Evelyn Ansel will give the keynote address Photo credit: Alison Langley Photography. From https://www.woodenboat.com/lecture-highlights-haffenreffer-herreshoff-digitization-project |
The Asylum/Town Hall at Port Arthur Historic Site, Port Arthur
Tuesday 12 February, 10am-4pm
Tickets $120 from the Australian Wooden Boat Festival office
For bookings and advice
Call 03 6223 3375
or email
office@australianwoodenboatfestival.com.au
This one-day workshop is jointly coordinated by the Australian Wooden Boat Festival, Inc. and the Port Arthur Heritage Site Management Authority (PAHSMA). It brings together leading practitioners in the exciting world of digital access to museum collections. The special guest is Evelyn Ansel, from the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts who joins us for an update on latest practice in the field. Janet Carding, CEO of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery presents an update on the GLAM Peak initiative. The workshop includes a walking tour of the historic Port Arthur dockyards to discuss presentation options.
Program
9:45am Morning tea and introductions10:00am Opening address by Janet Carding, CEO of the Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery
10:30am Keynote address: Evelyn Ansel
11:30am to 1.00pm A series of presentations about, and demonstrations of, digital technologies for recording, investigating and presenting collections
Peter Higgs: Volunteer Researcher, Australian National Maritime Museum
Caitlin Vertigan: Conservation Project Officer: Research & Environment, PAHSMA
Sylvana Szydzik: Conservation Project Officer: Archaeology, PAHSMA
David Roe: Archaeology Manager, PAHSMA
1:00pm Lunch provided by Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority
1:45pm Jody Steele: Heritage Programs Manager, PAHSMA
Travelling to Port Arthur
By carOne and half hour 100 km scenic drive via the A9 Arthur Highway
OR
Pennicott Wilderness Tours operate a bus that picks up in Hobart
0745 – depart Pennicott booking office on Franklin
Wharf
0915 – arrive Port Arthur
1600 – depart Port Arthur
1715 – arrive Hobart
Cost is $35 per adult each way
Bookings: 03 6234 4270
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