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Speaker
Ali Sanderson
Education Programs Producer - Design and Technology
Museums Victoria
Ali Sanderson is a self-described museum tragic and creative, Ali brings a background in contemporary art and documentary filmmaking to her work at Museums Victoria. Her practice is grounded in storytelling, design thinking, and a fierce curiosity for finding unexpected connections across history, science, design, art and technology.
Ali Sanderson will be speaking 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.