Celebrating 20 Years in Dumfries - Lecture by Steph Scholten, Director of The Hunterian
Celebrating 20 Years in Dumfries - Lecture by Steph Scholten, Director of The Hunterian
Celebrating 20 Years in Dumfries - 20th Anniversary Lecture Series
Date: Monday 23 September 2019
Time: 17:00 - 19:30
Venue: School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow, Crichton Campus, Dumfries, DG1 4ZL
Category: Public lectures
Speaker: Steph Scholten
Steph joined The Hunterian Gallery in 2017 where he moved from his role as Director of Heritage Collections at the University of Amsterdam.
He is a highly experienced and dedicated museum director and academic with more than 25 years’ experience in the cultural sector.
An art historian by background, with an international reputation for museum collections of the highest calibre, come and hear Steph at this lecture as part of our 20th Anniversary Lecture Series at Dumfries Campus.
Tickets are £5. To book yours please go to www.dgboxoffice.co.uk, call 01387 253 383, email midsteeple@dumgal.gov.uk or visit the Mid Steeple Box Office in Dumfries.
Light refreshments will be served.
We look forward to seeing you at this lecture
Biography (from https://www.gla.ac.uk/hunterian/about/contactus/stephscholten/):
Steph joined The Hunterian in 2017 and was previously Director of Heritage Collections at the University of Amsterdam. Steph is an experienced museum director and academic with over 25 years experience in the cultural sector. He is an art historian by background with an international reputation and extensive knowledge of museum collections. In The Netherlands, he worked for the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, for the National Institute for Conservation, at the National Museum of Antiquities and was in charge of the extensive and important collections and museums of the University of Amsterdam.
Research Interests
Steph’s major research interest is in museum ethics. In The Netherlands he was member and chair of several national committees, amongst them the one that designed the new deaccessioning guidelines for Dutch museums and that have been implemented in the Dutch law on Cultural Heritage in 2016. Currently he is a member of EthCom, the standing committee on professional ethics of the International Council of Museums.