If you are visiting us from within Mexico, or from the rest of the world, we have prepared a place especially for you. We leave at your disposal this list with various hotels and airlines available that you can use to arrive to our city.
If you have any doubt concerning these event, check the frequently asked questions or contact us at info@musa.org.mx
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- What will we visit?
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Our congress comprises two fundamental areas: the academic program that includes conferences, lectures and forum discussions, which will be posted in our website throughout this year; and the social program: an opportunity for the attendants of this event to establish relationships and share experiences in a casual and informal environment. We will offer excursions so the guests can get to know the most important sites of the city, and, also, a full day dedicated to visit different places of the Region Lagunera.
First Day
| Tuesday November 10th, 2009 | ||
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| 8:00 - 9:00 | Registration | |
| 9:00 - 9:50 | Inauguration and Welcome | |
| 10:00 - 12:00 | OPENING PANEL: Museums and Management | |
"LATINAMERICA OUTSIDE OF LATINAMERICA: FOREIGN VISIONS" Rosa Tejada- Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA. Dr. Marion Oettinger - San Antonio Museum of Art, USA.
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| 12:00 - 12:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 12:30 - 14:30 | PARALLEL SESSIONS: Museums and Management. | |
OPTION 1: "Artists, volunteers and progress: the Museum that transforms itself" |
OPTION 2: "Management in the Museum: La gestión en el Museo: juncture of projects and situations" |
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Culture Re-initiation – Partnership between Museums & Contemporary Artists Lai Ying Ying - National University of Arts - Taiwan |
Project "Latitudes in Transit": A History of Collaborations. María Ortiz - Museo de Arte Moderno Mexico |
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New Visions on volunteers within management section Izabella Csordás – Fine Arts Museum of Budapest Hungary |
Dissemination in Danish Museums: A National Strategy Ida Braendholt - Heritage Agency Denmark |
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The strange case of the Museum and the Art Gallery. Irene Jaievsky – Galería de Buenos Aires Argentina |
The Museum as model of mixed financing - the Lithuanian Sea Museum Vaiva Lankeliene – Lithuanian Sea Museum Lituania |
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The National Numismatic Museum Irma Rivera - National Numismatic Museum Mexico |
ING Mexico: Case Study Consuelo Fernández - ING Mexico Mexico |
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| 14:30 - 15:45 | Meal | |
| 15:45 - 17:05 | Management of Museums and the development of a Community | |
Museums in Torreón: From finding identity to opening to the world Laura Orellana - Academic Director of the Iberoamericana University Mexico |
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Development of a Museum: The case of the Metals Museum Leopoldo López - Communications Director of Met-Mex Peñoles Mexico |
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Coahuila: A cultural state Armando Guerra - Director of the Instituto Coahuilense de Cultura Mexico |
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| 17:05 - 18:05 | Video presentation: Manovuelta. Experiences on the communitary creation at Museums in Oaxaca. By Demián Ortiz of Universidad Veracruzana Intercultural / Chiku Tun Colective México |
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| 18:05 - 20:00 | Guided visits of the Arocena Musuem | |
| 20:30 - 23:00 | Welcome Dinner Arocena Museum |
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Second Day
| Wednesday November 11th, 2009 | ||
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| 8:30 - 10:00 | STEPHEN WEIL MEMORIAL BREAKFAST Dr. David Fleming President of the ICOM'S Committee on Management INTERCOM. Isauro Martínez Theater |
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| 10:00 - 10:15 | Guided Visit through the theater | |
| 10:30 - 12:15 | OPENING PANEL: Museums and Publics | |
"MARKETING AND RESEARCH:MUSEUMS IN TIMES OF CRISIS"
Silvia Singer - Museo Interactivo de Economía, Mexico. Arturo González - Desert Museum, Mexico. |
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| 12:15 - 12:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 12:45 - 14:30 | PARALLEL SESSIONS: Museums and Publics | |
