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23 October

• 7 sins. When the Museum speaks to the Devil!
  A exhibition with the distinguishing signature of the Museum from 14 October 2009 to 17 October 2010
  Wells is a miserly little man. Old Stanislas is choleric. Janvier is envious. Baba Ghannouj is greedy. Thérèse was clogged in lust. Armand is proud. And the King of the lazybones is… lazy. Pride, Greed, Lust, Envy, Gluttony, Wrath, Sloth, , , … Still today, although the society of Quebec was considerably liberated of the doctrine taught during decades by the clergy and professors, the seven deadly sins conserve their hateful reputation nevertheless. But what a nice excuse to carry out an exhibition that valorizes, in a very original way, the national collections whose Museum of the civilization zealously keeps. Thus, the Museum chose to tempt the devil by entrusting seven narrators from Quebec the mission to imagine a story inspired by one of the seven capital sins and to illustrate their story by means of objects extracted from its collections. With the support of approximately 250 objects - from all the periods and without distinction of sectors -, each story takes life, according to a representation by Martin Larocque. Here we have know how that fits perfectly with the Museum of the civilization!
  More information in French: http://www.mcq.org/7peches/

• Ghosts in the museum, an online adventure: are you a good detective?
  The Museum of Civilization proposes an activity between game and pedagogical activity: “Ghost in the museum”. In order to discover ethnographic and historical museums, rather boring for young people little interested in the past, the museum has created an investigation activity where participants must solve a series of enigmas that will allow them to obtain the keys to recover the missing devices. The enigmas have different degrees of difficulty and most of them involve navigating and reading different documents. All this is created in Flash in a very artistic way. In summary, a good work that should arrive in classrooms with the blessing of managers, parents and professors… Under one sole condition… not being scared of ghosts.
  More information in French: http://www.mcq.org/fantomes/

• Launch of the Museum With No Frontiers (MWNF) Web Portal
  The MWNF Portal welcomes visitors to the world of Museum With No Frontiers. MWNF offers a wide range of activities, products and services in the fields of culture, education and tourism, involving 22 countries in the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. Since its foundation in 1995 MWNF has been a pioneer in launching innovative projects to promote cultural heritage, developing new forms of partnership and devising new methods of implementation. The MWNF Portal gives an overview in four languages – Arabic, English, French and Spanish – and provides direct access to the different sections. Access to all sections is free.
  More information: http://www.museumwnf.org/event_details.php?id=ln3

• (in French) Antiquités mexicaines - regards sur l’archéologie du Mexique...
  29 octobre 2009. Musée du Quai Branly, Paris (France)
  Dans le cadre de la grande exposition consacrée à Teotihuacan au musée du quai Branly, l’Instituto Cultural de México à Paris a le plaisir de vous convier à la conférence : Antiquités mexicaines - regards sur l’archéologie du Mexique... à travers les plus beaux imprimés de la médiathèque du musée. Par Ghislain Dibie, responsable du patrimoine imprimé de la médiathèque du musée du quai Branly.
  Deux périodes de l’histoire du livre ont contribué à mythifier l’histoire de la civilisation aztèque détruite par les espagnols dans les années 1520. La première qui s’étend jusqu’à la fin du XVIIIe s. repose sur les codex aztèques postcoloniaux et l’histoire officielle de la conquête espagnole, dont les chroniques de Thomas Gage, Ribadaneyra de Solis et Clavigero furent les principaux relais. La seconde période marquée par l’archéologique s’ouvre en 1790, au cours de travaux de pavage sur la Plaza principal où sont découverts par hasard le grand calendrier aztèque et la statue de la déesse Coatlicue « celle qui porte une jupe de serpent en langue nahuatl » mère des dieux ou Teoyaomiqui. De monumentales publications illustrées par la lithographie et la photographie consignent alors la nouvelle histoire « antique » de l’ancien Mexique, dont les auteurs sont des archéologues et non plus des chroniqueurs : Dupaix, Kingsborough ou Charnay.
  More information in French: http://www.quaibranly.fr/fr/programmation/expositions/a-l-affiche/teotihuacan/autour-de-l-exposition-teotihuacan.html

