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Workshop
on Museum Certification
Last March 16, UNESCO Guatemala coordinated a workshop on Museum
Certification whose primary objectives were the following among
others: a) to ensure that Guatemala's private and public museums
meet the basic requirements for visitors' service, b) to strengthen
the National Coordinator of Museums (CONAMUS) and the Association
of Museums of Guatemala (AMG) in its support to the improvement
of museums, c) to strengthen the museums by creating a specific
mission and vision, d) to have in Guatemala museums to safeguard
the cultural and natural heritage, tangible and intangible.
UNESCO Centroamerica y Mexico. Boletín CLUSTER. Publicated:
25-05-2007
Strategic
Alliances of the Regional Museums, Honduras
Just started in Honduras the project "Strategic Alliances of
the Regional Museums of Comayagua and San Pedro Sula to turn the
heritage of Honduras into a development factor"
UNESCO Centroamerica y Mexico. Boletín CLUSTER. Publicated:
25-05-2007
Travelling
cart in the streets of San José
On May 5 and 6 2007 several activities were carried out in the National
Museum of Costa Rica on the occasion of its 120th anniversary and
the International Day of Museums. Within the framework of these
activities the "travelling Cart" was inaugurated - an
educative suitcase, specially designed, built and decorated, which
contains a set of didactic materials.
UNESCO Centroamerica y Mexico. Boletín CLUSTER. Publicated:
25-05-2007 |
Curators
Database
A very complete and interesting database can be found in the Goethe
Institut website: Curators from Germany. This database presents
curators of German nationality, or curators who work in Germany,
who are active in the field of contemporary art. So, if you are
looking or german curators or related to Germany in fields like
Urbanism, Art Education and Mediation, Art in Public spaces, among
others, you know where to look! In addition to biographical information
and links to selected projects or institutions, most of the portraits
also include a curatorial statement, in which the curators talk
about their own curatorial approach or their understanding of the
task of a curator.
Goethe-Institut. News. Germany. Publication Date: 10-05-2007
Reopening
of the Chécy Museum of Cooperage, 5 May 2007
The Museum of Cooperage (Musée de la Tonnellerie) is presenting
its first exhibition and a special presentation for the Museums
Night. “The Guild: a skill that is sacred” exhibition
From 5 May to 15 July 2007. This very comprehensive exhibition will
introduce you to the history of the guild, from its legendary origins
to its adaptation to the modern world, via the rites connected with
the craftsman’s “Tour of France”, not forgetting
links to local events and personages.
Mission Val de Loire. News. France. Publication Date: 09-05-2007
Cycle
of conferences "Museum Cultures: authenticity, utopia and nostalgia”
Within the framework of the masters 2 taught Dominique Poulot, professor
of the University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and held in the
quai Branly museum, the department of research and education is
organizing three conferences. On thursday May 3, 2007 at 11 h, cinema
room. Museum and conflict: museology of the reconciliation in former
Yugoslavia. Nada Guzin Lukic, professor of museology and history
of art in the University of Québec, Gatineau.
The Musée du quai Branly. News. France. Publication date:
08-05-2007 |
