Virtual Museum Academy - Workshop on Cultural Heritage

This workshop focuses on advanced technologies applied to Cultural Heritage preservation and communication. It will take place at Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Egypt) from 23rd to 26th September 2012.

Download VMA-2012-description_v1.pdf

For more information go to Virtual Museum Academy website or to the up2kukuk-Blogpost

Do you know v-must, the Virtual Museum Transnational Network?

Do you know v-must, the Virtual Museum Transnational Network?

If you don't know it yet, show the video! v-must is a EU FP7-funded network of excellence that aims to provide the heritage sector with the tools and support to develop virtual museums that are educational, enjoyable, long-lasting and easy to maintain.




v-must Virtual Museum Translational Network website

The network publishes a range of documents related to virtual museums including articles, scientific papers, newsletters and multimedia content. 

You find Virtual Museums here.

IMPACT - Improving Access to Text

"IMPACT is a project funded by the European Commission. It aims to significantly improve access to historical text and to take away the barriers that stand in the way of the mass digitisation of the European cultural heritage."
[http://www.impact-project.eu/home/]

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IMPACT - Improving Access to Text Website

Exploring European history and heritage: Helping educators in secondary schools to teach about European history and heritage from multiple perspectives

In this project an online tool for learning about European history and heritage will be developed, tested and implemented. It will be made for usage in secondary education. "The tool will consist of a freely accessible data-base with educational material that is searchable by theme, period and location and is presented in teaching units for one lesson. The material will be designed in such a way, that it is complementary to the history, heritage and geography education curricula and motivates a new generation to learn about Europe. Unique about the tool will be the option to make inter and intra state comparisons and see European history and heritage from multiple perspectives. This tool will make young people aware of the current impact of Europe on their personal lives. The European perspective helps us not only to look at our own past through the eyes of the “other”, but also to understand differences in order to overcome divisions, and to transform history into a workshop of cross-cultural dialogue that examines multiple interpretations of the past instead of one “correct” version of history. The tool will be allow educators to access wealth of material, see the national history in its European context, make comparison and see parallels. The project will promote the use of ICT in secondary education and the creative and innovative use of maps, audiovisual material and interactive sources. The material will be accessible for everybody with an internet connection via the fast fiber connected play-out co-locations of Digital Film Center BV EU. The involvement of experts from Edinburgh University, Erasmus University and the Georg Eckert Institute will ensure the high quality of the educational material. The project results will be implemented in most European countries with help of several European wide umbrella organisations connecting more than 200 museum, teacher and heritage associations." [European Commission > Education and Culture > EVE]

Contact: European Association of History Educators

Cultural Contact Point Austria - Best Practice Projekte

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Best Practice Projekte Intro

"Die Broschüre "Best Practice 2000 - 2006" des Cultural Contact Point Austria und des Bundesministeriusm für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur ist eine Dokumentation über die Beteiligung österreichischer Kultureinrichtungen am EU-Programm KULTUR 2000 (2000-2006). Sie wurde im Dezember 2007 veröffentlicht.

Die Publikation zieht Resümee über die siebenjährige Laufzeit des EU-Programms KULTUR 2000. Durch die Zusammenarbeit mit erfolgreichen Projektträgern ist es gelungen, eine Dokumentation zu erarbeiten, die einerseits das Potential europäischer Kooperationen und Netzwerke deutlich macht und andererseits für zukünftige Projekte inspirieren soll. Intention ist es, Einblick in Praxis und bewährte Verfahren zu vermitteln. Welche Konzepte und Methoden hatten Erfolg? Welche Chancen und Herausforderungen ergeben sich aus der Teilnahme am EU-Kulturprogramm?

Exemplarisch werden 25 österreichische Projekte vorgestellt, die repräsentativ für besonders erfolgreiche europäische Kulturkooperationen stehen. Im Zuge der Auswahl wurde versucht, eine nach Inhalten, Kunst- und Kultursparten, Laufzeit und Bundesländern ausgewogene Zusammensetzung zu erstellen. Ein kurzer inhaltlicher Abriss über das Programm KULTUR 2000, Informationen zum Auswahlverfahren und statistisches Zahlenmaterial sind im Anhang enthalten." (Homepage Cultural Contact Point Austria)

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