• 18 Virtual Exhibitions to discover Islamic Art in the Mediterranean
  Museum With No Frontiers (MWNF) is an organisation whose programme aims to establish a vast trans-national museum that presents works of art, architecture and archaeology in the context in which they were created. The ever expanding MWNF network includes partners from 19 countries in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. The MWNF provides an opportunity to explore 18 virtual exhibitions: The Umayyads; The Abbasids; The Fatimids; The Atabegs and Ayyubids; The Mamluks; The Ottomans; The Muslim West; Pilgrimage; Women; Water; Arabic Calligraphy; Figurative Art; Echoes of Paradise: the Garden and Flora in Islamic Art; Geometric Decoration; Al-Franj: the Crusaders in the Levant; The Normans in Sicily; Mudéjar Art and Western Influence in Ottoman Lands.
  More information: http://www.discoverislamicart.org/exhibitions/ISL/

• Eternal Egypt: a site that perpetuates the great civilization
  This site brings to light over five thousand years of Egyptian civilization. Eternal Egypt is a living record of a land rich in art and history, people and places, myths and religions. The stories of Eternal Egypt are told using the latest interactive technologies, high-resolution imagery, animations, virtual environments, remote cameras, three-dimensional models and more. There are many ways to begin your journey through Eternal Egypt. The guided tour is a quick way to experience the best that the site has to offer. You can also begin with one of the cultural highlights below, or make your own discoveries using one of the many other ways to explore.
  More information: http://www.eternalegypt.org/EternalEgyptWebsiteWeb/HomeServlet

19 October

• (in Italian) Nuovi Uffizi: lavori in corso per costruire il più grande Polo Museale d’Europa
  I Nuovi Uffizi iniziano a prender forma, dopo anni di discussioni, polemiche e modifiche al progetto di ristrutturazione.
  E’ del 2002, infatti, l’affidamento della redazione del progetto esecutivo da parte del Ministro per i Beni e le Attività Culturali all’architetto Roberto Cecchi. Il tutto si concretizza non appena il Ministero stesso stanzia, nel 2004, quasi 49 milioni di euro per la realizzazione dei lavori e suddivide le attività in due lotti da aggiudicare separatamente. Il primo, assegnato nel 2006 ad un consorzio di aziende bolognesi, è tutt’ora in fase di realizzazione e porterà, entro il 2010, alla creazione di nuove aree di servizio e di laboratori e, soprattutto, all’ampliamento degli spazi espositivi del primo piano e del piano terra, per raggiungere una superficie espositiva totale di 12 mila mq. Il secondo lotto, invece, riguarda l’allestimento della sezione statuaria al piano terra e l’adeguamento del Corridoio Vasariano alle vigenti norme in materia di sicurezza.
  More information: http://www.tafter.it/2009/10/14/nuovi-uffizi-lavori-in-corso-per-costruire-il-piu-grande-polo-museale-deuropa/

• (in Italian) Musei d’impresa: è in provincia di Treviso la più grande Tipoteca italiana
  In provincia di Treviso, in una posizione centrale tra i due abitati di Cornuda e di Crocetta del Montello, in un’area ad altissima densità di aziende, molte delle quali famose in tutto il mondo, dal 2002 è possibile visitare il Museo del carattere italiano e della tipografia.
  Si tratta di una straordinaria collezione di caratteri e di macchine da stampa che risalgono, in particolare, agli ultimi due secoli e che mostrano l’evoluzione della tecnica della stampa in un suggestivo percorso durante il quale si alternano esposizioni di caratteri e di attrezzature tipografiche, compositorie, officine di stampa, macchinari perfettamente funzionanti, spazi dedicati alla didattica. Grande attenzione è riservata al “carattere”, nelle sue forme e tipologie, dalla xilografia alla fusione nelle varie leghe – tutti sapientemente archiviati e agevolmente utilizzabili – ma anche alla esposizione di affascinanti macchine da stampa manuali (monotype e linotype, in particolare) dislocate lungo il percorso.
  More information: http://www.tafter.it/2009/10/12/musei-d%e2%80%99impresa-e-in-provincia-di-treviso-la-piu-grande-tipoteca-italiana/

