Museological lunch: The “Very Best White Oak”: some thoughts on the redefinition of what is fit to be seen in contemporary museums – Mary Bouquet
Museological lunch, open seminar (30.11.11): Mary Bouquet is Fellow at University College Utrecht. She will give a lecture on "The Oval Room", the heart of Teylers Museum in Haarlem – the oldest public museum in the Netherlands. This room has been nominated as a candidate for the UNESCO World heritage List. What changes have taken place in the Oval Room? How does the museum re-define what is fit to be seen in the process?
Mary Bouquet: Private photo.
Time: Wednesday November 30, 12.00-13.30
Venue: P.A.Munch's building, room 425
Heritage has been defined as a mode of metacultural production that produces something new which, though it has recourse to the past, creates something fundamentally different.
The Oval Room, which opened in 1784, forms the heart of Teylers Museum in Haarlem – the oldest public museum in the Netherlands. This room underwent restoration from 2009-2011 to celebrate the 225th anniversary of the museum; and in November 2010 was nominated as a candidate for the UNESCO World heritage List.
- What changes have taken place in the Oval Room?
- How does the museum re-define what is fit to be seen in the process?
Mary Bouquet is Fellow at University College Utrecht, where she teaches Anthropology and Museum Studies; she also coordinates the Cultural Heritage Internships Programme (CHIP). Her most recent book, Museums, A Visual Anthropology will be published by Berg in 2012.
We serve coffee, tea and cake. All are welcome.
Organisers: Anne-Sofie Hjemdahl Brita Brenna & Torild Gjesvik.
The Oval Room, Teylers Museum in Haarlem. Photo: Mary Bouquet.