"Curating Contemporary Art" Seminar Program
Seminar: Collection Management
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Nevra Ertürk Güngör
Time: 6:00-7:30 pm
Definition of collection; meaning and characteristics of object; basic terms in collection management; importance and necessity of collection management; collection gathering, development and research of museums; collection unit and experts in museums with examples from Turkey and abroad; organisations related to collection management; national and international regulations about collection management; elements of collection management policy; acquisition, deaccession, loans, research, access and insurance; examples of collection management policies.
About Prof. Dr. Nevra Ertürk Güngör
Prof. Dr. Nevra Ertürk Güngör holds her bachelor's degree in classical archeology, master's degree in museum studies, and PhD degree in architectural history and theory. She conducted her post-doc research named as ‘museum storage management’ at ICCROM. She interned at the Istanbul Archaeological Museums and the J. Paul Getty Museum, worked as senior researcher at the National Museum of Kenya. She is the Executive Committee Member of the Turkish National Commission for UNESCO and Head of the Tangible Cultural Heritage Expert Committee. She is the Board Member of the Yıldız Technical University Research Center for Preservation of Historical Heritage and ICOMOS Scientific Committee on Risk Preparedness (ICORP) Türkiye. She taught courses at the Department of Conservation and Restoration of Art Works at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, and Istanbul Bilgi University Department of Art and Cultural Management, and she acted as the Head of the Department of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Property at Yıldız Technical University between 2017-2024. Nevra Ertürk Güngör is an academic staff at the Department of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Property and her research interest are; cultural heritage management, risk management in museums, curatorial work and museum storage management.
* This seminar is organized in collaboration between Akbank Sanat and Open Dialogue Istanbul
* To learn conditions of participation in a single seminar, we would kindly ask you to send an e-mail to apply@curatingcontemporaryart.org address noting the required seminar details. Single seminar participation fee is 850 TL for adults, 650 TL for students (VAT included).
* The program will take place on the online platform Zoom.