Courses for adults at the National Gallery of Iceland
Workshop with Claire Bown of the Thinking Museum
The Einar Jónsson Museum and the National Gallery of Iceland are offering an exciting workshop for museum educators with Claire Bown, founder of Thinking Museum in Amsterdam and author of The Art Engager: Reimagining Guided Experiences in Museums.
The focus of the workshop is on strategies to actively engage museum visitors during their visits — which is also the central theme of Claire's book. This workshop is suitable for educators from all types of museums, not just art museums, and will be conducted in English.
he workshop is funded by the Icelandic Museum Fund (Safnasjóður) and organized by the Einar Jónsson Museum in collaboration with the National Gallery of Iceland.
Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to learn from Claire Bown, one of the most inspiring museum educators of our time.
WHEN?
Thursday, June 5 from 10:00–16:00 (with lunch and coffee breaks)
WHERE?
At the House of Collections (Safnahúsið) on Hverfisgata and at the Einar Jónsson Museum at the end of the day.
FORMAT:
Free of charge for museum educators and anyone interested in museum education.
Please note: Registration is required as space is limited. Sign up by emailing lej@lej.is – first come, first served.
Revealing Deception – On Fakes and Forgeries
Copies of works of art, and forgeries of various kinds, have been known from ancient times, and cases of art fraud still come up around the world, and the stakes can be high.
The course is based on historical facts as well as real-life examples from the collection of the National Gallery of Iceland, where the museum’s experts share their knowledge with participants to greatly deepen their understanding of the course topic.