Dear Colleagues,
Please find attached and following an announcement for a major European
conference on access to cultural heritage. Details of the UK part of the
ACCU project are available at
http://www.surreymuseums.org.uk/interesting/Travellers.htm.
ACCU Initial Conference, May 12 2005, Schwerin Castle
"Access for All to Cultural Heritage ? Challenge and Opportunity"
Draft agenda
Moderator ? Sari Salovaara (Project Adviser, Finnish National Gallery)
8:30-8:40 Welcoming remarks ? Friedrich Lüth (Director, The
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern State Agency for the Management of the
Built Heritage)
8:40-8:55 Opening Speech ? (e.g. Ministry of Education, Sciences and
Culture Mecklenburg-West Pomerania)
SESSION 1: Current situation and framing the problems (Where are we now?)
This session provides a general view of actual problems and discussions, in
an international / European context. The topic is approached from different
aspects of accessibility;
9:00-9:30 Adrian Cave (Architect and Access Consultant, UK): A paper
exploring the current understanding of barriers, issues and
solutions in museums and other heritage organizations in
"listed" buildings
9:30-10:00 Diana Walters (Programme co-ordinator of the International
Museum Studies, Göteborg University, Sweden): A paper exploring
the current barriers, and methods to remove or minimise them,
to sensory, intellectual, and socio-cultural accessibility to
cultural heritage
10:00-10:30 Anna Brill (Chairman, Association for Blind and Partially
Sighted People Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany): Accessibility
to cultural heritage, a view of the actual problems and current
discussions in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
10:45-11:15 COFFEE BREAK
11:15-11:45 Ulla Salmela (Co-ordinator, National Board of Antiquities,
Finland): "Access to Cultural Heritage (ACCU), European
cooperation on accessibility"
11:45-12:00 Geir Linnerud (ACCU Norway): Launch of the ACCU-website
12:00-13:00 LUNCH BREAK
SESSION 2: Approaches and Solutions (Best practice). Presentations from
experts in the field. This session presents actual approaches in an
international/ European scale and is a forum for an international
discussion.
13:00-13:30 Nina Baptiste (Access Development Manager, Yorkshire Museums,
Libraries and Archives Council YMLAC, UK): A regional (and
national) approach to promoting good practice
13:45-14:15 Russell Walters (Head of Operations, English Heritage, UK): An
access strategy for a national heritage organisation
14:30-15:00 Hoelle Corvest (Head of Visitor Services, Museum of Science and
Industry Complex, Paris / La Cité des Sciences et de
L'industrie, France): Promoting good practice on accessibility
in the Museum of Science and Industry Complex, Paris
15:15-15:45 COFFEE BREAK
15:45-17:45 Panel discussion
"Access to Cultural Heritage ? One Way for Everyone?"
Moderator ? Pat Reynolds (Development Officer, Surrey Museums
Consultative Committee, UK)
Panel:
International Experts;
Local politicians (e.g. Ministry of Education, Sciences and
Culture Mecklenburg-West Pomerania; City of Schwerin);
Representatives of disability organisations (i.a. Anna Brill,
Chairman, Association for Blind and Partially Sighted People
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern);
Local representatives of immigrant and minority organisations
(Annette Köppinger, Immigrant Commissioner, City of Schwerin ?
enquired);
Representatives of Monument and Museum Administration(s) (i.a.
Klaus Winands, The Mecklenburg-Vorpommern State Agency for the
Management of the Built Heritage)
17:45 Closing remarks ? Sari Salovaara (Finnish National Gallery)
Further details will be available from
Eeva Rantamo
Project coordinator
Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Mecklenburg-Vorpommern/
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern State Agency for the Management of the Built
Heritage
Domhof 4/5
19055 Schwerin
Germany
Tel: +49 385 56 90 46
Fax: +49 385 5214 198
Email: [log in to unmask]
www.kulturerbe-mv.de
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