Category: Patreon
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Cultural Heritage Video Gaming: Virtual Songlines
Virtual Songlines is a cultural heritage video game project. The concept preserves indigenous knowledge and promotes Aboriginal culture with an immersive ludic educational tool for future generations. Take a peek at the Virtual Songlines Trailer. Warrane – Eora The game is a role-playing survival game exploring the landscape and culture before the 18th-century colonial settlement…
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Public Archaeology: our way to go
Public Archaeology describes the joint effort between heritage professionals and the public to interpret, manage and promote heritage. The concept stemmed from the knowledge gap between archaeologists and the general public. In practice, public archaeology employs stakeholders from all the related fields to heritage as archaeological, economic, ethnographic, cultural, educational, the audience and members of…
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A virtual museum: MAV
MAV, the virtual archaeological museum, opened its doors in 2008, offering a new type of museum experience outside of static collections. MAV is located a hundred metres from the ruins of Herculaneum impacted by the eruption of Vesuvius along with Pompeii. The MAV exhibitions are multisensory virtual visits to Herculaneum, allowing visitors to see, touch,…
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Nunalleq, Stories from the Village of Our Ancestors: education for the future
Nunalleq Project consists of an archaeological site excavation and a digital educational tool at Yukon-Kuskokwim region; the excavation process, results and Yup’ik storytelling ways weave together an engaging educational tool, for and from the community! The project as a whole rethinks the science of archaeology; using public archaeology connects history and local tradition in a…
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Curated Reading List: November 2020
Your Curated Reading List for November is out! You will see below our selection of articles we found truly interesting and you might enjoy too : The Impact of Teen-Centered Intensive Programming in Museums; Read article here. New York state sues Sotheby’s for allegedly helping collector evade tax on $27m of art; Read article here. …
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Marketing outline; essential for heritage management
Marketing is at the core of the business and management strategy. Marketing strategy is not a secondary step covering promotional, branding and communication; but rather the foundation of the overall strategy of a heritage site or museum. Small cultural organisations and employees regard marketing strategy and tactics as a complementary tool to their service, though,…
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Natural Heritage: more than just trees
November 18 was #AskAConservator day with countless posts and stories around conservation shared online! We’ve talked about the general principles of conservation and preservation as well as how you can take action by listing historic buildings. But what about the natural landscape? Natural landscapes such as mountains, forests, national parks, are often listed as protected…
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REMPART: a new spin on the meaning of workcamp
REMPART is an association in France of volunteers, preserving local heritage sites. Since 1966, they have formed over 180 local associations that care for their local heritage with volunteer workcamps with 800 sites restored so far. How does it work? Volunteers join a workcamp for approximately two weeks. The camps are open to anyone who…
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List your Historic Buildings!
Governments and state agencies protect historic buildings or sites through legislation. Law does not automatically protect an old or historic building each state has a list of protected assets based on criteria. So who and how they decide if a building is important? The requirements differ from country to country as well as the process…
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Learn about ancient Egypt today, for free!
University of Pennsylvania offers Wonders of Ancient Egypt, an online course offering information on all the fascinating aspects of Egypt of the past. During the second wave of the pandemic we start to run out of things to do, and let’s face it no new TV-series are coming out soon. So why not learn something…