MUSEUM RESEARCH SUMMIT

Conference Report
Museum Based Research: A Call for ActionKeynote Address
Robert G.W. Anderson (synopsis only), To Thrive or Survive? Research in MuseumsKeynote Respondents
Dr. Shirley Thomson, Chair, Canadian Cultural Property Export Review BoardDr. Bruce Naylor, Director, Royal Tyrrell Museum
Panel Discussion Papers
Monty Reid, Manager, Exhibition Services, Canadian Museum of NatureDr. Victoria Dickenson, Executive Director, McCord Museum
Janet Halliwell, Executive Vice-President, Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Dr. Robert Bud, Principal Curator, Medicine, Science Museum, London, UK
Harrie Leyten, Museologist, Reinwardt Academy, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Mark S. Graham, Director, Research Services, Canadian Museum of Nature
Dr. Laura Brandon, War Art Historian, Canadian War Museum and
Garth Wilson, Curator, Transportation, Canada Science and Technology Museum
Opinion Piece
By David Silcox, managing director of Sotheby's Canada. This piece first appeared in the Ottawa Citizen, Friday October 7, 2005.Losing touch with our past: Underfunding Canada's museums, art galleries, science centres and historic sites is turning them into little more than theme parks



