Jenny Siung
Jenny is Head of Education at the Chester Beatty, Dublin. She has worked in museum education for over 28 years and has developed the first intercultural learning programme in an Irish museum. Her work involves engaging with the Islamic, Asian, North African, East Asian and European collections of the Chester Beatty, devising numerous programmes including intercultural projects for schools, cultural festivals, and creating links with local multi-ethnic communities. She has developed and edited museum-based learning resources with local and international partners.
Jenny has been involved in a number of EU-funded projects looking at how museums can engage with creativity, critical thinking, collaboration and communication especially when working with teachers and schools. She regularly presents and writes about museums and learning, cultural diversity, national identity, interfaith dialogue, creativity and innovation.
Jenny is Canadian-born, Irish-Trinidadian and is a descendant of Chinese migrants. Her ancestors moved from South China and Hong Kong to British Guiana in the mid-to-late 19th century to work on sugar and coffee plantations as free and indentured labourers.