9.00 – 10.00
Participant registration
10.00 – 10.15
Conference opening – addresses by representatives of the Ministry of Culture and the Latvian National Museum of Literature and Music
10.15 – 11.00
Keynote speech
Léontine Meijer-van Mensch
Against the Wall Head First
Following Jānis Greste’s credo, museums can only find their future by daring to face obstacles head on, bruises included
Léontine Meijer-van Mensch
Against the Wall Head First
Following Jānis Greste’s credo, museums can only find their future by daring to face obstacles head on, bruises included
11.00 – 11.15
Mg.paed. Edīte Putniņa and Evelīna Plostniece, Latvian National Museum of Literature and Music. The Riverbanks of the Song Festival Time Stream – Is it Possible to Contain Them?
11.15 – 11.30
Mg. art. Zanda Šumska, Latvian National Museum of Literature and Music. Transformation of Heritage: Challenges of the Digital Age in Museum Collection Development
11.30 – 12.00
Discussion: Challenges and Opportunities for Museum Collection Development in Future.
Participants: composer Andris Dzenītis, writer Ilze Jansone, leading art experts from the Latvian National Museum of Literature and Music Inese Žune and Ingus Barovskis. Discussion moderated by Laima Jansone
Participants: composer Andris Dzenītis, writer Ilze Jansone, leading art experts from the Latvian National Museum of Literature and Music Inese Žune and Ingus Barovskis. Discussion moderated by Laima Jansone
12.00 – 13.00
Lunch break
13.00 – 13.15
Ph.D. Kristīne Beķere, Kuldīga District Museum. Museum Collection Development in the Late 1930s: The Example of Kuldīga District Museum
13.15 – 13.30
Mg.hist. Ronalds Mālmeisters, Talsi District Museum. Collection Building Trends at Talsi District Museum
13.30 – 13.45
Mg.hist. Gundega Skagale, Latvian Ethnographic Open-Air Museum. An Iron on the Museum Shelf – A Cultural-Historical Testimony or a Burden for the Collection?
13.45 – 14.00
Discussion, questions
14.00 – 14.30
Coffee break
14.30 – 14.45
Ph.D. cand., M.A., Mg.Sc.soc. Anna Žabicka, Pauls Stradiņš Museum of the History of Medicine. Collection Choices as Cultural Policy: An Analysis of the Museum’s Collection Content
14.45 – 15.00
Mg.hist., Dr.med. Maija Pozemkovska, Riga School Museum. The School Museum Created by Jānis Greste – Lost and Vanishing
15.00 – 15.15
Ph.D. Ilona Miezīte, Latvian National Museum of Literature and Music. Lost Treasures: How the Museum’s Predecessors Lost Part of Their Collection Materials
16.00 Premiere of the film Grestomātija
9.00 – 10.00
Participant registration
10.00 – 10.15
Opening remarks
10.15 – 11.00
Keynote speech Agnes Aljas
Visions and Frictions: Museums and Youth Engagement.
Visions and Frictions: Museums and Youth Engagement.
11.00 – 11.15
Ph.D. cand. Kristina Petrauskė, Vytautas the Great War Museum. From Spectators to Citizens: Empowering Participation in Museums
11.15 – 11.30
Mg.hist. Barba Ekmane, Latvian War Museum. Can the Past and its Stories Influence the Future? Looking at the Period of Latvia’s Restoration of Independence, One Could Say Yes
11.30 – 11.45
Mg.theol. Laima Jansone, Latvian National Museum of Literature and Music. Those Crazy Years… Evidence of the Use of the Latvian National Anthem Between 1940 and 1950
11.45 – 12.00
Discussion, questions
12.00 – 13.00
Lunch break
13.00 – 13.15
Mg.art. Džūlija Rodenkirhena, Latvian Museum of Photography. The Strenči Photo Studio Collection and the Diversity of Its Interpretations: A Place Created in the Archive
13.15 – 13.30
Mg.hist., Mg.teol. Anete Jenča Turaida Museum Reserve (State Protected Cultural Monument). The Narrative of the Third Awakening and the Church in the Museum: How the Exhibition We Believed – We Exist Reconstructs the Role of the Church in History
13.30 – 13.45
Mg.sc.soc., Ph.D. cand. Ināra Mukāne, Daugavpils University, Augšdaugava District Municipality. Interaction Between Personalities and Places in the Development of the Berķenele Cultural Environment
13.45 – 14.00
Mg. philol. Dace Micāne-Zālīte, Association of Memorial Museums, Ojārs Vācietis Museum. Letters from Berta Alvīne Vāciete to Her Son Ojārs: The Epistolary and Emotional Code of the Era in the Research “Letters from Līzespasts”
14.00 – 14.30
Discussion, questions
14.30 – 15.00
Coffee break
15.00 – 15.15
Dr. artium student, Mg.art. Kristīne Želve, curator and director. Between Research and Creation: Notes on the Making of the Interdisciplinary Exhibition The Times of the Land Surveyors. An Unfinished Script for the Third Film Adaptation
15.15 – 15.30
Mg.art. Dace Vosa, Association of Memorial Museums, Janis Rozentāls and Rūdolfs Blaumanis Museum. Rūdolfs Blaumanis’ Room
15.30 – 15.45
Mg.philol., Mg.paed. Deimantė Cibulskienė, Maironis Lithuanian Literature Museum. The Versatility of a Literature Museum: What Will Interest Future Visitors?
16.00 – 16.30
Discussion, questions
16.30 – 17.00
Coffee break
17.00 – 17.15
Mg.art., Mg.philol. Inga Surgunte, Project Manager for Sustainable Development, Latvian Museum Association. Working Strategically with Sustainable Development Goals: The Experience of Four Latvian Museums in the Project TOWCHED
17.15 – 17.30
Anna Bindere, Latvian Autism Association. Autism-Friendly Museums in Latvia
17.30 – 17.45
Mg.philol. Iveta Ruskule, Director of the Latvian National Museum of Literature and Music. Creative Participation as a Future Strategy for Museums: Experience, Compromises and Added Value
17.45 – 18.00
Discussion, questions
18.15 Launch of the conference proceedings “Acts. Facts. Artefacts”
19.00 Conference closing and free time in the exhibition “Procrastination and Creation”
10.00 – 12.00
Excursion to the exhibition “SongSpace”, Lūcijas Garūtas Alley 8, Riga
Details: marketings@rmm.gov.lv
Details: marketings@rmm.gov.lv
12.30 – 14.30
Excursion to the Museum Repository, Pulka Street 8, Riga
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Details: marketings@rmm.gov.lv
