Over the last five years, ICOM UK has run a series of interviews exploring museums across the globe. This autumn Catherine McDermott (ICOM UK Secretary) and Claire Messenger (ICOM UK Committee) have been talking to museum and heritage colleagues about the challenges they have faced in the sector in the past six months. In this […]
As part of our series offering ICOM UK members the opportunity to know more about museums and heritage around the world, Claire Messenger, ICOM UK committee member, talks to Mohamed Mokhtar, curator at the Abdeen Palace Museum, Cairo. Hello Mohamed and thank you for talking to ICOM UK members. Could you start by telling […]
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Over the last five years, ICOM UK has run a series of interviews exploring museums across the globe. This autumn Catherine McDermott and Claire Messenger have been talking to museum and heritage colleagues about the challenges they have faced in the sector in the past six months. In this interview, Claire talks to Dr DeAnn […]
Over the last five years ICOM UK has run a series of interviews exploring museums across the globe. This autumn Catherine McDermott (ICOM UK Secretary) and Claire Messenger (ICOM UK Committee Member) have been talking to museum and heritage colleagues about the challenges they have faced in the sector in the past six months. In […]
This autumn Catherine McDermott (ICOM UK Secretary) and Claire Messenger (ICOM UK Committee Member) have been talking to international colleagues about changes they have faced in the sector. In this discussion Claire talks to Kay Jones, Lead Curator of Urban and Community History at the Museum of Liverpool about collecting objects and stories around the […]
In May, Chloe Carroll spoke to emerging curators Linnea Bake in Germany and Sitara Chowfla in India about their experiences of working through the first months of the pandemic. Almost four months later she talks to Ameli Klein in Graz, Austria, about the changing situation overseas. As visitors take their first steps back into arts spaces, […]
Over the last five years ICOM UK has run a series of interviews exploring museums across the globe. This Autumn Catherine McDermott and Claire Messenger have been talking to international colleagues about changes they have faced in the sector. In the first of these discussions, Claire talks to Nagwa Bakr, Community Exhibition Officer at the […]
Catherine McDermott, ICOM UK Secretary, talks to Catalina Cavelier leads the section of Intangible Heritage at the Cultural Heritage Institute of Bogotá, Colombia. Catalina thank you for talking to us. Would you set out your role and responsibilities? My responsibilities involve devising and leading strategies for safeguarding the intangible heritage in the city of Bogota, […]
ICOM UK has invited international curators to reflect on their experience of lockdown on their museum, their practice and their audience. Catherine McDermott talks to Eileen Ondusye Musandi, Head of the Exhibitions Section under the Directorate of Antiquities, Sites and Monuments, National Museums of Kenya. Eileen could you tell ICOM UK members a little […]
