Best in Heritage 2016 Projects of Influence

The Best in Heritage©

15th Edition

In partnership with Europa Nostrawith support of Creative Europe Programme

and the Endowment Fund of ICOM

22 - 24 September 2016

Dubrovnik, Croatia

IMAGINESnew technologies and multimedia

Introducing

Projects of Influence

14th Edition

24 - 26 September 2015

Dubrovnik, Croatia

In 2015, more than 50 major award schemes have announced some 300 award winning museum, heritage and conserva-tion projects from around the world. A new partnership has finally made possible that we widen our reach into the field of new technologies and multimedia and start a new part of the conference on the opening day, - IMAGINES

Out of this list of extraordinary achieve-ments, the Best in Heritage Advisory board has approved a selection of the 44 most innovative and professionally interesting candidates. They represent a finelly bal-anced variety of public quality projects, all striving for professional excellence.

All of the featured laureates, coming from diverse cultures and social circumstances, have been previously acclaimed by accom-plished and responsible juries. We grate-fully assist their choice in gaining further recognition and serving as inspiration to others.

Heritage professionals need quality infor-mation and benchmarking occasions. Our aim is to give these chosen examples of the best practice an opportunity of influ-ence and professional verification in a truly international context. In addition to the inspiring array of best practice, the pro-gramme features a rich social and cultural content organised with help of Dubrovnik Museums, all taking place in the Renais-sance city core. The gathering is ideal for networking, establishing personal contacts and discussing potential collaboration.

It is an annual, global survey of award-win-ning museum, heritage and conservation projects. The conference always takes place in the last week of September, in the UNESCO World Heritage City of Dubrovnik. There, in the charming ambience of an old theatre, the award winners from the previ-ous year, coming from all over the world, present their success stories. It is a rare occasion where the professional world meets the best projects conceived and implemented by civil society organisations, both belonging to the growing heritage sector.

What is the Best in Heritage?

Why the Event?

In partnership with Europa Nostra& the Endowment Fund of ICOM

Best in Heritage is organised in partner-ship with Europa Nostra, the Endowment Fund of ICOM, Meyvaert Glass Engineering and the Museums of Dubrovnik. It is sup-ported by Croatian Ministry of Culture and the City of Dubrovnik. Registration fees are reasonable and include three days of pro-gramme, dinners, concerts, parties, guid-ed city and museum tours and promotional materials.

Opening and IMAGINES

Due to the increasing number of award programmes focused on New Technolo-gies and Multimedia, from 2016 onward, a one day event has been added to the programme, where exceptional prize-win-ners related to Web, Apps, Multimedia, VR, Games, Augmented reality, Audio tours, Online content etc. are featured. The aim is to inform the professional community of these success stories and to keep it up-todate with the latest trends and creative solutions. The participants and modera-tors will choose the preferred project as the one of influence in this part of the pro-gramme. The Opening and the IMAGINES event will take place in VISIA - a splendid new multimedia hall located right after the entrance to Pile city gate. Here are the protagonists...

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Vice Presidentexhibitions, research and design

Corey Timpson

Corey leads the direction and over-sight of all exhi-bition programs, research and curation, design and production across all media, digital platforms

and transmedia storytelling, and collec-tions-based initiatives. Corey’s primary museological focus is to facilitate interac-tive and dialogic experiences between and among visitors (on-site and online) through the use of mixed media, digital technology, and immersive environmental design, re-lying on sustainable, scalable, and efficient data and interaction models.

This Mobile App delivers a rich museum experience via a hand-held mobile device, such as a smartphone. Featuring the first use of iBeacon technology in a Canadian cultural institution, and the largest such use in the world, the free app provides a fully accessible self-guided tour (using audio, images, text and video), an interac-tive map, a mood meter, online ticketing, information to help plan a visit, and more. The modular design and development of the app acts like an armature, ensuring the easy addition of content, functions, and programs to its original offering.

CMHR Mobile App

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Canadian Museum for Human Rights App

international design and communication award 2015 for best app winner

september 22nd 10:30 - 10:45

i1.Montse Aguer Teixidor

Montse is the Di-rector of the Dalí Museums and the Centre for Dalin-ian Studies at the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation. Having graduated with a BA (Hons.) in Cata-

lan Philology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and a PhD in Contemporary Art, she is one of the members of the insti-tution that met Salvador Dalí personally. In 2012 she was designated a board member of the National Museum Art Centre Reina Sofía of Madrid. She has long-term expe-rience as a curator for exhibitions related to the artist.

