The Festival of Museum Design
The International Museum Design Symposium
Europe's biggest-ever museum design event launches with a unique one-day Symposium at the Science Museum's Dana Centre on Tuesday 14 October.
Join senior museum professionals from all over the world - including Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe - and world-class museum designers from the United States, Canada, Denmark, Greece, and The Netherlands, to discover and discuss the best in global museum design.
Selected Speakers:
* Professor Jack Lohman - Director, Museum of London
* Jem Fraser - Royal Museum Project Director, Scotland
* Frans Bevers - Director, OPERA Design, Netherlands
* Mark Catton - President, Murphy Catton, Walton, USA
* Arne Kvorning - CEO, Kvorning Design, Copenhagen, Denmark
* Christopher Chadbourne - President, Christopher Cadbourne, Boston
* Haralampos Chaitas - Co-founder, Get Inspired Design, Greece
* Anastasia Kalou - Exhibition Designer, Get Inspired Design, Greece
* Jonathan Alger - Partner, C&G Partners, New York, USA
* Bianca Message - President, Andre & Associates, Victoria, Canada
* Tim Blonkvist and Bob Shemwell - Principals, Overland Partners, USA
* Carmel Lewis - VP, Education Experience, BRC Imagination Arts, USA
* Jan Lorenc - Principal, Lorenc + Yoo Design, Atlanta, USA
Selected organisations already attending:
Delegates include senior professionals representing: Tate; Sharjah Museums (United Arab Emirates); Victoria & Albert Museum; National Museum Lagos (Nigeria); Fu Jen University (Taiwan); Churchill
Museum and Cabinet War Rooms; Rijksmuseum (Holland); National Galleries of Scotland; The Jewish Museum; Manchester Museum; Museum of London; PM Gallery & House; Eureaka! The Museum for Children; University of Leicester; and Imperial War Museum North.
Register Now - Final Places Available
Do not delay: We expect the event to be sold out very soon. Act now to avoid disappointment.
Keynote Address:
Prof. Jack Lohman - Director of the Museum of London - will give the Keynote Address. Prior to being appointed Director of the Museum of London in 2002, Jack Lohman was CEO of Iziko Museums of Cape Town, South Africa, where he was responsible for fifteen museums, including the South African Museum and the South African National Gallery. Between 1985-94, Jack worked for English Heritage.
Jack is also Professor of Museum Design at the Bergen National Academy of the Arts in Norway. He is Chairman of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) UK, and Chairman of the National Museum in Warsaw, Poland.
The International Museum Design Symposium is an exclusive opportunity for you to discover the latest developments and trends in the field of museum, gallery and heritage design.
2008 Conference Partner: Haley Sharpe Design
Sponsors: Beck Interiors; Gallery Systems; Harrow Green
The Book - Museum Design 2009
At the Symposium we're launching Museum Design 2009 - a ground-breaking new 356 page colour hardback book that provides a richly-illustrated guide to the latest in museum design. (RRP £33)
As a delegate to the Symposium, you'll be able to attend the book launch, meet the authors and be among the first to see the book.
And here are just some the projects featured in Museum Design 2009:
* The Great Egyptian Museum
* Danish Jewish Museum, Copenhagen
* Hong Kong Museum of History
* Smithsonian National Museum of American History
* Massar Children's Discovery Centre (CDC), Damascus
* Afognak Native Corporation Museum, Alaska
* The National Museum of Lebanon
* Cultural Center of Jbalaya Beduins, Egypt
* The National Museum of the American Indian
* And new museums in Guangdong and Ningxia, China
2008 Conference Partner: Haley Sharpe Design
Sponsors: Beck Interiors; Gallery Systems; Harrow Green