Irish Museums Association Annual Conference

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Join us as we collectively explore how museums can effectively speak truth to power, navigate external pressures, and lead with integrity in challenging times.

Discover strategies for addressing conflicts between museum values and stakeholder views, amplifying marginalised voices, and acknowledging historical complicity. Together, let's shape a future where museums influence, lead, and drive positive change, ensuring they remain beacons of truth and catalysts for transformation in a rapidly changing world.

Speakers

Tsione Wolde-Michael, US President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, USA
Dr Olusegun Morakinyo, Visiting Research Fellow, Trinity College Dublin
Tríona White-Hamilton, National Museums NI
Dr Aoife O’Brien, National Museum of Ireland
Sharon Heal, Museums Association UK
Anjuli Grantham, public historian and environmental activist
Adriana Valderrama Lopez, formerly Casa de la Memoria Museum, Colombia
Kris Reid, Castle Ward National Trust
Professor Tom Maguire, Ulster University
Dr Emma McAlister, National Museum of Ireland (NMI)
Donna Rose, Postgraduate Scholar PhD; Oein DeBhairduin, NMI
Evi Numen, Old Anatomy Museum, Trinity College Dublin
Professor Rhiannon Mason, Newcastle University
Dr Karine Bigand, Aix-Marseille University
Julieann Campbell, PhD Researcher, Ulster University
Cate Turner, Healing Through Remembering
Professor Fiona Kearney, Glucksman
Dr Órla Murphy, University College Cork
Laura Patrick, Royal Irish Regiment Benevolent Fund
Benedict Schlepper-Connolly, Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI)
Adam Stoneman, Galway City Council
Renata Pękowska, PhD Researcher, Technological University Dublin
Dr Philip McDermott, Ulster University
Jenny Siung, Chester Beatty
Nic Wright, Causeway Coast and Glens Museum Services
Brian Crowley, Collection Curator, Kilmainham Gaol OPW
Professor Elizabeth Crooke, Ulster University
Dr David Farrell-Banks, Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge