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SUMMARY:Dr Martin Roth: ‘Total Accessibility: Challenges and Opportuniti
 es for the 21st-Century Museum’ - Dr Martin Roth
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DESCRIPTION:Dr Martin Roth is currently one of the most influential museum
  directors in the world. He has been Director of the Victoria and Albert M
 useum since September 2011. As a German\, he is the first non-British dire
 ctor of the V&A and\, for that matter\, of any national British museum.\n\
 nDr Roth has had a distinguished career of involvement in museums\, galler
 ies\, and arts research that has included a ten-year position as Director 
 General of the Dresden State Art Collections (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen D
 resden)\, among the oldest and most important collections in the world. Pr
 ior to that\, he was President of the German Museums Association (1995-200
 3)\, Curator at the Deutsche Historische Museum (1989-2001)\, and Director
  of the German Hygiene Museum in Dresden (1991-2000)\, the first German sc
 ience museum. A trustee of the British Council and the Musée des Arts Dé
 coratifs in Paris\, Dr Roth is also a member of the Council of the Royal C
 ollege of Art and the Court of Imperial College in London. In 2007\, he wa
 s awarded the French ‘Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
 ’ which recognises significant contributions to the arts.\n\nThe V&A des
 cribes itself as the ‘world’s greatest museum of art and design’\, w
 ith a collection spanning 3\,000 years. It encompasses architecture\, cera
 mics\, glass\, fashion\, jewellery\, metalwork\, painting\, photography an
 d more. The V&A owes its current worldwide success to the visionary concep
 t that Dr Roth has created and implemented during his time at the museum: 
 a model that consists in a strong focus on research\, a striving for popul
 arity and commercialisation\, and the construction of an international net
 work.\n\nThe Cambridge University German Society proudly presents Dr Marti
 n Roth as our first speaker of Easter Term. The topic of his talk will be:
  ‘Total Accessibility: Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st-Century
  Museum’. There will also be time for questions.\n\nPlease note that the
  event will be held in English.\n\nEveryone welcome! We look forward to se
 eing you there!\n\nFacebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2091113
 29469963/
LOCATION:Latimer Room\, Clare College
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