Utrecht programme
XV Annual Meeting of ICOMON, Utrecht 2008
Money Museums and the Flow of Information
SUNDAY 26th OCTOBER
12.00-14.00 Registration
MONDAY 27th OCTOBER
09:00 – 10:00 Registration
10.:00 Opening
· Hortensia von Roten, chairman of the board
· Peter Cornet, director Geldmuseum a.i.
10:15-12:45 State and future of the numismatic sciences I
Arent Pol, Geldmuseum, Utrecht, “Numismatics in the Netherlands”
Niklot Klüssendorf, retired professor of numismatics and monetary history, dept. of Modern History, Marburg University, “How to convey numismatics and monetary history to general historians? – A problem not reserved to museums”
Telma Christina Soares Ceolin, numismatic and historic studies, Banco Central do Brasil, “The new generations and the interest for the numismatic sciences”
Roswitha Denk, Münzkabinett Wien, “Numismatics and Vienna University”
13.00-14.00 lunch break
14.00-16.15 State and future of the numismatic sciences II
Dochka Ivanova Aladzhova, numismatic department, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, “The numismatic collections and the museums in Bulgaria – past and present”
Abderrahim Chaaban, Department of coins and medals, Banking museum Rabat, “To save the science of numismatics”
P. Stoddart and K. Sugden, Manchester museum, “The decline of the specialist numismatic curator (and numismatics?): the UK experience”
Noriko Fujii, Currency Museum, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan, “Efforts of the Bank of Japan to collaborate with external experts”
17.00 Departure for visit and drinks at Teylers Museum, Haarlem
TUESDAY 28th OCTOBER
10.00-13.00 Workshop 1: Applied Numismatics and Museums - The recording and analysis of coin hoards and archaeological site finds
Session I: Portals and Databases A
David Wigg-Wolf, Fundmünzen der Antike, Johan Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, “INTERnet Portal: Finds of Ancient Coins in Europe”
Paul Belien, Geldmuseum, Utrecht, “The future of NUMIS, the Dutch portal on coin finds”
Johan van Heesch, Cabinet des Médailles / Penningkabinet, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique / Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België, Brussels, "Coin find registration in Belgium and France: what has been done and what should be done"
Mario Schlapke, "Numismatic databases - current status and perspectives"
Session II: Portals and Databases B
Dario Calomino, Dipartimento di Discipline Storiche, Artistiche, Archeologiche e Geografiche, “Databases and publications at Verona”
Mark Blackburn, Dept of Coins and Medals, Fitzwilliam Museum, “Image recognition software”
Dan Pett, Dept of Portable Antiquities and Treasure, The British Museum, “The Portable Antiquities Database and the Celtic Coin Index”
Session III: Making data work for the numismatist
Philippa Walton, Institute of Archaeology, University College London and The British Museum, “The Portable Antiquities Scheme and Roman coin loss in Britain”
Roger Bland, Dept of Portable Antiquities and Treasure, The British Museum, “Roman gold coins found in Britain”
Dave Wythe, Birkbeck University, “Chronological Distribution of Site Finds”
10.00-13.00 Workshop 2: Money museums in Africa
Catherine Eagleton, Dept of Coins & Medals, British Museum, “The money in Africa project”
M. Ssebanakitta, Bank of Uganda, “The concept of the Museum in the Information Age”
Amelia Dowler, Dept of Coins & Medals, British Museum, “Opportunities to publish coins in context: Merlin and MENCAWAR in the British Museum”
Ligia Timas, The Museum of Special Documents of Cabo Verde
Lisa Galvin, Dept of coins and medals, The British Museum, “Presentation of the results of the internet questionnaires on storage and retrieval systems”
13.00-14.00 Lunch break
14.00 – 17.00 Plenary session on Exhibition Management
E. Nomikou, Institute of Archaeology University College London, “Numismatic Museum Collections in the context of contemporary museology”
Annemieke Schors, Geldmuseum Utrecht, “The Money Museum and touring exhibitions”
Ans ter Woerds, Geldmuseum Utrecht, “Numismatic libraries and the exchange of information”
Rene van Dijk, Manager Marketing and Sales, Royal Dutch Mint, “The Royal Dutch Mint”
17:00- 18:30 Visit and drinks at the Town Hall Utrecht
9:30 – 11:00 Board Meeting
10:00 First strike of commemorative coin on 400 years USA-Dutch-connection
11:30-12:30 ICOMON annual meeting
12:30 – 13:15 Lunch break
13:15- 16:15 Practical information management
Jennifer Adam, Dept of coins and medals, The British Museum, “Spreading the word: making our knowledge available”
Lambok A. Siahaan, Museum Bank Indonesia, Jakarta, “Museum Bank Indonesia and the flow of information”
Marianella Guevara Zerlin, Banco Central de Venezuela, División de Cultura, “From circumstances to structure: currency redenomination. The interactive competition “from the first Bolivar to the Bolivar Fuerte””
Eleni Zapiti, Museum of the history of Cypriot coinage Nicosia, “The museum of the History of Cypriot coinage and the introduction of the Euro in Cyprus”
Walter Bloom, Western Australian Maritime Museum, Freemantle, “Sharing the responsibility for shipwrecks: cooperation and exchange”