The Dalí Theatre-Museum, A Journey Through The Artist’s Mind

The aim of the documentary Dalí’s Last Masterpiece is to describe the artist, his art, his philosophy and his persona, as well as his last and ultimate creation, the Dalí Theatre-Museum, into which he poured his universe and projected his imagination, his dreams, visions, and condensed a life de-voted to art. The film seeks to unveil some of the enigmas of the museum through the eyes and words of Dalí himself. As specta-tors, we accept the artist’s provocation to let ourselves be swallowed up in his final great work.

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aVicom fiamp award 2015 for long film / gold winner

Fundation Gala-Salvator Dali: Dali’s Last Masterpiece

director, dalí MuseuMs & of centre for dalinian studies

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director, surface iMPression

Peter Pavement

Peter Pavement is the director of Sur-face Impression, a digital design and development agency (based in Brighton, UK) that specializes in work for the cultural

sector. Peter has been working with mu-seums and heritage organizations for over 15 years, helping them to create engaging digital interfaces to collections, venues and histories. He is also a doctoral researcher at the University of Leicester’s Department of Museum Studies.

VanGoYourself is designed to help peo-ple rediscover and engage with classic paintings in a new way. It allows them to recreate classic scenes from some of the world’s most famous paintings (over 100 works from many collections in Europe and North America) using their own cam-eras and smartphones – and above all themselves – that they can then share with their friends on social media. Produced by Culture 24, VanGoYourself is a Europeana Innovation. It was built by Surface Impres-sion in the UK and designed by Spild af Tid in Denmark.

Rediscover and Engage With Classic Paintings

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creatiVe

mw2015 best of the web award 2015 for digital exhibition and people’s choice winner

VanGoYourselfi3.september 22nd 11.00 - 11.15

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DOMunder - Underground Visitor Experience Partner/founder, tinker iMagineers

Erik Bär

Erik studied Cogni-tive Psychology and Computer Science and co-founded Tinker imagi-neers with Stan Boshouwers. In their hands, Tink-er grew to be the

leading experience design agency in the Netherlands, with a growing number of international assignments. His DOMunder has received several international design awards, including the Museums + Heritage Award 2015, the Heritage in Motion Best of Achievement Award 2015, Spark Expe-rience Award 2015 and a nomination at the European Museum of the Year Award 2016.

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heritage in motion best achieVement award 2015 winner

DOMunder - Tinker Imagineers

No other spot in The Netherlands can match the 2000 years of history of the Dom-plein in Utrecht. It faced only one problem: a major part of its history is underground and literally passed over by everyone. The Domplein Foundation took the initiative to open up this concealed history to the public in a grandiose project: DOMunder. Tinker imagineers designed and produced the underground archaeological visitor experi-ence, in cooperation with JDdV Architects. Visitors assume the role of the archaeol-ogists. Armed with interactive flashlights that activate the underground remains, they descend into the darkness under the Domplein Square in search of its stories.

september 22nd 11.15 - 11.3o

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Designing a Moving Image Website for a Moving Image Generation director, exhibitions & collections

Russell Briggs

Russell leads the team responsible for development of the permanent galleries, the tem-porary exhibition programme, tour-ing exhibitions, and the ACMI Collec-

tion. A native of California, Russell moved to New Zealand in 2002 and worked at Auckland Museum from 2007-2012, where he was the Director of Exhibitions and Pro-grammes, and Director of the War Memo-rial. Previously he worked as Executive VP and Creative Director of a high-end multi-media company in California.

ACMI’s goal was to develop an intuitive site that provides its audience with a clear understanding of who they are and its core offering – exhibitions, film and live events; that speaks to a diverse audience, catering equally to those looking for event information and those looking for a richer, curatorial experience; that brings ACMI’s exhibitions, films and talks to life online, with rich and engaging content delivered in interesting ways; that creates clear purchase paths to online tickets sales and merchandise; and that enhances opportu-nities for individuals and communities to interact with, and contribute creatively to ACMI.

mapda 2015 institution website award winner

Australian Centre for the Moving Image

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Uploading Large Collections

As a gallery, library, archive or museum (GLAM) sharing collections of images, films and audio on Wikimedia Commons makes it possible to reach an extremely large audience, the users of Wikipedia. who have made it a Top 10 most visited website. However, uploading large collec-tions to Wikimedia Commons with good metadata is not easy. Enter the GLAMwiki toolset (link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GLAMwiki_Toolset), which enables GLAM collection managers to batch upload large datasets to Wikime-dia Commons.

directorProducts and serVice, euroPeana

Originally an ar-chaeologist David has long since left his trowel in the trenches to work with product management. He is currently the Di-rector of Products

and Service at Europeana.

