ICOMAM 2010 Conference, Dublin - Ireland 13 june - 17 june 2010

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"The Educations of Armies"

This conference will cover the best practice for education in military and arms museums examing the latest approaches in museums around the world. Also the conference will examine preparation for war and the trainig of soldiers in the use of weapons.


* Please note that this program is subject to possible change

SUNDAY, 13th June 2010

13:00-17:00 Executive Board meeting
Board Room
13:00-17:00 Registration
Antae Room
18:00-20:00 Meet and Greet in Soldiers & Chief Galleries
Soldiers & Chiefs


MONDAY, 14th June 2010

08:00-08:50 Late Registration

Antae Room
08:50-09:00 Welcome

Palatine Room
09:00-09:20 Paper 1:
Lieutenant-Colonel Mark Scott, "Change and Challenge: the development of small military museums"

Palatine Room
09:20-09:40 Paper 2:
Renars Ivanovski, Latvian War Museum: Education Programs in the Latvian War Museum

Palatine Room
09:40-10:00 Paper 3:
Natasja Peeters and Piet Veldeman, Royal Army Museum: 'The instinct of War' Iconography and History of officers and Civic Guards in the Collection of the Royal Museum of teh Army and of Military History in Brussels

Palatine Room
10:20-10:40 Paper 4:
Stuart Allen, National Museums Scotland: HFTC paper

Palatine Room
10:40-10:50 Session One Q & A

Palatine Room
10:50-11:10 Coffee Break

Antae Room
11:10-12:10 Panel 1:
Updates and Changes in the American Military Museum Sector
Speakers: Bob Sullivan, Charlie Cureton & Kenneth Smith-Christmas

Palatine Room
12:10-12:20 Session two Q & A

Palatine Room
12:20-13:10 Lunch

Main reception
13:10-14:40 Tour of Soldiers and Chiefs Exhibition

Antae Room
14:40-15:00 Coffee Break

15:00 Gather in Palatine Square and load onto buses

Palatine Square
15:10 Depart for Kilmainham Gaol

15:30-17:00 Tour of Kilmainham Gaol

Kilmainham Gaol
17:00-17:40 Wine Reception at Kilmainham Gaol

Kilmainham Gaol
17:40 Depart for McKee Barracks

18:00-20:00 Diner and reception at the Irish Defence Forces Headquaters Officers Mess
McKee Barracks


TUESDAY, 15th June 2010

08:50-09:00
Welcome

09:00-09:20 Paper 6:
Robert C Woosnam-Savage, Royal Armouries: Putting the Orc in 'Yorcshire': an Exhibition of Arms and Armour from the Movies

Palatine Room
09:20-09:40 Paper 7:
PhD Anna MAria Forssberg, Army Museum: Citizens in Arms

Palatine Room
09:40-10:00 Paper 8:
Ret. Vice-Admiral Armando de Senna Bittencourt, Brazilian Navy's Historical Heritage Director: Military Women in the Brazilian Navy

Palatine Room
10:00-10:20 Paper 9:
Siobhan Pierce, National Museum of Ireland: The use of interpretive devices as educational tools in Military Exhibitions

Palatine Room
10:20-10:40 Paper 10:
David Blackmore, Independed Scholar: Introduction of Platoon firing to the English Army, just before the Battle of the Boyne

Palatine Room
10:40-10:50 Session three Q & A

Antae Room
10:50-11:10 Coffee Break

11:10-11:50 Panel 2:
Education in th RMM: Speakers: Christine Van Everbroeck, Sandra Verhulst and Sandrine Place

Palatine Room
11:50-12:10 Paper 11:
Lauri Haavisto, The Artillery Museum of Finland: Museums Teaching about War Place

Palatine Room
12:10-12:20 Session Four Q & A

Palatine Room
12:20-13:00 Lunch

Antae Room
13:00 Gather in Palatine Square and load onto buses

Palatine Square
13:10 Depart for Batlle of the Boyne Site

14:00-14:45 Eugene Keane, Introduction talk on the Battle of the Boyne

Drogheda, Co. Meath
14:45-16:45 Tour of teh Battle of teh Boyne Site

16:45 Load onto buses for return to Dublin

18:00-20:00 Wine reception at the Chester Beatty Library

Chester Beatty
20:00-22:00 Optional: Literary Pub Tour


WEDNESDAY, 16th June 2010

08:50-09:00 Welcome

Palatine Room
09:00-09:20 Paper 12:
Dr. Jeffrey L. Forgeng, Higgings Armoury, Pedro Monte and the Training of the Late Medieval Man-at-Arms

Palatine Room
09:20-09:40 Paper 13:
Helen Beaumont, National Museum of Ireland: Barracks Life Room

Palatine Room
09:40-10:00 Paper 14
Amy Miller, National Maritime Museum: The Education of Sailors and the creation of Identity in the English Navy in the 19th Century

Palatine Room
10:00-10:20 Paper 15:
Quintin Coleville, National Maritime Museum: The Education of Sailors and the creation of Identity in the English Navy in the 20th Century

Palatine Room
10:20-10:40 Paper 16:
Graeme Rimer, Royal Armouries: General John Jacob and Training Irregular Troops of the East India Company

Palatine Room
10:40-11:00 Paper 17:
Christine Jacquemart, The role of the "Musée de l'Artillerie" and its successor the "Musée de l'Armée" in the training of teh Military Forces and Citizens

Palatine Room
11:00-11:20 Paper 18:
Kenneth Smith-Christmas, National Museum of the U.S. Army: MArine Corps Markmanship Training: Birth of a Legend

Palatine Room
11:20-11:30 Session Five Q & A

Palatine Room
11:30-14:30 Free Lunch & Afternoon

Palatine Room
14:30-17:00 ICOMAM General Assembly

Palatine Room
19:00-22:00 Gala Dinner an reception

Palatine Room