Training Workshop: “Running a Museum”

 (Tashkent - Uzbekistan) 
From 23-01-2008   to   25-01-2008

Based on the publication series entitled "Running a Museum", this workshop is led by Ms Julia Kupina, Deputy Director of the Kunstkamera Museum in St Petersburg.

The following topics are to be discussed during the three-day meeting:

23 January:

• Legal and ethical basics of museum work;
• Collection management;
• nventories and documentation.

24 January:

• Safeguarding museum objects;
• Museum exhibitions;
• Museum visitors and educational programmes;
• Museum marketing.

25 January:

• Museum and staff management;
• Museum security;
• Illegal traffic of cultural heritage.

At the end of the workshop, the ten participants will be required to complete a questionnaire and assessment forms, discuss the recommendation of training for museum professionals taking into account local specifications and prepare plans for future work.