Museum of the Citizen: opening up a dialogue on Manchester Museum's new gallery
02 Dec 2015
Join in a discussion via social networks on Friday, 4 December (12.30-2pm) around Manchester’s plans to create a large new permanent South Asia gallery in partnership with the British Museum
This autumn the British Museum has organised a programme of public discussions at partner museums throughout the country called the Museum of the Citizen. As part of this programme the British Museum and Manchester Museum are holding a discussion on Friday, 4 December from 12.30 to 2pm for a select invited audience of key political, business, academic and community stakeholders which will take its theme from Manchester’s plans to create a large new permanent South Asia gallery in partnership with the British Museum.
The event will explore the powerful potential for museum collections to build stronger connections within changing local communities, showing how key loans and partnerships with national museums can open new dialogues with the public.
The discussion panel members include:
- Sir Richard Lambert, Chairman of the British Museum
- Dr Nick Merriman, Director of Manchester Museum
- Professor Colin Bailey Deputy President, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of The University of Manchester
- Talat Awan, Journalist and Presenter, BBC
During the event, live tweeting will take place to open up the discussion across social networks both locally and globally using the hashtag museumofthecitizen. The digital home for the Museum of the Citizen programme can be found at: