MAA Access and Engagement Power Hour

To the left a conservator shines a light from her phone onto the surface of an object. To the right a couple stand in front of a display with a replica pot and small screen. One of them holds a pair of headphones to his ear.

ARCHIVED EVENT

8 October 2025, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Online

Free, booking required

About the event

Join Dr Sarah-Jane Harknett, Head of Public Engagement and Learning, and Dr Ayesha Fuentes, an Affiliated Researcher in Conservation, as they share their recent practice-based research in impact evaluation and best practices for the safe handling of hazards in museum collections.

This is a free event. To book your place and receive the Zoom link contact admin@maa.cam.ac.uk.

About the speakers

Sarah-Jane Harknett leads the Education and Outreach team, planning, delivering and evaluating the museum's events and activities. She is currently involved in the Sensational Museums project which has seen an intervention created by people with lived experiences of disabilities installed in one of the museum's galleries.

Ayesha Fuentes was part of the team which carried out the museum's ambitious Stores Move project which saw over 300,000 objects transported across Cambridge to the Centre for Material Culture. Her work focused on object conservation, safe handling, access, and ethical care. Until July 2025, she worked on the Hidden in Plain Sight project, and is currently a Research Affiliate at MAA.