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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><img width="550" height="80" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image001.png@01D223AE.FFF23230" alt="mindful-collecting"></span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">A symposium exploring participatory approaches to museum collecting<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">You are invited to join the Museum of Vancouver, along with its partners, the Burnaby Village Museum, Richmond Museum, and Vancouver Maritime Museum, to participate in a two-day symposium through which we
will explore the role of community participation in Collection Planning. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">When: November 8<sup>th</sup> and 9<sup>th</sup> 2016<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Where: Museum of Vancouver, 1100 Chestnut St.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Day 1: Is a collection planning laboratory. Who will be there? Thirty representatives of Vancouver community based organizations and thirty museum professionals. Keynote speaker, Jim Gardner, is co-author
of <i>The AAM Guide to Collections Planning</i> and the Executive for Legislative Archives, Presidential Libraries, and Museum Services for the National Archives of the United States. He will lead community participants through an exercise resulting in the
generation of themes that will help guide MOV’s collecting directions and priorities. Museum professionals will observe this process to assess the value and challenges associated with a participatory approach to collecting planning.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Day 2: Who will be there? The same thirty museum professionals who attended Day 1. We will begin the day with a debriefing of Day 1, with participants sharing their thoughts on the previous day’s workshop.
Facilitated group discussions on collection planning and how it applies to participants’ respective institutions will follow.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Legacy? A free online publication will be produced to share with the larger museum community the observations and proposed approaches to community input in collection planning discussed at the symposium.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The organizing committee is excited to pilot this collection planning community consultation process. We hope you can take part in this exploration with us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Registration Cost: $50* (includes refreshments and lunch) – places are limited!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">If you’re interested in registering, please visit:
</span></b><a href="http://www.museumofvancouver.ca/mindfulcollecting1">www.museumofvancouver.ca/mindfulcollecting1</a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">*Please note that this symposium is generously funded through the Museum Assistance Program. The fee to attend is strictly cost recovery in areas not supported by the grant.
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><img border="0" width="501" height="137" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01D223AE.FFF23230" alt="mindfulcollecting-partners_0"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Wendy Nichols</span></b><span style="color:#282828;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Curator of Collections / Museum of Vancouver</span><span style="color:#282828;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">1100 Chestnut Street / Vancouver, BC V6J 3J9</span><span style="color:#282828;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Phone: 604-730-5312 / Fax: 604-736-5417</span><span style="color:#282828;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><a href="http://www.museumofvancouver.ca/"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">www.museumofvancouver.ca</span></a><span style="color:#282828;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#282828;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><img border="0" width="120" height="61" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.png@01D223AE.FFF23230" alt="mov_color-stack150"></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><a href="http://museumofvancouver.ca/together"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#9E0000;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">ALL together NOW: Vancouver Collectors and Their Worlds</span></i></b></a><b><i><span style="color:#C00000;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
</span></i></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#7F7F7F;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">is now on view.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#7F7F7F;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">This new exhibition</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#C00000;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:gray;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">features 20 rare and unconventional collections.</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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