Programs, Past Meetings
XII, Oslo 2007: Exploration
SUNDAY, 16 September
16:45 Leave Norlandia Hotel to walk to ferry
17:15 Ferry to Fram Museum
18:00 Welcome
18:15 Guided tour by Geir O. K1øver (Director of Fram Museum)
19:00 Dinner
20:30 Bus return to Oslo
MONDAY, 17 September, Norsk Teknisk Museum
8:30-9:00 Coffee
9:00-9:20 Introduction
Hans Weinberger (Director of Norsk Teknisk Museum): Welcome
Helmuth Trischler (Deutsches Museum): Summary of Artefacts XI
Frode Weium (Norsk Teknisk Museum): Announcements
9:20-10:45 Session 1: Exploring Nature in the Field I
Chair: Martin Collins (Smithsonian, NASM)
Falk Müller (J.W. Goethe University): “‘Threat-Rays’: Northern lights and the development of electron optics in the 1930s”
Randall Brooks (Canada Science-Technology Museum): “On the Trail of Hans Krüger”
Jane Wess (Science Museum)": “The Role of Surveying Instruments in the Scramble for Africa"
Discussion
10:45-11:05 Coffee Break
11:05-12:55 Session 2: Exploring Nature in the Field II
Chair: Jim Bennett (MHS)
Jane Insley (Science Museum): “The Great Theodolites”
Paul Ceruzzi (Smithsonian-NASM): “To the Moon with Sextant and Star”
Christian Sichau (Deutsches Museum):“Measuring Gravity in Antarctica in 1876 -Why?”
Inga Elmqvist (Observatoriemuseet, Stockholm): “Exploring and Exhibiting Nature: The cabinet of naturalia”
Discussion
12:55-13:55 Lunch
13:55-15:35 Session 3: Exploring Collections
Chair: Girolamo Ramunni (Musée des arts et métiers, CNAM)
Jan Garnert (Tekniska Museet, Stockholm): “When Old Collections Renew: Exploring Receivers in a Museum”
Silke Berdux (Deutsches Museum): "Exploring an Artefact: The Neo-Bechstein in Oslo (1)"
Frode Weium (Norsk Teknisk Museum): “Exploring an Artefact: The Neo-Bechstein in Oslo (2)”
Peter Donhauser (Technisches Museum Wien), “Exploring an Artefact: The Neo-Bechstein in Oslo (3)
Discussion
15:35-15:55 Coffee Break
15:55-17:45 Session 4: Exploring Nature in the Laboratory
Chair: Oskar Blumtritt (Deutsches Museum)
Roland Wittje (Deutsches Museum): “Exploring Urban Soundscape: Electroacoustics and the measurement of reverberation”
Loic Petitgirard (Musée des arts et métiers, CNAM): “Exploration of the Nano-World?”
Hakon W. Andersen (Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet): “The Factory as Artifact”
Jan Eric Olsen and Thomas Söderqvist (Medical Museion, University of Copenhagen): “Beyond the hegemony of the visual: Exploring historical medical objects with other senses”
Discussion
17:45-18:10 Session 5: The Future of Artefacts
Robert Bud, Helmuth Trischler, Martin Collins, Barney Finn (Smithsonian, NMAH)
18:10-19:00 Informal Period
Tour exhibits, informal discussion
19:00 Reception and dinner
TUESDAY, September 18
8:30-8:50 Coffee
8:50-10:15 Session 6: Exploring Popularization
Chair: Hans Weinberger
Roger Launius (Smithsonian-NASM): “Apollo Imagery and the Communication of American Culture”
Tim Boon (Science Musuem): “Eye on Research: Television and Scientific Exploration”
Otmar Moritsch (Technisches Museum Wien): "’media.editor’ as a Tool for Presenting Virtual Exhibits in 3-D Discussion”
10:15-10:35 Coffee Break
10:35-12:00 Session 7: Exploring Exhibits
Chair: Trienke van der Spek
Marieke Meijers (Boerhaave Museum): “Quest for Absolute Zero: What to do when your exhibits don't sell your story”
Olav Hamran (Norsk Teknisk Museum): “‘Get Well Soon!’ a new exhibit at the NTM”
Thomas Soderqvist (Medical Museion, University of Copenhagen), “Critical Appraisal of the Use of Artefacts in ‘Get Well Soon!’"
Discussion
12:00-13:00 Session 8: State of the Museums
Chair: Derek Robinson (Science Museum)
Discussion
13:00 Lunch
13:45-15:00 Walking tour along Akerselva River, tour of Fiskars (tool) factory