Reorganizing Exhibitions in the Asia-Pacific Region

Full title of this SESH: "Reorganizing Exhibitions in the Asia-Pacific Region: Transmitting the Philippine Experience in Anticipation of Post-Pandemic Museums"

Broadcast date and time on Facebook Live and on Zoom: 10am (BKK) on 28 February 2022

During the long lockdown from March 2020 and as most museums were closed in the Asia-Pacific Region, maintenance and management of collections became a primary consideration or those we have not done before the pandemic caught us up. Eventually the demands to create exhibitions were brought about by pressures from considerations of spending funding, materials prepared before COVID-19 issues, and the desire from museum professionals to reach out to our public. In this presentation, our guest speaker Dr Ana Labrador will talk about her experience in the Philippines with installing physical exhibitions in challenging circumstances, being forced to go digital, and sharing lessons learned to our neighbors in Southeast Asia, the Pacific, and beyond. The pandemic may have been frustrating in the beginning but opportunities in improving museum operations eventually was made possible through an earnest attempt to make our collections accessible through exhibitions.

Speaker: Ana Maria Theresa P. Labrador, PhD (Cantab), Honorary Senior Fellow at University of Melbourne

Moderated by Mrs Somlak Charoenpot, SEAMEO SPAFA Director