With the National Army Museum scheduled to undergo a major redevelopment over the coming years, this all-day conference, held in collaboration with the School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, is a timely investigation of the challenges involved in displaying military stories, memories and objects in museums.

Themes include difficult histories relating to the theme of warfare; popular culture, memories and forgetting; the role of the personal narrative; the appropriateness of eliciting an emotional response to objects and the use of space within exhibition design.

Conference Venue: National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, London

Tickets can be purchased in the following ways:

Telephone: 020 7881 6600

Online:  http://www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/academic-conferences/making-military-histo...

Lunch and refreshments are included in the ticket price.

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Programme:

9.30-9.55  Registration, tea and coffee

9.55-10.00  Welcome

10.00-11.00  Panel 1: Difficult Histories Relating to the Theme of Warfare

John Haymond (Edinburgh):  The Muted Voice: The Limitations of Museums and the Changing Face of Warfare

James Scott (Royal Engineers Museum):  Objects and the Representation of War in Military Museums

Rachel Anchor (Leicester):  Negotiating a "Tangled Web of Pride and Shame": A Crimean Case-study

Dr Louise Tythacott (Manchester):  Military Histories of Summer Palace Objects from China

11.00-11.20 Discussion

11.20-11.40  Tea and coffee

11.40-12.40  Panel 2: Objects and the Role of Affect in the Military Museum

Dr Viv Golding (Leicester):  Narrative and Affect in Kurdistan Museums

Amelia Robinson (Science Museum): War and Museum Pieces:  Visitors' Responses to Objects from the First World War Battlefields

Alan Popper (Royal Lincolnshire Regiment Museum) and Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall (Bishop Grosseteste):  The Forward March of Military Collections: Difficult Histories and Object-based Learning in Higher Education

Dr Ceri Jones and Dr Jocelyn Dodd (Leicester):  The Impact of War and Conflict: Using Museum Collections, Personal Experiences and Intergenerational Practice to Develop People's Understanding

12.40-13.00  Discussion

13.00-14.00  Lunch

14.00-15.00  Panel 3: Remembering and Representing the Past in Military Museums

Alyson Mercer (KCL):  Working Women and Women's War Work: Representational Narratives at IWM North

Rob Fleming (NAM):  Born Under the Rising Sun: Australian Nationalism, The Anzac Legend, & its Portrayal in Australian Museums

Jennifer Wellington (Yale):  Structures of Remembering and Forgetting in British and Australian First World War Museums

Dr Keith Allen (History Associates Inc):  Exhibiting Liberation: A Dutch/French/German/Polish Initiative for 2014-15

15.00-15.20  Discussion

15.20-15.40  Tea and coffee

15.40-16.40  Panel 4: Space, Transformation and the "Other" in Military Museums

Angela Loxham (Lancaster):  "Shaped by Familiarity": Memory, Space and Materiality at Imperial War Museum North

Ian Kikuchi (Imperial War Museum):  How Does a Museum Use Space Effectively in Exhibition Design?

Dr Holly Furneaux (Leicester) and Sue Prichard (V&A):  Contested Objects: Curating Soldier Art and Souvenirs

Dr Amy Barnes (Leicester):  Representing the Soviet "Other" in British Cold War Museums

16.40-17.00  Discussion

17.00-17.30  Helen Divjak (Interpretation Manager, NAM):  The National Army Museum's Planned Rebuild: A Response to the Proceedings

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Contact:

National Army Museum

Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea

London SW3 4HT

Telephone: 020 7730 0717

Fax: 020 7823 6573

Email: info@nam.ac.uk