OPTION 1: The Museums and the communities that surround them: a live relationship. |
OPTION 2: Cultural Tourism: challenge of the XXI century. |
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Community, sectors of power and handicraft production Fátima Braña - Vigo University Spain |
Reyes Meza Museum: challenges and achievements of a Museum in the frontier. |
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The Visually impaired community: Ideas for an accessibility project. Gustavo Macedo - Casa Chihuahua Mexico |
The National Sican Museum and the process of strenghtening of the nationcal Muchik Identity. Víctor Curay – Museo Nacional Sicán Perú |
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Touch the Artist’s Vision: A Case Study of the Metropolitan Museum of Manila’s Program for the Visually Impaired May Lyn L. Cruz – Metropolitan Museum of Manila Filipinas |
CASINO100: Temporal exhibition of the Arocena Museum. Adriana Gallegos - Arocena Museum Mexico
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Where are the women artists on the national museum spaces? Silvana Gesualdo - Casa LAMM Mexico |
Turistic museology: Theoretical - Practical proposal to increase the cultural tourism in Mexico. Luisa Fernanda Rico Mansard - UNAM Mexico |
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| 14:30 - 15:45 | MEAL | |
| 15:45 - 17:45 | PARALLEL SESSIONS: Museums and Virtual Communities | |
OPTION 1: New Technologies: strategies to form communities. |
OPTION 2: Broadcasting and Development: The Internet as Cultural Challenge |
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Travel Guidance System on open digital content for mobile devices
David Casado - Vigo University Spain |
Broadcasting of Museum contents by Radio: Case study of the show "Museando ando"
Verónica Müller- Independent Mexico |
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MIM Virtual Project: a tool of service to the community. Luz Lindegaard – Fundación Tiempos Nuevos Chile |
The experience of Museodata bringing communities closer through internet. Oscar Gaona – Museodata |
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Presentation of the Virtual Museum of the Metals Museum. Cristina Matouk - Museo de los Metales México |
Alternative virtual media for the promotion and feedback for Museums - Jessica Ramírez y Alma Curiel - Fundación Cultural Antonio Haghenbeck y de la Lama |
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| 18:00 - 19:00 | Transfer and visit to Noas Hill | |
| 19:00 - 20:00 | Guided visit through Metals Museum | |
| 20:00 - 22:30 | Thematic Reception Metals Museum |
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Tercer día
| Thursday November 12th, 2009 | ||
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| 9:00 - 11:00 | OPENING PANEL: Museums and Education | |
"NARRATIVE, CONTEXTS AND LEARNING IN MUSEUMS"
Rodrigo Witker- Museographer, Arocena Museum, Mexico. Luis Morales - UAEM Academic, Mexico. |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 - 13:30 | PARALLEL SESSIONS: Museums and Education | |
OPTION 1: "Museum, culture, heritage and passion: Education goals" |
OPTION 2: "Museums and Academies: juncture of projects and situations" |
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The role of education in the preservation of our cultural and natural heritage. |
Estonian Museums and the diverse interpretation and inspiration levels of heritage Mariann Raisma – Estonian History Museum Estonia |
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Museums: Spaces to develop the democracy values. Bertha Teresa Abraham Jalil – Universidad del Estado de México - México |
Museums-factors of social cohesion and intercultural dialog Nicoleta Zagura – Cultural Centre for UNESCO Moldova |
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Outer Educative Action of the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo: breaking the museums limits. Gabriela Aidar – Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo Brasil |
Museums working with educational institutions in Tanzania Christine Ngereza – Museum and house of Culture Tanzania |
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Cultural heritage related to inter-program libraries in museums. Consuelo Ramírez, Luz Leyva, Mónica Cueto & Lilia de la Peña Mexico |
Museology: Thoughts about its teaching in Latin America. Gabriela Gil - INAH Mexico |
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| 13:30 - 15:00 | MEAL | |
| 15:00 - 16:30 | IDEAS MARKET | |
The recreation of natural and cultural heritage in Web 2.0 David Casado - Vigo University Spain |
Civil society as a spark for cultural projects.
