ICAMT 50th annual conference concludes

2024/10/14

The 50th Annual Conference of the International Committee for Architecture and Museum Techniques ended Oct. 10 at the Taipei City-based National Palace Museum, according to the Ministry of Culture.

MOC Minister Li Yuan, NPM Director Hsiao Tsung-huang, National Museum of Prehistory Director Futuru C.L. Tsai, ICAMT Board Member and Conference Convener Wang Chang-hua and ICAMT Chair Nana Meparishvili were present at the closing ceremony. Participants’ ideas from the four-day meeting were compiled into a book entitled “ICAMT 50 TAIWAN Collective Discourses,” the MOC said.

Meparishvili said that the compilation includes many discussions on museum architecture and exhibition techniques, adding that she believed that the records would spark further dialogue in the future. She also emphasized that the ICAMT was established to create an exchange platform for museum architecture professionals from around the world. 

In his remarks, Li noted that this hosting of the conference in Taiwan was in fact the first time that the organization had held its annual forum in Asia. He added that this raised the profile of Taiwan museums internationally and forged links with global counterparts.

The conference theme was “Encountering Transition: Reshaping Architecture, Exhibition Design and Techniques in Response to Global/Local Changes,” with subtopics spanning cross-cultural museum architecture, current trends in exhibition design and museum technologies and sustainable development, the NMP added.

Conference discussions focused on how modern museums could assume more social responsibility, get involved in urban communities and protect ecology through design; as well as ways for museums to evolve amid deterioration of the global environment and the decrease in biodiversity. 

The NMP said Taiwan could become a major exchange platform for international museums due to hosting the conference. It concluded by anticipating continued collaboration between museums which act as catalysts to social change.


Source:  Taiwan Today (https://taiwantoday.tw/index.php)