Research Days
Museum Stavanger conducts research across a wide range of fields, including art, cultural history, childhood history, archaeology, natural history, industrial history, maritime history, museology and museum education. This evening, several of the museum’s knowledgeable specialists present the latest research and discoveries.
Programme:
- “Nessler’s Turbine” – Erik Hennum-Bergsagel, Head of Professional Affairs, Norwegian Canning Museum
- “Jan Groth’s Archive” – Vibece Salthe, Conservator, Stavanger Art Museum
- “From Culture to Nature: The Story of Mosvatnet” – Svein Vatsvåg Nielsen, PhD, Senior Curator, Stavanger Maritime Museum
- “On the Boundary Between Private and Public: Kitty Kielland and Arne Garborg” – Inger M. Lund Gudmundson, PhD, Senior Curator, Stavanger Art Museum
- “Thin Fiction: Agonistic Pedagogy at Stavanger Art Museum” – Andreas Røst, PhD, Museum Educator, Stavanger Art Museum
- “Reading the House: When Inventory Is Not Enough” – Belén N. Hourcade, Collections Manager, Museum Stavanger
- “Mind the Gap: New Perspectives on Stavanger’s Renaissance, 1571–1682” – Anne Tove Austbø, Senior Curator NMF, Stavanger Maritime Museum, and Michael Heng, Cabinetmaker, Stavanger Museum
- “Childhood and Emotions in Stavanger Around 1900: Fiction as a Historical Source” – Hege Stormark, Conservator NMF, Norwegian Children’s Museum
- “Murder and Mysteries on Bear Island” – Arild Skjæveland Vivås, Archaeologist, Stavanger Maritime Museum
