>The Museums and Collections Program and the 
>Public Culture Program, Research School of the 
>Humanities (Australian National University) and 
>the National Museum of Australia present the 
>2007 Collections seminar series, Museums and 
>Collections in Public Culture. The first seminar is:
>
>PRESENTING PACIFIC COLLECTIONS
> > Jennifer Newell, Curator, Department of 
> Africa, Oceania and the Americas, British Museum.
> > Crispin Howarth, Assistant Curator, Pacific 
> Arts, National Gallery of Australia.
> > Anna Edmundson, Senior Curator, Aboriginal 
> and Torres Strait Islander Program, National Museum of Australia.
> > Session to be chaired by Stephen Zagala, 
> Research School of Humanities, ANU.
>
>Wed 2 May – 12.30-1.45 in the Theatrette, Old 
>Canberra House, ANU, Lennox Crossing
>
>Anna Edmundson is Senior Curator in the 
>Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Program at 
>the National Museum of Australia.  She 
>specialises in Indigenous Australian and Pacific 
>art heritage, and is currently conducting 
>research on the Pacific Collections at the NMA.
> > Abstract: Anna will present an introduction 
> to the Pacific collections at the National 
> Museum of Australia, and will briefly discuss 
> how these collections reflect Australia's 
> changing engagement with the Pacific region over the last 100 years.
>
>Crispin Howarth was recently appointed as the 
>Assistant Curator of the Pacific Collection held 
>at the National Gallery of Australia. Originally 
>from Liverpool, UK he has spent the past six 
>years working for Melbourne Museum.
> > Abstract: The National Gallery of Australia's 
> Pacific Arts collection was rapidly built in a 
> short span of time to remain in storage for 
> quarter of a century. By talking on the history 
> of the collection Crispin will reveal the 
> current plans and future goals of the Gallery.
>
>Jenny Newell has been a Curator in the British 
>Museum's Oceanic section since 2001 Her 
>specialisation is Polynesia, and her PhD thesis 
>(ANU, 2005) addresses Tahitian history. She is 
>currently on a staff exchange at the National Museum of Australia.
> > Abstract: Jenny will speak about her work on 
> the Polynesian collection at the NMA before 
> briefly discussing the ways Pacific cultures 
> have been presented in British museums and galleries over the past year.
>
>Seminars are free and open to the public. 
>Details of full seminar series to be distributed shortly.
>
>Enquiries to the convenor: 
><mailto:Kylie.Message at anu.edu.au>Kylie.Message at anu.edu.au
>
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