dinner at Casa Mia
Saturday 8 November
10am-1pm
Behind the scenes tour at Leeds Museum
Discovery Centre. (The Royal Armouries is next door for those who wish to look
around during the afternoon).