Duncan H. Brown (Southampton City Council, UK)

Zeynep Aktüre (Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey)

At the archaeological museum in Selçuk, Turkey, the most popular displays are the two Ephesian Artemis statues that stand in niches at the longitudinal ends of a hall, in such a way as to invite Carol Duncan’s analysis of the modern museum as a ‘ritual space’ for aesthetic contemplation. However, Artemis Ephesia would not always seem to allow such a distanced encounter, at least not for those who are willing to perceive its simultaneous strangeness and familiarity.

Ana Cristina Martins (Institution Tropical Research Institute (IICT) / Uniarq - University of Lisbon, Portugal)

Zoe Crossland (Columbia University, USA)

Archontia Polyzoudi (University of Cambridge) and Eustathia Anesti (Ministry of Culture of Greece)

Archaeological places and objects within a museum present both themselves as well as the ideological motive behind preserving and collecting them, this being especially significant when museums and places of maritime history are considered part of the cultural preservation effort, which is part of the formation and establishment of cultural identity.

Alex Ward, University of Cardiff

Laura McAtackney, Oxford University

Emily Glass, University of Bristol

Laura McAtackney (Oxford University; laura.mcatackney@conted.ox.ac.uk) and Alexandra Ward (Cardiff University; wardae@cardiff.ac.uk)