The Hunt Symposium Series: Climate Change and the Risk to Material Culture

Venue: The Hunt Museum, Rutland Street, Limerick
23 September 2010

9.00 Registration:

9.30 Welcome:
Professor Roger Downer, Chair, Board of The Hunt Museum.

9.45 The Risk Agenda:
Dr Hugh Maguire, Director, The Hunt Museum

10.00 Keynote Address:
‘The risks to material culture posed by climate change’
Professor Peter Brimblecombe: School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
10.45 Discussion

11.00 Coffee

11.15 The Glucksman Scenario:
Chris Clarke: The Lewis Glucksman Gallery, UCC.
Paul Curtis: Conservation, Muckross House, Killarney

12.00 Risk Preparedness
Susan Bioletti, Head of Conservation, Trinity College, Dublin
Siobhan Stevenson, Head of Collections Care, National Museums Northern Ireland

12.45 Discussion

Lunch:

2.00 Katy Lithgow: Head of Conservation, The National Trust

3.00 The Reality on the Ground:
Adrian Kennedy: Office of Public Works
Mary Stack: Fáilte Ireland
James McDowell, AXA Art Insurance Ltd.

4.15 Discussion
4.30 Conclusion: Tea / Coffee

Subsequent to the Symposium.
The Conservation Department, Trinity College, Dublin, and The Hunt Museum will promote a series of workshops on Risk Assessment and Disaster Preparedness Planning.

Details on these will workshops be made available as soon as possible.

Attendance at the Symposium:

Please forward your details, electronically, or hard copy to:

Naomi O’Nolan
The Hunt Museum
Rutland Street
Limerick

Email: education@huntmuseum.com Tel: 061 – 490084

Attendance fee: €25 (to include light buffet lunch / morning coffee and afternoon tea).

Please include:
Name
Address
Institutional Affiliation.