The Creative Museum Project @ The Brighton Digital Festival

Building a Creative Museum Together 
Friday 23 September, 13.00-17.30

**THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT OPEN TO REGISTERED ATTENDEES ONLY**

The Creative Museum project is an Erasmus+ funded project – it sees museums as dynamic learning environments providing opportunities for staff and visitors to explore and repurpose collections in new and creative ways.

Based on the outcomes of the project to-date, this practical half-day conference looks at some of the recommended ingredients for building a ‘creative museum’, whether you work in a museum or not.

The event is co-chaired by Don Undeen, University of Georgetown (Washington DC) and former Senior Digital Manager, Met MediaLab (New York) and Jo-Anne Sunderland Bowe, Director, Heritec Limited and Project Co-cordindator, The Creative Museum project. There will be presentations from the field by a variety of speakers from Brighton Museum, Cap Sciences, Chester Beatty Library, Culture 24, Lighthouse, Museomix and Radiona-Makerspace.

This special event for the Brighton Digital Festival is for museum professionals, digital specialists, makers, tinkerers, hackers – anyone who wants to look at museums in a new and interesting ways. This session will be fully participative – be prepared to come with lots of questions and an open-mind.

The event will be followed by networking opportunities and a drinks reception and has been organised as part of the Brighton Digtial Festival. 

Full programme

13.00-13.30 // Registration, teas & coffees

13.30-13.35 // Welcome and Introduction to the format of the day, Jo-Anne Sunderland Bowe, Director - Heritec and Project Co-Coordinator

13.00-13.40 // Welcome on behalf of the Creative Museum project, Cecile Marson, Cap Science and Lead Project Coordinator

13.40-13.45 // Introducing the Recommendations for creating a creative museum, Jo-Anne Sunderland Bowe

13.45-16.00 // Presentations from the field and workshops

Part 1: Connecting to communities - identification and outreach

Part 2: Listening across cultures

Part 3: Creating "Spaces for Yes"

Part 4: Iterating towards success

16.00-16.30 // Final thoughts and conclusions

16.30-17.30 // Drinks and networking