Author: athina
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Adopt a Monument
People can now adopt a monument and become its caretakers. Starting in Finland, Pirkanmaa Provincial Museum’s initiative encourages people to be active in their community and protect their heritage. Volunteers offer to become caretakers of heritage sites in their communities. Meaning they can revisit the site, have events, care for its conservation and share their…
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DIY Values Analysis
Values analysis is the first step to advance the efficiency of your management plan. This topic introduces the values there are in heritage management. The Steps First, ask yourself who values your heritage and why. Then you need to find the relationship between those values and the heritage’s essence. What are the values’ meaning and…
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What can I do?
Anything to Everything If you have a heritage in your community or your possession here are some actions you can take towards its protection. Usually, there is a reliance on government entities to cater to cultural heritage. However, during difficult times the need for heritage protection comes second. Cultural Heritage forms the identity of a…
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What is heritage?
Heritage comes in various forms, site, monument, audiovisual, book, dance and more. International NGOs offer many definitions and guidelines for the protection and promotion of cultural heritage, for example tangible, intangible and documentary heritage. The distinctions are according to the physical attributes of the heritage item (space, material, immaterial). The types of heritage can be…
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Curated Reading List: October 2021
This Halloween the H stands for heritage, search the Met Collection with “spooky” words such as skeleton, nightmare or whatever gives you the creeps and share with us your favourite. Search the Collection | The Metropolitan Museum of Art Mine is “The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches” by Henry Fuseli. Another fun activity is to visit…
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Download the free Marketing Guide by MuseumNext
MuseumNext just released their thorough guide on marketing for museums. “The complete guide to Digital and Marketing tools” written by Devon Turner spans 156 pages in a conscience and easy manner that will help improve your approach to marketing ! Click the link and register to get the guide in you email. Since we cannot…
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All about local museums: EU-LAC-MUSEUMS
EU-LAC-MUSEUMS is a research project on small museums and their communities from Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean to map their practices and help preserve their tangible and intangible heritage. The project offers local and community museums practical information and tools on sustainability, communication and storytelling, technology, inclusion, education. Small museums often lack the resources…
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Virtual Heritage: A Guide
Virtual Heritage: A Guide is a comprehensive publication covering all aspects of digital and virtual heritage. The guide includes technologies available, practical examples, conceptual and ethical considerations. We have initially covered the subjects in our past post “Virtual Heritage: what now?“, specifically, the available technologies and their current place in the museum environment as a…
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Review: Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirror Rooms
Review: Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirror Rooms Duration: 18 May 2021 – 12 June 2022 Location: Tate Modern, London Curated by Frances Morris and Katy Wan Starting at the basics: Yayoi Kusama is a Japanese artist (b.1929) widely known for artworks filled with polka dot patterns. Whether it is paintings, sculptures, installations or even performance art,…