Katy Warner

Katy Warner is an educator, author and creative. She taught in primary and secondary school settings across WA and Victoria before moving into education programming for museums and cultural organisations. Previous roles include education program manager at Port Arthur Historic Sites and creative producer for Arts Centre Melbourne. For Museums Victoria, Katy gets to combine her passion for storytelling and museums in developing programs that encourage critical, creative and historical thinking skills.

Katy Warner spoke at the Creative Museums Summit 2026 :

Vikings and Visitors: creating deeper engagement with touring exhibitions

How do you take a boring* pile of ancient objects from the other side of the world and make visitors respond passionately and creatively?

This presentation will show how Melbourne Museum intentionally built creativity into its presentation of the touring exhibition Treasures of the Viking Age: The Galloway Hoard. Through exhibition design, adult-focused exhibition activities, and school programs, the speakers will show you how they created opportunities for creativity from both visitors and staff.

*we don’t think the Galloway Hoard is boring, we love it.

The Treasures of the Viking Age: The Galloway Hoard exhibition was produced by National Museums Scotland.