Alan Bays is the curator of the Machine Tool Collection for the Canadian Museum of Making.

Mr. Bays holds a B.Sc in Geology from the University of Bristol, and an M.Sc in Geophysics from the University of Calgary. His main areas of interest and expertise include machine tools from the period 1800 to 1920, and 19th century steam engines. Mr. Bays may be contacted at abays@museumofmaking.org.

Daniel Mato

Dr. Daniel Mato is the curator of the African Collection for the Canadian Museum of Making.

Prof. Mato completed his PhD. in African Art History at Indiana University. His research focus has been in the arts of Africa, the role of craft specialists in African society and symbolic display in traditional African societies.

Beginning in 1968 Dr. Mato has conducted field research in Africa which continues to the present. He curated exhibitions of African Art and material culture in Germany, The Netherlands, The United States and Canada. He has been a gallery director, curator and Associate Curator for African Art at the Glenbow Museum In Calgary. In 1998 he was named a Research Affiliate at the University of Ghana. He is a professor emeritus at the University of Calgary.

Dr. Mato has consulted and advised on a number of documentaries broadcast on television. His most recent writings include “Aspects: Akan Culture in Ghana," an exploration of the exhibition held at the Gemeente Museum in the Hague (2001) and “Yoruba an Art of Life: The Bennet-Luther Collection," which is an in-depth exploration of the collection, which is currently on display at the Art Museum, South Dakota State University at Brookings (2004).

For additional information please contact Dr. Mato: dmato@ucalgary.ca

Doug Newell is the Canadian Museum of Making's curator of Modern Forging. He can be contacted at dnewell@wildbuffalo.com.

John Walter is the curator of the Indicators Collection. He is a freelance historian, specialising in industrial and military-industrial history. Author of more than sixty books, published in ten languages, he was formerly Course Leader of the postgraduate Conservation of Industrial Heritage course offered by the University of Brighton (UK) and worked for many years in association with the British Engineerium. His interests include the development of motive power in general, and engine indicators in particular. He can be contacted at johnwalter883@btinternet.com