Skip to main page content

Maria Florou

Head of the Industrial Gas Museum
Technopolis City of Athens
Participates in 1 Session

Maria Florou, Head of the Industrial Gas Museum has graduated from the department of History and Archaeology in the University of Thessaloniki, Greece and has a master degree in Museum Studies/University of Leicester, UK. In the past she has worked in archaeological excavations and in educational programs in art museums. Since 2004 she worked as an assistant curator in Technopolis City of Athens in the Department of Visual Arts. In 2011, she participated in the museological team of the Industrial Gas Museum (IGM) and since then she is Head of the IGM at Technopolis, in Athens. Since 2018, she is also in charge of the Educational Program Kids4theCity, a programme dedicated to citizenship and public awareness of the protection of the city’s monuments. She has also been a member of the Board of Directors of the Cultural, Sports and Youth Organization, City of Athens (2018-2019). She has participated in conferences and projects for the promotion of the Industrial Archaeology and Heritage and for the use of Oral History in museums. She is also very interested on audience development and communication strategies on historical sites.

Sessions in which Maria Florou participates

Martes 30 agosto, 2022

Zona horaria: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Sessions in which Maria Florou attends

Lunes 29 agosto, 2022

Zona horaria: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
  • Public lecture: Le Grand Montréal industriel d’hier à demain
  • Available
  • UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
  • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM  | 1 hour 30 minutos
  • Si la vallée du canal de Lachine a été le berceau de l’industrialisation canadienne, la géographie industrielle métropolitaine ne s’y est pas co...
  • Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
Gérard Beaudet
Keynote speaker
Full Professor

Martes 30 agosto, 2022

Zona horaria: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
  • Public lecture: Industrial heritage as agent of gentrification?
  • Available
  • UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
  • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM  | 1 hour 30 minutos
  • Efforts to preserve industrial heritage occurs in a socio-economic and political context. But what is being pres...
  • Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Miércoles 31 agosto, 2022

Zona horaria: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
Prof. Laurajane Smith
Speaker
Australian National Univ...
Professor and Head of th...

Viernes 2 septiembre, 2022

Zona horaria: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
7:00 AM
7:00 AM
Steven High
Presenter
Centre for Oral History ...