International museum directors – check.
Cool curators – check.
Inspiration for next thesis paper – check.
Insight into the evolution of ASEAN museums – check.
Food – check.

Students have every reason to shout hurray, with a mere $5 fee to engage in the second instalment of the ASEAN Museum Directors’ Symposium (AMDS). With a wide range of case studies presented by museum directors, curators and researchers from the ASEAN region, AMDS explores current best practices in building museum-community partnerships, highlighting the changing roles of ASEAN museums in today’s increasingly globalised world.

Engage in dialogues along the theme, “Museum – Community Partnerships. The Role of ASEAN Museums in the 21st Century”.

Hear from the experts around the region on the role of ASEAN museums in the international network. case studies of projects and strategies employed to actively engage communities. These include:

• research-based projects with source communities such as oral-history interviews and other forms of documentation
• audience development projects to engage general visitors,
• public programmes and education projects with schools
• development projects that cultivate donors, funding bodies and other key stakeholders.

More details:
Asean Museum Directors’ Symposium
Date: 19 – 20 August 2009
Time: 9am – 6pm
Venue: Asian Civilisations Museum
Website for registration details: http://www.nhb.gov.sg/amds