Monthly Archives: February 2014

60 Second Show and Tell, NWM 2 March

“Watch our curators squirm as they try to explain an object without hesitation, repetition or deviation in just in a minute!”  National Waterfront Museum, Sunday 2 March at 2.15.

The theme is Electricity, but there will also be a chance for Q&A and object handling and why not bring along your own favourite object for discussion or identification. It does not have to be Electrical – bring something you are baffled by, fascinated by, or try to baffle the Museum’s experts!

The first Show and Tell was held last October as the highlight of the Historical Association’s Local History … Live!  We had an excellent collection of objects, an involved and vocal audience, and a lot of fun. Now how can I baffle Steph and Ian this time …

 

 

Working in Heritage Day, 19 February

Heritage Skills Programme, Working in Heritage Day, Wednesday 19th February,

12.00 – 13.00
Ian Smith (National Waterfront Museum)
KEIR HARDIE 130
Work and interpretation at the National Waterfront Museum
13.45 – 14.30

Paul Roberts (British Museum)
FULTON HOUSE LECTURE ROOM 4
Informal talk with students about work at the British Museum

14.30 – 15.00
Sam Wale (Egypt Centre)
FULTON HOUSE LECTURE ROOM 4
How I got my dream job!

15.00 – 15.30
Caroline Graves-Brown and Wendy Goodridge (Egypt Centre)
FULTON HOUSE LECTURE ROOM 4
Applying for jobs in museums

16.00 – 17.00
Paul Roberts (British Museum)
GROVE LECTURE THEATRE

Organising a major exhibition at the British Museum: Pompeii

Keep your eyes peeled over the next couple of weeks as the Key Heritage Skills Programme will be announcing new heritage placements opportunities and speakers very soon (http://www.swansea.ac.uk/riah/graduate-centre/heritageskillsprogramme/.)  Updates will issued on the website and sent via email.

For more details on the ‘Working in Heritage Day’ please contact Dr Jo Berry: J.T.Berry@swansea.ac.uk

HA Talk 15 February

This month’s free talk is Get off my land! Aeneus Tacticus and the city-state in 4th-century-BC Greece by Dr Nick Barley of Swansea University. The venue as usual is the Ocean Room in the National Waterfront Museum, starting at 11.00.