Dear Colleagues,
Please find following details of the sixth EMAC conference.
With best wishes,
Pat
Pat Reynolds
Surrey Museums Development Officer
VI EMAC – European Museum Advisors Conference
June 24-28, 2006
Budapest, Hungary
Supporting Museums in Achieving Quality
At last, the long awaited VI EMAC is shaping up! It will not only reveal
hidden treasures of Eastern Europe but will provide an opportunity to
immerse in the pleasures of the Museums’ Night in a newly joined member of
the European Union.
The conference
The Pulszky Society – Hungarian Museum Association and the Foundation for
Museums and Visitors with the support of the Hungarian Ministry for
Cultural Heritage organizes the VI EMAC in Budapest between June 24-28,
2006.
The conference addresses all the European professionals working within
museum support organisations – ministries, cultural departments, cultural
associations, training centres, foundations, etc. – as well as independent
advisors, and sets itself as an occasion for exchange on issues of common
interest.
In previous years, EMAC has been held in Great Britain (1992), Germany
(1993), The Netherlands (1996), Italy (1999), and Belgium (2001) each time
being organised by the hosting country and with the participation of
approximately one hundred delegates each year.
EMAC is an informal network gathering individuals and institutions dealing
with museums, but doesn’t have statutory or coordinating bodies, an office
or specific sources of funding; therefore, the conference originates from
the desire to give continuity to the process of mutual knowledge and
exchange begun in former years and from the willingness of the two
Hungarian non-profit organizations that took the organisational tasks upon
themselves.
The conference is therefore open to all those who are interested in the
issues under discussion and want to communicate with colleagues from other
countries, also to find out more about museum advisory organisations all
over Europe.
The theme
“Supporting Museums in Achieving Quality” has been chosen as the main theme
of the conference, after hearing comments and suggestions from participants
from previous years. Issues such as the changing functions of advisors,
their flexibility and adaptibility to the changing sitiation; instruments
of changes (training etc); quality versus public success and networking or
cooperation as a tool for enhancing quality will be discussed. (See a draft
version of schedule attached.)
Those interested in presenting significant experiences related to the
conference theme, are kindly asked to send their proposals to Aniko
Korenchy-Misz - Foundation for Museums and Visitors (
[log in to unmask]) until March 5, 2006.
All those proposing a paper will be contacted personally and notified about
the acceptance of their proposal.
The programme
Participants will arrive on June 23rd, Friday and the programme starts on
June 24th, Saturday. There will be plenary sessions in ENGLISH and work in
groups, besides excursions and visits to local museums, in particular to
institutions which offer the possibility of continuing discussion and
further explore the themes addressed by the conference. Saturday night,
delegates will have the opportunity to join the various events of the
Museums’ Night in Budapest. The closing ceremony and the farewell party
will be on the evening of the 27th, Tuesday but on Wednesday, we will
organize some more visits to museums in Budapest.
A more detailed programme of the conference will be made available later
on. The update will also be available on Internet: www.mlalapitvany.hu
The venue
The conference will be held at CEU Conference Center in Budapest (Kerepesi
út 87., 1106 Budapest, Hungary), which can be visited via the Internet on:
www.ceucenter.hu.
Hotel accomodation
Participants will also be accomodated at the CEU Conference Center in
Budapest (Kerepesi út 87., 1106 Budapest, Hungary). Prices (to be paid
directly to the hotel):
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| Single room| 40 Euro/room/night |
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| Double room| 48 Euro/room/night |
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The price of the rooms includes buffet breakfast, the use of the swimming
pool, the sauna and the fitness room as well as all taxes.
Please book your rooms on the attached booking form by the conditions
listed on the form.
There is a limited number of apartments available upon requests for those
coming with families (see prices on the attached booking form), but it is
advisable to book early.
Accompanying persons’ programme will also be organized (for a fee of appr.
250 Euro) if there are at least 20 interested people. So please mark on
your registration form if your relatives would like to participate in those
programmes.
The registration fee
The registration fee is 70.000,-HUF (appr. 278,- Euro) for those
registering and paying before April 17, 2006 and 80.000,-HUF (appr. 318,-
Euro) for those registering after that date.
The fee covers all meals and refreshments, excursions and the documentation
provided during the conference.
There may be Grundtvig grants available to support your participation.
Please contact your National Socrates Office (
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/socrates/nat-est_en.html).
(For addresses of national offices and deadlines in different countries you
may also contact Aniko Korenchy-Misz at ([log in to unmask])
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