RE-ORG Belgium: a big project in a small country

Marjolijn DEBULPAEP

Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (IRPA) Brussels

Building Restoration studios

Documentation center Laboratories

The Preventive Conservation Unit (since 2007)

T & RV & light measurements

Exhibitions: materials - condition reports - …

IPM – RA …

Belgium, a small country

Surface area Canada = 9 985 000 km² 3,5 inhabitants/km²

Surface area Belgium = 30 528 km² 355 inhabitants/km²

3 communities and regions – 3 official languages

2017

Today

apr jun aug okt dec 2016 apr jun aug okt dec 2017

4 days Train the Trainers

4/27/2015

Two weeks Workshop

10/12/2015

Phase 1: 9 months home RE-ORG

10/26/2015

3 days RE-ORG Belgium Conference

9/28/2016

Phase 2: 6 months partner museums RE-ORG

10/1/2016

4/27/2015 - 3/31/2017

RE-ORG Belgium Pilot Project

Workshop: 2 weeks 10/12/2015 - 10/23/2015

10/26/2015 - 8/15/2016 Phase 1: 9 months home RE-ORG

Train the Trainers: 4 days

4/27/2015 - 4/30/2015

RE-ORG Belgium Conference: 3 days 9/28/2016 - 9/30/2016

10/1/2016 - 3/31/2017

Phase 2: 6 months partner

RE-ORG Belgium Timeline (April 2015 – April 2017)

Train the Trainers : 27-30 April 2015 – 4 days

Veljko Dzikic (Central Institute of Conservation, Belgrade) and

Gaël de Guichen (ICCROM)

Creation of a website: announcement http://org.kikirpa.be/RE-ORGBelgium2015/

PHASE 1: 8 museums PHASE 2: 8 museums

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Liège M HKA - ANTWERP - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst

Antwerpen

Brussels, rue Haute 298A (Marolles section)

Musea Brugge - Groeningemuseum (Prentenkabinet)

Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and of Military History

KLM-MRA – Musée Royal d’Armée et d’Histoire militaire – Brussels

National Tabakmuseum of Wervik TRAM 41 – Turnhoutse Route voor Archief en Musea

Musée du CPAS (Centre publique d’Action Sociale) - Brussels

Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis – Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire – Brussel

8 museums having a storage to re-organize

Musea Brugge - Groeningemuseum (Prentenkabinet) - Brugge Nadia Vangampelaere & Steven Kersse

M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen, Jurgen Addiers & Christine Lambrechts

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Liège Audrey Jeghers & Carmen Genten

National Tabakmuseum of Wervik Katrijn Decuypere & Daisy Lapeirere

TRAM 41 – Turnhoutse Route voor Archief en Musea Karlien Devoecht & Patrick Meir

KLM-MRA – Musée Royal d’Armée et d’Histoire militaire – Brussels Elke Otte & Bernard

Musée du CPAS (Centre publique d’Action Sociale) - Brussels Aurélie Noirhomme & Anne-Sophie Hanse

Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis – Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire – Brussel Linda Wullus & Marleen Francis

16 professionals working in 8 museums

• main teacher/mentor: Gaël de Guichen

• 7 assistant/trainers

• 2 IRPA interns

• the collections manager of the Folk Art Storage with her assistant and their technical team

• 14 Belgian participants

• 2 weeks in Brussels

• in English

RE-ORG Belgium workshop: 12-23 October 2015 - 2 weeks

• general coordination by IRPA intern Laura Debry via Google Drive platform and email

Follow-up homework: sending us documents linked to the 4 Phases of the workbooks

• 8 trainers divided into 3 coordination groups :

2 on site visits per museum

provide extra conservation advice & support

Home RE-ORG : 6 – 9 months Deadline: 15 August 2016

• 2 General Meetings in a RE-ORG museum: presenting progress of 7 home RE-ORG’s all together in 1 RE-ORG storage sharing problems & knowledge

Tuesday 1st of March 2016 …. 3 days ago…

Day 1: all 8 museums present their RE-ORG with specific problems + 2 international speakers

Day 2: international trainers meeting: with ICCROM looking @ the future of RE-ORG worldwide

Day 3: bus tour to reorganised storages in Belgium

END of Phase 1

3 days Conference RE-ORG Belgium Brussels, 28-30 September 2016

• 2 participants per partner museum

• help of phase 1 museums & trainers =

14 + 9 = 23 RE-ORG trainers

• 6 months phase (1 October 2016 – 31 March 2017)

Phase 2: RE-ORG of the 8 partner museums

OUR AIM, OUR HOPE…

by April 2017:

15 REORG-anised storages in Belgium

38 new born REORG’ers