Symposium: “Costume Collections: A Collaborative Model for Museums”

Friday, May 21, 2010, 10 am–4:30 pm

    This symposium examines the historic collection-sharing collaboration between the Brooklyn Museum and The Metropolitan Museum of Art .

    The first day’s program illuminates the particulars of the innovative arrangement and provides insight into the three-year collection assessment project that preceded it. The American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity  at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.


    Day One Program Schedule: May 21

    10–10:30 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
    Charles Desmarais, Deputy Director for Art, Brooklyn Museum

    10:30–11:30 a.m. “On Collection Sharing”
    Kevin Stayton, Chief Curator, Brooklyn Museum
    Harold Koda, Chief Curator, The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

    11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. “Rediscovering the Collection: An Overview of the Costume Documentation Project”
    Jan Glier Reeder, Consulting Curator for the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

    12:30–2:30 p.m. Lunch Break and Viewing of American High Style: Fashioning a National Collection

    1:30 p.m. Gallery Talk by Jan Reeder

    2:30–4 p.m. Behind the Scenes: The Work of Researchers and Curators on the Costume Collection
    Staff members, Brooklyn Museum Costume Documentation Project

    • Elizabeth Fiorentino, Project Manager: “Processing the Unknown: Logistical Solutions”

    • Plácida Grace Hernández, Assistant Curator: “Learning from Labels: Mapping Out the Fulton Street Shopping Area”

    • Katie Netherton, Research Assistant: “The Design Lab’s Dynamo: Portrait of Michelle Murphy”

    • Jessa J. Krick, Senior Research Assistant: “Research and Serendipity: Discovering a Family through the Prince Donation”

    • Jessica G. Rall, Research Assistant: “A Story of International Friendship: The Gratitude Train Mannequins”

    4–4:30 p.m. Question-and-Answer Session
    Elizabeth Fiorentino, Plácida Grace Hernández, Katie Netherton, Jessa J. Krick, and Jessica G. Rall

    Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor

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