David Haskiya

september 22nd 11.45 - 12.00

i6.muse award 2015 for open / gold winner

Europeana Foundation,

GLAMwiki Toolset

deVeloPer

Pavlos is a post-doc Marie Curie Fellow Researcher at the renowned Digital Heritage Research Lab of Cyprus University of Tech-nology. Head of Planning and IT at

Syros Municipality (Aegean Island) for 14 years and managing director of the Syros Institute (NGO), he organised and taught several seminars & courses in Architec-ture, Urban Planning and Digital Heritage. With a PhD and two MScs in Architecture, he researches on the digital management of Cultural Heritage.

Dr Pavlos Chatzigrigoriou

HERitage Management e System (HERMeS) is a holistic tool for the digital management of Historic Buildings and Settlements. The main objective of HERMeS is to evaluate the vulnerability of historic buildings and propose a decision-making model ranking the needs for intervention in historic build-ings. To achieve that, HERMeS uses algo-rithms identifying the historic buildings at risk. HERMeS asks also citizens to provide data, stories, photographs and events on the Historic Building and update the on-line information, raising awareness about Cultural Heritage. At the end HERMeS be-came a huge digitization project and it is used in Tourism, Education and by Local Authorities as a useful digital cultural her-itage tool.

Using Algorithms to Identify Historic Buidlings At Risk

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HERMeS: Heritage Management e-System

eu prize for cultural heritage / europa nostra award for research and digitization

september 22nd 12:00 - 12:15

i7.head, MuseuM of Peasant reVolts

Vlatka Filipčić Maligec

Vlatka graduated in history. She is do-ing a postgraduate doctoral study of Croatian culture, and is theauthor of many exhibitions and catalogs, and co-creator of the

permanent exhibition of the Museum of Peasant Revolts. She has published sever-al works in the areas of culture, history, museology and cultural tourism. Her areas of interest are particularly Croatian nation-al revival, women’s’ history, the history of museums and the relationship between museology and the history.

Gubec Teatar (Gubec Theater) is a multi-media projection mapping project made in Croatia, which combines animation, films and light effects in order to enliven the Monument of the Peasants’ Revolt and Matija Gubec. This historical subject becomes creatively related to the high rhetoric of the work of art, and a special innovation is the “enlivenment” of certain characters, projected on the monument in a swirl of colours and movements, aug-menting the impression of the experience over and over again. The project’s aim was to show the quality of new dimensions by relating virtual solutions, works of art and public memory, which turns the real his-torical adventure into national multime-dia-legend.

Turning History into National Multimedia Legend

Gubec Teater by the Museum of Peasant Uprisings in Gornja Stubica

heritage in motion film and Video award 2015 winner

september 22nd 12:15 - 12:30

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János Tari was chief curator for 35 years at the Hun-garian Museum of Ethnography. As head of the Film Studio and Archive department there, he has produced

documentary films for television, exhibi-tions and cooperated in editing digital mul-timedia and internet film catalogue. He is an Associate Professor, head of the video studió of the Károli Gáspár at University of the Reformed Church and at the Faculty of Humanities – Institute of Social and Com-munication Science in Budapest.

chair, icoM/aVicoM intl. coMMittee for audioVisual and new technologies

János Tari An Unexpected Visitor from Qing Period

The three National Palace Museum (NPM) treasures, Child Pillow, Jade Duck and Pi-hsieh, have always started their journeys together. What surprising adventure are they going to bring us this time? One day, an unexpected visitor from the Qing period, a Taiwanese dog with a triangular face, al-mond eyes and a sickle-shaped tail, walks into the NPM’s multi-media room 210. Following the little black dog, the three characters of the NPM start an unprece-dented journey to a beautiful and exciting destination, Taiwan. Riding the Qing Navy’s most innovative Tong-an ship, the NPM treasures set foot on Formosa Taiwan of the 18th century.

aVicom fiamp 2015 medium film gold award winner

National Palace Museum “Adventure in the NPM : The Formosa Odyssey”

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Manager

Paul BakerCreating Unique Stories

Paul Baker is an experienced, a w a r d - w i n n i n g heritage profes-sional with a track record in site and exhibition devel-opment. Paul is currently also a

successful freelance consultant. His in-itiative and creativity have transformed a number of heritage sites throughout England. In 2015, an interactive film which Paul conceived and produced with a team of consultants, as part of a redevelopment programme at the Framework Knitters Museum, was the only British winner at the Heritage in Motion Awards.