16 October

• National City of the History of Immigration “10 places/10 events” Paris (France)
  “10 places/10 events” is an operation programmed by the National City of the History of Immigration in relation to emblematic places of the memory of the heritage of immigration: the Palace of the Porte Dorée, the district of Belleville, Paris - the Avicenne Hospital and the French-Muslim Cemetery, Bobigny - the Cité du Haut du Lièvre, Nancy - the Museum of the iron mines, Neufchef - the district of Guillotière, Lyon - the Muséobar, Modane - the Spada Company, Nice - the City of the Mirail, Toulouse - the Camp of Rivesaltes, Rivesaltes. These 10 places will propose the public a specific programming around the topic of places of the memory of immigration. Guided visits, conferences and films will allow visitors to discover another heritage.
  More information in French: http://www.histoire-immigration.fr/upload/file/ext_media_fichier_701_programme_cnhi_2009_2010.pdf

13 October

• Exhibition: "Max ERNST, The Garden of France"
  17 October 2009 - 18 January 2010. Tours (France)
  Although countless exhibitions in France and abroad present the work of Max Ernst, a major Surrealism artist, none to date have been devoted to his long stay in Touraine. The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Tours is hosting this exceptional exhibition from 17th October 2009 to 18th January 2010. The exhibition at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Tours is one of 12 that are recognised to be of national interest by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication/Direction des musées de France. As a result, it benefits from exceptional financial assistance. It has also received the Val de Loire World Heritage label and is placed under the patronage of the Franco-German Cultural High Council. It is funded by the City of Tours as well as the Centre Regional Council, Indre-et-Loire County Council, the Association des Amis de la Bibliothèque and the Musée des beaux-arts in Tours. Private viewing with the French Minister of Culture and Communication (to be confirmed) and the German Ambassador. The exhibition has given rise to a rich cultural events programme including guided tours, lectures, films, readings, plays and concerts.
  More information: http://www.valdeloire.org/front.aspx?SectionId=25&CHANGELANG=en&publiid=5847

12 October

• The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Helps Fund Field Museum Conservation Efforts in Amazonian Peru
  The Field Museum announced today that it has received 409,416 euro (approximately $537,344 US dollars) from The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation for a three-year project: Establishing new conservation landscapes in Amazonian Peru. Ten years of rapid biological inventories by The Field Museum’s Environment, Culture, and Conservation (ECCo) team have resulted in the protection of 12 vast landscapes in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Eight of these areas are in Peru – a total of two million hectares in that country (an area the size of Massachusetts) have been officially declared with full recognition from the national government and 4.2 million additional hectares await final categorization and/or approval from the Peruvian Cabinet.
  More information: http://www.fpa2.mc/fondation.asp?page=DETAIL_
  ACTUALITE&idactu=157&annee=2009&trimestre=3&lang=en

9 October

• Ottoman Paris in the National City of the History of Immigration
  The Turkish presence in France is ancient, since the 15th century, by means of the diplomatic relations of France with the Ottoman Empire or through the presence of Turkish high dignitaries, intellectuals and artists who were influenced by the French culture and ideas. Similarly, the fashion of “turqueries” supplies the attractiveness of the French for the East. Paris is then the theatre of this Ottoman presence which will leave lasting traces in the architectural heritage.
  • Moderated by Gaye Petek (Elele), with Gilles Veinstein (Collège de France - EHESS) and François Georgeon (CNRS - EHESS).
  • Projection of the short film “Paris of the young Turks” by François Georgeon and Philippe Kergraine (2008).

