ICOM-CC 2011 triennial meeting in Lisbon
The 2011 Triennial meeting for ICOM-CC has just wrapped up. It was amazing - Lisbon is a beautiful city and the conference center was right on the water so we could take a walk during lunch or just get outside occasionally and admire the The 25 de Abril Bridge. The bridge is remarkably similar to the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco, and because Lisbon also has cable cars it is often compared to San Francisco.
My paper on ‘The Conservation of Materials and Resources’ was presented on the first day, which was nice, I could focus on it early and then I wouldn’t feel guilty when I was out until midnight the other nights of the conference. And I was out much too late most nights, it feels like you want to speak to so many people and you’ll never fit it all in, and there were many late night events organized by ICOM like a dinner and cultural show.
The next ICOM-CC meeting is in Melbourne, Australia in 2014, the next general ICOM meeting is next year in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. I like that the ICOM meetings are in such far-flung locations, it allows for more participation from museum professionals internationally, and it takes me to places that I may not visit otherwise.
My husband Daniel Cull and I are now off to Porto, then on to Tui where we will begin to walk the Camino Portuguese to Santiago de Compostela. I am excited to have a relaxing, contemplative walk to let all the information in my head settle down before I return home.