‘Breaking the Frame’ is a unique interac-tive film activity in which pupils follow the story of a young worker, during the 19th century Luddite uprising. While watching the drama pupils confront dilemmas and thanks to a multi-scene substructure; they make choices which change the film’s di-rection. Consequently, each group creates a unique story. During the process, the pupils debate issues such as whether to join a gang, engage in criminal damage or steal. Choices are made democratically by voting. Consequently the film uses a his-torical drama to confront contemporary social issues.

i10.heritage in motion websites and online content award 2015 winner

Breaking the Frame - Framework Knitters Museum september 22nd 12:45 - 13:00

researcher

Virginie Berdal

Virginie is a re-searcher at the conservation and education de-partment of the Domaine national de Chambord. In charge of produc-ing new tools of

mediation, she actively collaborates in the implementation of the “HistoPad Cham-bord” application as a scientific committee member.

A Mediation Tool to Enhance Knowledge, Heritage and The Visitor Experience

In collaboration with Histovery, a French start-up specializing in technical inno-vations that enhance cultural heritage, the Domaine national de Chambord has co-produced a new mediation tool which is interactive, pedagogical and also at the cutting-edge of technology. Thanks to 3D reconstructions and augmented reality, HistoPad offers visitors a spectacular im-mersive experience in 8 rooms whose Re-naissance décor has been expertly re-im-agined by specialists. It includes a digital visitors’ guide for 23 rooms open to the public, with information about their history and collections, and automatic geo-loca-tion in all the chateau’s rooms, to help visi-tors get their bearings and plan their route.

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HistoPad ChambordaVicom fiamp 2015 grand prix winner

september 22nd 14:00 - 14:30

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mapda 2015 multimedia award winner

Reaching out to Chinese Audiences through Digital Engagement

China Up Close was an expansive pro-gram that explored Chinese moving image art, film and culture. It sought to deepen Australian audiences’ understandings of Chinese cultural practice, highlighting its symbiotic relationship with the rapid and powerful changes in Chinese culture and society. The goal was to increase under-standings in Australia of key movements, makers and themes in Chinese screen-based art and film, looking at the social, historical and aesthetic context for screen-based work. The distinction between contemporary mainland Chinese artists, diasporic Chinese and local Chinese-Aus-tralian artists was also explored.

september 22nd 14:15 - 14:30

i12.Australian Centre for the Moving

Image “China Up Close”

director, exhibitions & collections

Russell Briggs

Russell leads the team responsible for development of the permanent galleries, the tem-porary exhibition programme, tour-ing exhibitions, and the ACMI Collec-

tion. A native of California, Russell moved to New Zealand in 2002 and worked at Auckland Museum from 2007-2012, where he was the Director of Exhibitions and Pro-grammes, and Director of the War Memo-rial. Previously he worked as Executive VP and Creative Director of a high-end multi-media company in California.

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Joachim Monegier du Sorbier

Joachim joined the Foundation in 2011, 3 years before its opening to public. He started being involved with cul-ture and museums in 2002, working at the Palais de Tokyo,

a contemporary art center in Paris. Then he spent 3 years at the Musée du Louvre, organizing events for young audiences. In 2006, he joined the Musée du quai Branly, which had barely been opened to the pub-lic. Three years later, and before arriving at the Foundation, he was in charge of mar-keting for the art shipper André Chenue.

Create Your Own Frank Gehry Inspired Designs

“When kids come to the Fondation Louis Vuitton, I want them to elevate their imag-ination, so they grow up thinking of archi-tecture differently” –Frank Gehry

Apprentice Architect (or ArchiMoi in French) is an app for children who want to explore the Fondation Louis Vuitton build-ing and create their own Frank Gehry-in-spired designs.

