Where:
The workshops will take place at the British Museum, Sackler Room. Attendance is limited to 40 participants for each workshop.
Address: The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. The main entrance to the British Museum is on Great Russell Street. There is an alternative entrance on Montague Place.
How to get there: London Underground: The nearest Underground stations are Holborn (Central line and Piccadilly line), Tottenham Court Road (Central line and Northern line/Charing Cross branch), Russell Square (Piccadilly line), Goodge Street (Northern line/Charing Cross branch), Covent Garden ((Piccadilly line), and Euston (Northern line and Victoria line). Bus: The following buses stop near the Museum: 1, 7, 8, 19, 25, 38, 55, 98, 242 stop on New Oxford Street; 10, 14, 24, 29, 73, 134, 390 stop on Tottenham Court Road (northbound) and Gower Street (southbound); 59, 68, X68, 91, 168, 188 stop on Southampton Row. |
Bicycle:
There are bike racks inside the Museum gates on Great Russell Street. For a comprehensive network of cycle routes see the Sustrans website (www.sustrans.org.uk).
Car:
The Museum is within the Congestion Charging Zone and there is very little parking in the area. There is limited parking in the Museum's forecourt for disabled users only. To reserve a parking space for disabled users, telephone the Information Desk on +44 (0)20 7323 8299
For the quickest route to the Museum go to Transport for London's Journey Planner (http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk)
When:
Workshop 1: Extreme Collecting: Intellectual Foundations to ‘Difficult’ Objects | Friday, 14 December 2007,1-6pm |
Workshop 2: Ethnography of the Ordinary | Thursday, 31 January 2008, 1-6pm |
Workshop 3: Scale, Size and the Ephemeral | Thursday, 28 February 2008,1-6pm |
Workshop 4: Collecting and Source Communities | Monday, 31 March 2008,1-6pm |