Friday, November 8, 2024

14:00 - 15:00

Sala Ospiti

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Details

Tips, experiences, proposals to embark on the profession Panel with: Anna Chiara Ferrero, Independent Registrar and Registrarte Board, Italy Elena Pelosi, Fondazione Scuola dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali, Roma, Italy to be followed by: Nuria Otermin, Royal Armouries, Leeds, United Kingdom Registrars: Training for the Future': my personal experience as trainee registrar The Registrars: Training for the Future programme is a collaboration between the University of Leeds (UoL), the RoyalArmouries and Leeds Museums and Galleries, and it is funded by Arts Council England. The aim of the programme is to train the new generation of registrars, filling the gap in the formal training of museum registrars. The trainee registrar spends 5 months in Leeds Museums and Galleries and 5 months at the Royal Armouries. The trainee also becomes a student of the Master of Arts (MA) in Art Gallery and Museum Studies, being awarded a Postgraduate certificate by the UoL. During this time, the training activities range from managing incoming and outgoing loans, acquisitions, and disposals, to couriering, risk management and using different collections management systems. In this talk, I will discuss my personal experience as this year’s trainee registrar within the programme: the challenges faced, strengths and weaknesses of the programme, as well as its contribution to my career development. As a student at the UoL, I will also share my views on the perceptions that students in the Art Gallery and Museum Studies MA programme have about the different roles in museums and what they entail, as well as on how they can apply to these jobs. I will finish giving an overview of a careers day that I organised for my student cohort at the UoL in the RoyalArmouries Museum.