The speakers have been confirmed for the Hold The Front Page session on heritage crime being held at the Museums Association Conference and Exhibition 2012 in Edinburgh this week.
The session, which is being organised by the Museums Journal team, will take place from 12.20pm-1.20pm on 9 November in the Pentland Room at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.
It will discuss the scale of the problem of heritage crime and what can be done to tackle it.
The speakers are:
Rowan Julie Brown, director, National Mining Museum Scotland; Stuart Campbell, head of the Treasure Trove Unit, National Museums Scotland; Nick Poole, chief executive, Collections Trust; and Bill Seaman, assistant head of museums, Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service.
Brown will discuss how her venue has been affected by heritage crime and the difficulties of tackling the problem on large sites such as the mining museum.
Campbell’s talk will be called Legislation and Persuasion: Portable Antiquities, Cultural Attitudes and Heritage Crime.
Poole will discuss the work the Collections Trust is doing on leading Arts Council’s England’s Building Capacity for Museum Security project, which is aiming to promote awareness of good practice in museum security, and help museums build their knowledge and capacity.
Seaman will talk about the effects of heritage crime on the museum service in Norfolk where Norwich Castle Museum has been targeted by thieves a number of times, including an attempt to steal rhino horn.
The session, which is being organised by the Museums Journal team, will take place from 12.20pm-1.20pm on 9 November in the Pentland Room at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.
It will discuss the scale of the problem of heritage crime and what can be done to tackle it.
The speakers are:
Rowan Julie Brown, director, National Mining Museum Scotland; Stuart Campbell, head of the Treasure Trove Unit, National Museums Scotland; Nick Poole, chief executive, Collections Trust; and Bill Seaman, assistant head of museums, Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service.
Brown will discuss how her venue has been affected by heritage crime and the difficulties of tackling the problem on large sites such as the mining museum.
Campbell’s talk will be called Legislation and Persuasion: Portable Antiquities, Cultural Attitudes and Heritage Crime.
Poole will discuss the work the Collections Trust is doing on leading Arts Council’s England’s Building Capacity for Museum Security project, which is aiming to promote awareness of good practice in museum security, and help museums build their knowledge and capacity.
Seaman will talk about the effects of heritage crime on the museum service in Norfolk where Norwich Castle Museum has been targeted by thieves a number of times, including an attempt to steal rhino horn.
