Seminars of International Museum Day, Macao 2012

The theme of International Museum Day for this year is "Museums in a Changing World: New challenges, new inspirations." Communications Museums is organizing the "Seminars of International Museum Day, Macao 2012" in May. The objective is not only to allow local museum professionals to acquire new knowledge, broaden their vision in museum management and service provision, but also to provide a platform for the general public, especially teachers and students, to have a deeper understanding of museums' roles and, therefore, increase museums' influence in the community.

Seminar for Museum Professional

Date/Time: 4/5/2012 (Friday), 14:30 - 17:30

Venue: Auditorium of Communications Museum, Estrada de D.Maria II, no.7, Macau

Audience: By invitation

Price: Free of Charge

Language: Cantonese/Putonghua

Title:

Hong Kong Museum of History under new thoughts Ms SIU Lai Kuen Speaker: Ms SIU Lai Kuen, Chief Curator, Hong Kong Museum of History
Beyond exhibition - The curatorial concept of modern museum Mr SZETO Yuen Kit Speaker: Mr SZETO Yuen Kit, Curador (Xubaizhai), Hong Kong Museum of Art

Public Seminar

Date/Time: 5/5/2012 (Saturday), 14:30 - 18:00

Venue: Auditorium of Macao Plytechnic Institute, Rua de Luis Gomes, Macao

Audience: Public, teachers, students, etc.

Price: Free of Charge

Language: Putonghua

Title:

Development trend of museums in China LI Wen Ru, Ph.D. Speaker: LI Wen Ru, Ph.D., Deputy Director, The Palace Museum, Beijing
Life is short, why don't we explore the fun of knowledge? - The role of museums in lifetime education for the general public SUN Wei Hsin, Ph.D. Speaker: SUN Wei Hsin, Ph.D., Director General, National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung
A life of science popularization - How do develop interest in science? VAI Mang I, Ph.D. Speaker: VAI Mang I, Ph.D., Department Head, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau

Application: 15/3/2012~30/4/2012 Limited vacancy, first-come first-reserved

Inquiry:

Tel: (853)28718063/28718570

Fax: (853)28718018

Email: info@macao.communications.museum

Website: http://macao.communications.museum, http://www.museums.gov.mo

Note: For teacher's registration, please log on to "Training Programmes of Educators" on the Educational Resources Center website (FD12-0162). Application deadline: 20/04/2012

Organizer: MUSEU DAS COMUNICAÇÕES

Co-organizers: Instituto Politécnico de Macau Macao Polytechnic Institute, Direcção dos Serviços de Educação e Juventude