Panna KEMENES

Museum Registrar,
Collection Care and Conservation Department, Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary

BIO

Currently the registrar for Ludwig Museum Budapest, responsible for the organisation of loans and exhibitions, including coordination of the Gilbert & George exhibition (July 2017). The role also involves working together with international museums, artists and curators and also the coordination of in-house exhibitions. Background in object conservation and digital interpretation.
Publications: Handheld Digital Interpretation, Museum iD – Issue 20.

 

ABSTRACT

Rethinking Collection Management – The MuseumPlusRIA with a Registrar’s Eye

In late 2017 the Ludwig Museum, Budapest, stepped into the final stages of creating its new cloud based Collection Management System. The aim was to develop an online platform which would facilitate the demands of a fast paced contemporary art museum, with a varied collection, including an ever growing number of digital media artworks.
Could such a system integrate into the workflow of the collection care team, and importantly, aid the work of the museum Registrar? Working in liaison with the development team, a Registrar module was added, which enables the effective management of all incoming and outgoing loans, including transport, contracts and insurance details.
The session will discuss the difficulties, successes and insights into the project, from a registrar’s perspective.