The Society of Museum Archaeologists Annual Conference 2013 The Mary Rose Museum, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

Whats the Big Idea?

Wednesday 6th November

11am-1pm Optional field trip: 11-12pm: Tour of HMS Victory with her curator Andrew Baines, National Museum of the Royal Navy Meet Andrew at the entrance to HMS Victory 12-1pm: Behind the scenes of the Mary Rose Museum with curator Chris Dobbs Chris will meet you as you disembark from HMS Victory Please note this is limited to 20 people Delegates have kindly been offered free entry to the Mary Rose Museum from opening time on the 6th, prior to registration. Please make yourself known at the front desk.

2pm-2.45pm Arrival and registration at the Mary Rose Museum 2.45pm Welcome from the Chair of Society for Museum Archaeologists

Session one
Title: Were going to need a bigger boat (museum) Chair: Gail Boyle 3.00pm-3.20pm Introduction to the Mary Rose Museum Chris Dobbs, Curator, Mary Rose Museum 3.20pm-3.55pm Group 1: Museum tour with Chris Dobbs Group 2: Tea and coffee 3.55pm-4.30pm Group 1: Tea and coffee Group 2: Museum tour with Chris Dobbs 4.30 pm-5.00pm: The Newport Medieval Ship: A Decade of Discoveries Toby Jones, Curator, Newport Medieval Ship Project 5.00pm-5.30pm: Conserving one log boat is bad enough, but having to deal with eight all at once, is a daunting prospect..... Ian Panter, Principle Conservator, York Archaeological Trust Questions

Keynote address
5.45pm-6.30pm: Title TBC Simon Thurley, Chief Executive, English Heritage

7.30pm Conference dinner (included) Join us for informal food and chat at the Slug & Lettuce!

Thursday 7th November

Session two
Title: Think Big Chair: Martha Lawrence 9.00am-9.30am: Collecting Creswell Maria Smith, Learning Officer, Creswell Heritage Trust 9.30am-10.00am: Pompeii and Herculaneum in London Paul Roberts, Senior Curator at the British Museum and curator of the Pompeii and Herculaneum exhibition Questions 10.10am-10.30am Tea & Coffee

Session three
Title: The bigger picture Chair: Roy Stephenson 10.30am-11.00am: Why archaeology? Interviews with artists Mark Hall, History Officer, Perth Museum & Art Gallery 11.00am-11.30am: Looking back Brian Graham, artist 11.30am-12.00pm: Seeing More: Computational Photography and Archaeology Nicole Beale and Gareth Beale, Archaeological Computing Research Group, University of Southampton Questions

12.10pm-12.30pm SMA AGM

12.30pm-1.15pm Lunch (provided)

Further opportunity to explore Brians artwork and Nicole and Gareths work

Session four
Title: State of the Nation Chair: Duncan Brown 1.15pm-1.30pm: Update from Arts Council England (exact title TBC) John Orna-Ornstein, Arts Council England 1.30pm-1.45pm: Strategic developments in Scotland - The Historic Environment Strategy Kirsty Lingstadt, Collections, Data and Recording Operational Manager, RCAHMS 1.45pm-2.00pm: The ABC of archaeology in Wales in 2013 Elizabeth Walker, Amgueddfa Cymru National Museum Wales and Chair of the National Panel for Archaeological Archives in Wales 2.00pm-2.15pm: Pulling together Mike Heyworth, Director, Council British Archaeology Questions 2.30pm-2.50pm Tea & Coffee

Session five
Title: Bigger, bolder, better? Chair: Peter Robinson 2.50pm-3.10pm: Introduction Peter Robinson, Museum Officer Human History, Doncaster Museum Service 3.10pm-3.50pm: The Wessex Museums Partnership David Dawson, Wiltshire Museum, Jon Murden, Dorset County Museum and Adrian Green, Salisbury Museum 3.50pm-4.30pm: Where do we start? Cataloguing, researching and displaying Barnsleys repatriated archaeology Dr Vicky Crewe, Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield and Jemma Conway, Community Heritage Curator for Barnsley Arts and Museum Service (not appearing)

4.30-4.50pm Discussion

4.50pm-5pm Sum up and Close: Chair of Society of Museum Archaeologists