Marjan Debaene

Antwerp Area, Belgium Belgium

Head of Collections Department at M - Museum Leuven

Photography / Arts

As a scientific researcher for M, I started out in 2006 by preparing and coördinating the move of the collections (46000) to a temporary depot. The correct storage, conservation and climate control of that depot was a first priority. The digital registration of the collections was a second priority. I coördinated two subsidized projects (Flemish Community) between 2006 and 2009: Kuuroord voor Kunst (conservation project) and Collectie in Bits & Byts (registration project). The selection, preparations and installation of the new permanent collection of museum M in 2009 was a third big project. I also coördinated collection switches, exhibitions (Kuuroord voor Kunst, Isala & Louise, Geteke...