  More information in French: http://www.histoire-immigration.fr/index.php?lg=fr&nav=1084&flash=0

• Visit tour: Man and Nature, or the immemorial agreement
  Within the framework of its patronage of competences with the Louvre, Accenture mobilizes along with the Museum in the World Day for the Environment, held on 5 June 2009. On this occasion, Accenture offers the Museum the thematic route “Man and Nature or the immemorial agreement”, that illustrates in a new and exclusive way the shift of artists' point of view on nature.
  More information in French: http://www.louvre.fr/llv/activite/liste_parcours.jsp?bmLocale=fr_FR

8 October

• M for Museum Leuven
  M. M for Museum Leuven. That's the name of the sequel to the Vander Kelen-Mertens municipal museum. M is the name of a new building and a new concept. That building will house early and modern art inspired by the city's diversity: Leuven the historical city of art, Leuven the innovative knowledge base... On September 20th 2009 M will take possession of a complex designed by architect Stéphane Beel. It will be the city's largest cultural institution and an important new landmark. M will open in 2009 with a remodelled permanent collection and exhibitions of work by Rogier van der Weyden and Jan Vercruysse.
  More information: http://www.rogiervanderweyden.be/en/85

7 October

• Exhibition: “Black trade and slavery: the passage”
  3 October 2009 - 3 January 2010. Nantes (France)
  The museum inaugurates a new cycle of conferences proposed for one season: the “History of the Castle Conferences”. The first ones are dedicated to black slave trade, historical sequence which is strongly represented in the museum. Indeed, on the occasion of a research work carried out by the team of Conservation on the Marie- Séraphique, slave trade ship that has become emblematic of the triangular commerce of Nantes, the topic of the passage is brought to light and developed this fall. The tour around the museum rooms, conferences, projection-debate, guided tours, musical readings, by the theatre company Lune Rousse, readings by mediators, evoke the development of slave trade campaigns and the transport of captives from the African coasts to the colonies.
  More information in French: http://www.chateau-nantes.fr/fr/

5 October

• Video Online: Museum Lighting
  This nine-minute video highlights the GCI's Museum Lighting Research project, which seeks to reduce the damage to works of art on paper caused by museum lighting through the testing and design of new lighting. The GCI's work with the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe and the University of Texas at El Paso is highlighted.
  More information: http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications/videos/museum_lighting.html

• Accessible Art - Workshop on accessibility in museums. 26 October 2009, Barcelona (Spain)
  Accessible Art, organised by Caixa Catalunya's Social Work and Articket, is a workshop on accessibility in museums, a workshop where people can reflect, discuss experiences and get to know the needs of a sector of society that has only just been recognised a short while ago: people with special needs. This group includes people who have reduced or no mobility, intellectual comprehension, vision or hearing. The workshop, mainly focussing on the needs of people who have special visual, hearing and cognitive needs, will raise awareness of the programmes and lines of action of the museums we work in to offer the necessary tools and resources to bring art closer to everyone, making it truly accessible.
  More information: http://obrasocial.caixacatalunya.es/CDA/ObraSocial/
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2 October

• Australian Collections Council announces launch of community heritage wiki
  The Collections Council is delighted to announce the launch of the Now and Then website, which uses wiki technology to enable communities to share information about their cultural heritage. With funding from the auDA Foundation, the Collections Council of Australia has worked in partnership with the Mallala and Districts Historical Committee and its Museum in regional South Australia to develop this community heritage wiki.
  More information: http://www.nowandthen.net.au/