Fátima Braña - Vigo University Spain |
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Children as Museum guides Hidekel Martínez -Museo de los Metales México |
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| 16:30 - 17:30 | Presentation: Casa Arocena | |
| 17:30 - 17:45 | Closure | |
| 17:45 - 18:30 | Guided visit to Casa Arocena | |
| 18:30 - 19:00 | Farewell concert | |
| 19:00 - 21:00 | Transfer and visits to Revolution Museum | 21:00 - 23:00 | Farewell Party Revolution Museum |
Friday, 13th November, 2009 – Excursion Day
The last day of the Congress we will have different excursions scheduled to take you on short trips near our city, so everyone has the opportunity of knowing the beautiful places that this region hides. Are you an adventurer? Choose a hot air balloon ride and enjoy a spectacular view of our desert scenery. Do you enjoy wine tasting? Choose the great excursion to the city of Parras, with its international wine awards. Willing to know our Mexican and regional culture? We have options for everyone.
Do you want to know more about this places? Click here!
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Cuatro Ciénegas* |
Saltillo* |
Parras de la Fuente* |
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Tour to the pools |
Tour of Museum of the Desert |
Tour of the City |
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Tour of Historical Center |
Tour of Museum of Birds |
Tour of Casa Madero |
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Wine-Tasting |
Tour of Historical Center |
Wine- Tasting |
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*All the activities are subject to a minimum and maximum assistance.
Cuatrociénegas
The Valley of Cuatrocienegas is about a 3 hour drive from Torreon, a town surrounded by 6 mountains at an average elevation of 740 meters above sea level.
It is considered an official biological reserve because in it exist unique fauna and flora. There are some 150 different plants and animals endemic to the valley and its surroundings mountains, like the Blind Fish, the Soft-shell Turtle, and microscopic seaweeds called stromatolites, which supply the water with oxygen, causing it to be extremely blue. All of these real nature marvels can only be found here in Cuatrociénegas.
In the deep pools you can do different activities like scuba diving, and in the area, mountain biking and taking photographs of the landscape, under-water life or wildlife. You can also enjoy camping and rappel without forgetting the possibilities of amazement at seeing the different forms of life that Cuatrocienegas offers.
Saltillo
Saltillo, the capital of the state of Coahuila, is one of the most important tourist centers in the north of México. With 400 years of history, this city owns such a diverse historical register that will allow us to enjoy our colonial past, along with the leading technology of our times.
One of the most important tourist attractions is the Museum of the Desert, dedicated to the investigation and information of our natural inheritance, the second most important ecosystem in all of México: our desert. From the first type of life that inhabited our region, to the dinosaurs which have been found in our subsoil, to fauna and flora thousands of years old, the Museum of the Desert offers a deep vision of the sublime infinity of our sand.
Parras de la Fuente
The eyes of the traveler, after posing again and again on the unending desert, stop at a hopeful green fringe, a miraculous product of vines and nuts, the result of work from generous rough hands: the little town of Parras. The moisture in the subsoil has made it fertile and beautiful; its hardworking inhabitants have made it a modern wine-growing infrastructure which makes the whole country proud. The streets of Parras invite the traveler to wander over them slowly, to taste and smell the wines and observe the colonial buildings, such as the house where Don Francisco I. Madero lived, the home of Don Carlos Reyes García and other famous historical figures of the region. All of this should encourage many to visit this important town in Coahuila.
Tour of Museums in Torreón
If what you wish is to get to know deeply the culture of Torreón and its circundant area, its past and the way we comprehend the world, you can choose this short tour that includes the visit to Museo del Algodón (Museum of Cotton), one of the main activities that transformed Torreon and made it as it is now. Also, we will visit Museo Regional de La Laguna (the Regional Museum of La Laguna), where pieces of our prehispanic past are exhibited, and the visit to Casa del Cerro, where you will feel the ambient of a house dated in the early 1900's, living the unique sensation of a new-born city.
