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