Talks on designing photograph exhibitions

"Photography: A Victorian Sensation in Focus"
National Museums of Scotland
15 September 2015
12.45 - 17.00
(+ optional Icon PhMG AGM: 10.30;
exhibition ticket pick-up from 10.00 onwards)

Icon Photographic Materials Group, Icon Scotland Group and National
Museums Scotland are proud to present an afternoon of talks
exploring the challenges addressed in the curation, conservation and
design of a major exhibition of photographic material.

Ticket prices:

    Icon Member Standard Rate: UKP20
    Icon Member Reduced Rate: UKP7.50 (students, interns and
        unwaged)
    Non-member Rate: UKP30
    Ticket prices include entry into the exhibition, usually UKP10.

Booking and full programme:

    <URL:http://photography-victorian-sensation-in-focus.eventbrite.co.uk>

"Photography: A Victorian Sensation" is a major exhibition currently
on display at the National Museum of Scotland which explores the
evolution of photography during the Victorian period.  Innovations
in photography are explored through more than 1500 photographs and
related objects from the museum's collections.

Principal Curator of the exhibition, Dr Alison Morrison-Low, will
provide the curatorial perspective, and exhibition designer, Esther
Titley describes how a common ground was found between exhibition
design and conservation concerns.  In addition, Kirsten Dunne from
the National Galleries of Scotland will provide an introduction to
Microfading, data from which was used to aid decision-making in the
planning stages of the exhibition.  The conservation team--Vicki
Hanley, Lisa Cumming, Rosalind Bos and Emmanuelle Largeteau--will be
presenting on a range of areas including: bespoke mounting and
suitable display; conservation of Ambrotypes and Daguerreotypes, and
the planning and prioritising that took this vast collection from
storage to display.

Ticket prices include entry to the exhibition itself so that
attendees have the opportunity to view the exhibition at their
leisure in the morning before the event.

Please note, the Icon Photographic Material Group AGM will also be
held at the National Museum of Scotland in the morning at 10.30.
While primarily for Icon Photographic Materials Group members, all
are welcome.  The AGM is also open to those not attending the
afternoon event.  Please email us directly if you would like to
attend the AGM, but will not be attending "Photography: A Victorian
Sensation in Focus": iconphmg<-at->gmail<.>com

The full programme and booking is available through the Icon
Photographic Materials Group Eventbrite page:

    <URL:http://photography-victorian-sensation-in-focus.eventbrite.co.uk>

We would like to thank National Museums Scotland for their generous
support in hosting this event


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