Doing Things Differently - the 2016 Christmas Conference Programme

Please note the Welsh Language version of the program will be circulated shortly.

Tuesday 13th December 2016

In the Augustus & Gwen John Rooms, at the National Museum Cardiff, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NP

A one day conference organised by Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, The Federation of Museums and Art Galleries of Wales and Cardiff University.

10: 00 Registration and coffee

10:15  Christian Baars (Amgueddfa Cymru/ National Museums Wales)

Doing it in Public

10:40 Sam Johnson (Cardiff University)

What environmental parameters should we expect from historic buildings?

11:05 Jim Budd (Jim Budd Stained Glass)

Stained glass conservation in context- a perspective from the bench

11:30 Ayesha Fuentes (SOAS University of London)

Everything is impermanent: The emergence of an expertise in objects conservation

11:55 Break

12:10 Pamela Murray (Cardiff University)

Behind the Screen: A collaborative approach to the conservation of Traditional Chinese Shadow Puppetry in the Tianjin region

12:35 Alex Coode (Heritage Blacksmith Partnership)

A traditional approach to conserving the Iron gates at Cardigan Castle

13:00 Kimberly Roche (Cardiff University)

Savage Alliance: US Navy Partnership Explores New Frontiers to Conserve Royal Savage Iron

13:25 Lunch

14:25 Julian Carter (Amgueddfa Cymru/ National Museums Wales)

Avoiding a Pickle - modernising perceptions of fluid preserved collections.

14:50 Emily O'Reilly; Rose Miller, Judit Bodor (Amgueddfa Cymru/ National Museums Wales)

Curation, conservation and the artist in 'Silent Explosion: Ivor Davies and Destruction in Art'

15:15 Michael Nelles (ICON) 

ICON support for Conservators in Wales

15:25 Sarah Paul (MALD)

Rowena Doughty (Gwynedd Archives) Introducing a National Conservation Standard for Wales

15:35 Discussion: Conservation in Wales today- What can we do differently? Chair: Megan de Silva (Monmouthshire Museums)

16:00 Close

The conference is free to attend and lunch will be provided. If you wish to join us, please return this slip by post before 8th December 2016 to Katrina Deering, National Collections Centre, Heol Crochendy, Parc Nantgarw, CF15 7QT or by email to katrina.deering@museumwales.ac.uk. Places are allocated on a first come first served basis. Please E-mail any queries to Katrina Deering.

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We look forward to seeing you on the day.

Best wishes

The Conservation Matters Wales team