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29 April

• UNESCO opens its doors for “European Night of Museums”
  For the first time, UNESCO will participate this year in the European Night of Museums and open its doors* to the public on 16 May. Visitors will have the opportunity to tour the premises free of charge and view some of the art objects on display. From 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. (last entry at midnight), visitors can admire works including “The Fall of Icarus” by Pablo Picasso; the “Spiral” mobile by Alexander Calder; Isamu Noguchi’s “Peace Fountain” and “Japanese Garden”; the “Wall of the Sun” and “The Wall of the Moon” by Joan Miró and Josep Llorens Artigas; “Walking Man” by Alberto Giacometti; an untitled tapestry by Le Corbusier; and a mural by Rufino Tamayo, “Prometheus Bringing Fire to Mankind”.

• International Coalition of Sites of Conscience: A Museum for Guantánamo? How Sites of Conscience can stimulate public awareness on detention and migration in a new political era
  The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience is a worldwide network of “Sites of Conscience” – historic sites specifically dedicated to remembering past struggles for justice and addressing their contemporary legacies. Sites of Conscience, like the Terezín Memorial in the Czech Republic, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum in the US, the Gulag Museum at Perm-36 in Russia, and the District Six Museum in South Africa, are places of memory – such as historic sites, place-based museums or memorials – that confront the history of what happened there and its contemporary implications and foster public dialogue on social issues to build lasting cultures of human rights.

28 April

• Second meeting of the “Museum Literacy” project in Turin, Italy, 6 March 2009
  The second meeting of the “Museum Literacy” project took place in Turin on 6 March, following the International conference and parallel workshops “New Audiences and Museums” from 3 to 5 March 2009. The project partners discussed success factors to attract people with low schooling levels to museums, focusing on two case studies: First, the presentation by Marisa Giurdanella from the Autonomous Province of Bozen on integrative policies in the region, highlighting the exhibition “Baroque touch – a journey into Naples in the 17th century” in Bozen from March to May. Second, the “InTouch volunteer programme” of the Manchester Museum presented by Kate Clancy, which targets the long term unemployed, people with low / outdated skills, young people at risk of exclusion / offending, asylum seekers, refugees and people with disabilities.

• International Workshop and Conference “New Audiences and Museums” in Turin, Italy, 3 - 5 March 2009
  The “Museum Literacy” project meeting on 6 March in Turin was preceded by the International Conference and Workshop “New Audiences and Museums”, involving ENCATC. The onus of the event was on audience development for museums and cultural heritage, examining a range of target groups with specific interests and needs. Among the conference speakers were ENCATC member Anne Krebs, Head of the Studies and Research Department from the Louvre Museum, Paris; David Anderson from the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Nico Halbertsma from Reinwardt Academie, Amsterdam and Antonio Lampis, Head of the Department of Italian Culture for the Autonomous Province of Bolzano. The workshop was moderated by Heather Maitland, a lecturer and trainer with international experience specializing in Audience Development and Strategic Marketing, and by Nico Halbertsma.

• ICOM-CC 15th Triennial Conference New Delhi – proceedings now available
  • Volume I (ISBN- 978-81-8424-344-4) • Art Technical Source Research • Documentation • Education and Training in Conservation • Ethnographic Collections • Glass and Ceramics • Graphic Documents • Leather and Related Materials • Legal Issues in Conservation • Metals • Modern Materials and Contemporary Art • Mural Paintings, Mosaics and Rock Art • Natural History Collections
  • Volume II (ISBN- 978-81-8424-346-8) • Paintings • Photographic Materials • Preventive Conservation • Scientific Research • Sculpture, Polychromy and Architectural Decorations • Stone • Textiles • Theory and History in Conservation-Restoration • Wet Organic Archaeological Materials • Wood, Furniture and Lacquer • Task Force on Public Engagement in Conservation

  The 2 volume Preprints (1165 p.) – including a CD with all contributions

27 April

• International Museum Day - 18 May 2009: "Museums and Tourism"
  On or around 18 May 2009, thousands of museums on all continents will be celebrating ethical, responsible, sustainable tourism, showing how heritage can bring tourists and local communities together in new, mutually beneficial relationships. Alissandra Cummins, President of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) and Carla Bossi-Comelli, President of the World Federation of Friends of Museums (WFFM/FMAM) unveiled a joint effort to showcase ethical tourism on International Museum Day 2009 this year. How can museums foster a new relationship between visitors and the local communities which rarely have a chance to meet to promote sustainable development?

17 April

• ART NOUVEAU: The activities online are now available in Dutch and Finnish
  The activities on line help children to discover Art nouveau through 3 interactive games allowing them to identify and memorize Art Nouveau patterns and characteristics.

• Inauguration of the Art Nouveau Museum of Aveiro in Portugal - 12 May 2009
  The restoration works of Commander Pessoa’s residence in Aveiro have just finished. Built in 1909, Commander Pessoa’s house is one of the most remarkable Art Nouveau buildings of the city of Aveiro, which is especially famous in Portugal by its representativeness of this artistic style. This house was a private property and was empty for some years, leading to the decay of the building favored by the enclosure and the lack of maintenance. Recently purchased by the city council, the building is today entirely recovered and it becomes an Art Nouveau Museum.

15 April

• Our Lord in the Attic: a case study
  Welcome to Museum Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder (Our Lord in the Attic). My name is Judikje Kiers and I am the director of this small, but unique historic house museum, which lies in the heart of the oldest part of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. Our museum gives visitors a glimpse of the Dutch Golden Age - visitors step back in time almost 350 years as they walk through this rare example of a rich merchant’s home, through rooms, corridors and up and down steep stairs. From the outside the building looks just like any other 17th century Dutch canal house, but its attic holds a unique treasure: a Catholic church built in the early 1660’s. This once clandestine church is still in use today...