1 October

• (in Italian) Arte: al Louvre Umberto Eco è “guest curator” per mostre e conferenze
  Dopo l’ex ministro della Giustizia francese Robert Badinter, la scrittrice statunitense premio Nobel Toni Morrison, il pittore e scultore tedesco Anselm Kiefer e il compositore francese Pierre Boulez, sarà Umberto Eco il ”Grande Invitato” del più visitato museo del mondo. Per Umberto Eco, quindi, si apre una stagione da “guest curator” (curatore ospite in inglese) del museo parigino. Dal 2 novembre all’8 febbraio 2010 il Louvre allestirà, su suggerimento dello scrittore e semiologo italiano, la mostra “Vertige de la liste”, titolo scelto dallo stesso intellettuale, come del resto si intitola il suo ultimo libro tradotto in francese dall’editore Flammarion. Umberto Eco, 77 anni, ha quindi progettato una mostra dedicata alla vertige nell’arte, nella letteratura e nella musica, attraverso i secoli, da Omero a Georges Perec. Al tempo stesso Eco ha suggerito, progettato e curato un programma pluridisciplinare, che prevede anche spettacoli musicali e conferenze letterarie sullo stesso tema degli ”elenchi”. Parlando oggi a Parigi in una conferenza stampa, Eco ha ricordato che il museo e’ ”una lista vivente”: il Louvre con i suoi 10.000 percorsi diversi, con le sue opere d’arte, ”apre la mente a infiniti mondi”.
  More information: http://www.tafter.it/2009/10/01/arte-al-louvre-umberto-eco-e-guest-curator-per-mostre-e-conferenze/

• (in Italian) Musei: il d’Orsay si rinnova. Al via i lavori per migliorare l’illuminazione delle opere
  E’ una piccola rivoluzione che costerà comunque oltre dieci milioni di euro, quella che il Museo d’Orsay avvierà l’anno prossimo. I lavori riguardano circa 5.000 mq sui 16 mila del museo: migliore illuminazione delle opere grazie a tecniche sofisticate, spazi espositivi piu raccolti e intimi grazie a materiali di rivestimento più caldi, aumento della superficie globale museale che permetterà di esporre opere rinchiuse nei magazzini, nuovi collegamenti tra le diverse gallerie.
  More information: http://www.tafter.it/2009/10/01/musei-il-dorsay-si-rinnova-al-via-i-lavori-per-migliorare-lilluminazione-delle-opere/

• Collections Council of Australia seeks new benchmarks for collections policy
  The Collections Council of Australia today announced its plans to develop and promote a new model for sustainable scientific and cultural collections in Australia. The Council’s Chair, Noel Turnbull, said that such a model is an urgent national priority for nation-wide benchmarks, policy development and funding of the collections sector. He said the Council plans to consult with the sector and look at a variety of international models which could be adapted to Australian needs.
  More information: http://www.collectionscouncil.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=
  544&articleType=ArticleView&articleId=133

• Heritage Preservation China – International Trade Fair of Heritage Conservation, Restoration and Museum Technology
  29-31 October 2009, Xi’an Quijang International Conference and Exhibition Center, Xi’an (China)
  LMI - Leipziger Messe International, a subsidiary of Leipziger Messe organizes China's first trade show for restoration as well as heritage preservation and conservation in collaboration with Shaanxi International Trade Exhibition Co. (SITE). As a platform for heritage conservation and restoration of cultural monuments and sites, as well as museum technique, Heritage Preservation China is the place where architects, restorers, skilled craftsmen and conservationists, but also investors, building owners and developers come together. Whether commercial or private visitors - the exhibition attracts all culturally interested people and provides them with relevant information. Alongside the interesting exhibition product range, topics and current trends relating to renovation and restoration will further enhance the exhibition. Contact: info@heritage-china.com
  More information: http://www.heritage-china.com
  

Online publication: MUSEUM International N°240 " Underwater Cultural Heritage"

Exploration and Preservation

• Submerged cultural sites: opening a time capsule David Nutley
• The impact of commercial exploitation on the preservation of underwater cultural heritage Tatiana Villegas Zamora
• Preservation in situ: “the preferred option” Martijn Manders
• Conservation of underwater cultural heritage: characteristics and new technologies Jean-Bernard Memet

Why Create an International Convention?

• Why and how will underwater cultural heritage benefit from the 2001 Convention? Thijs Maarleveld
• The 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage: advantages and challenges Ulrike Koschtial
• Safeguarding Brazil’s underwater cultural heritage: legal protection and public archaeology Gilson Rambelli

New Frontiers, New Concepts

• Underwater archaeological trails Francisco J. S. Alves
• A resource for sustainable development: the case of Croatia Jasen Mesic
• Underwater archaeological exploration of the Mayan cenotes Luis Alberto Martos López

http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=39053&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html