It is available on the App Store for free or at the Welcome desk of the Foundation on Ipads, so that kids can discover the archi-tecture and play independently.

i13.aVicom fiamp award 2015 for multimedia art innoVatiVe / gold winner

Fondation Louis Vuitton: Archi-Moi

september 22nd 14:30 - 14:45

head of Visitor exPerience and interPretation PrograMs

“Great Archaeological Sites” Collection: Digital Applied to Heritage french Ministry of culture and

coMMunication

Thomas Sagory

Thomas studied Egyptian archaeol-ogy, and specialized in photogrammetry and aerial survey using kite aerial photography. He’s working on excava-tions in France and

abroad, including in Egypt, Yemen, UAE, and Ethiopia. As a multimedia project man-ager trained at Gobelins - École de l’image, he has been working for the French Min-istry of Culture and Communication since 2005 to promote heritage and archaeology online through the multimedia websites collection “Great archaeological sites”.

How to “give access” to unreachable sites such as the Chauvet-Pont d’Arc cave (Ar-dèche - France)? Dating from 36 000 years BC, the cave was the subject of the 2015 publication of the websites collection: “Great archaeological sites” - archeologie.culture.fr - produced by the French Minis-try of Culture and Communication, Musée d’Archéologie nationale de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. The website bears witness to a collective approach, from archaeologists to digital designers, presenting the devel-opment of the cave and offering a voyage through time to this inaccessible Palaeo-lithic sanctuary.

i14.La grotte Chauvet Pont d’Arc

aVicom’s fiamp 2015 web art gold award

september 22nd 18:00 - 18:25

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Indetifiying Australian AnimalsManager of online collections, MuseuM Victoria

Dr Elycia Wallis

Dr Elycia Wallis is the Manager of On-line Collections at Museum Victoria, a role which involves publishing infor-mation about the museum’s collec-tions to websites,

apps and into exhibition interactives. Dr Wallis holds a PhD in Zoology and, since broadening her role into digital and online, has also gained a Masters in Knowledge Management. Dr Wallis is also the Project Lead in Australia for the Biodiversity Herit-age Library, a project that aims to provide free and open access to full text digitized literature.

The Field Guides to Australian Fauna are a series of eight apps produced by seven museums working in collaboration. They are designed to help users who might be at home, in a park, or out in the bush to identify Australian animals. Together, the apps feature over 2100 animals, including mammals, birds, fishes, reptiles, frogs and invertebrates. They combine detailed ani-mal descriptions with stunning imagery, animal calls, distribution maps and con-servation status. The apps are available for both Apple and Android devices, and they’re completely free to download and use.

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Field Guides to Australian Fauna – A Suite of Eight Apps

mw2015 best of the web award 2015 for mobile

september 22nd 15:00 - 15:15

i15.Dancing Joe – Letting Visitors Join in the Dance!

In March 2015, visitors to the exhibition Rebel Bodies at Musée de la civilisation, Québec City, were invited to experience contemporary dance through movement. Integrated into a multimedia environment, the voice of a coach – herself a collaborator in the living memory of the work – guided them in recreating a sequence from the celebrated piece Joe (1983) by Québec cho-reographer Jean-Pierre Perreault (1947 – 2002). The immersive dance workshop Dancing Joe used re-enactment to con-tribute to the transmission of the tangible and intangible memory of the choreogra-phy, allowing a major work from Québec’s choreographic repertoire to live on in the visitors’ bodies.

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aVicom / fiamp 2015 ^multimedia art innoVatiVe / gold winner

Musée de la Civilisation: Danser Joe

Since taking the helm in 2015, Stéphan has built upon the insti-tution’s inherent strengths while allowing significant space for new ideas and innovation. This

openness and a passion for culture are the cornerstones of his management style, shaped by challenges encountered in the course of his career with various cultural institutions, including Québec’s Ministère de la Culture et des Communications, the Conseil des Arts et des lettres du Québec, the Québec Government Office in Paris, and the Palais Montcalm in Québec City.

executiVe directorStéphan La Roche

About The City Walls

The Walls of Dubrovnik are a series of de-fensive stone walls that have surrounded and protected the citizens of the afterward proclaimed city-state. With numerous ad-ditions and modifications throughout their history, they have been considered to be amongst the great fortification systems deriving from the Middle Ages. The pres-ent shape of the walls was defined in the 14th century after the city gained its full independence from Venetian suzerainty, but the peak of its construction lasted from the beginning of the 15th century until the latter half of the 16th century.

Dubrovnik City Walls Guided Tour

By the kind courtesy of Dubrovnik Tourist board, participants have a free, guided city walls tour organised on Thursday at 16:00 hours. The walk is around 2 kilometres long and takes about two hours. It is ad-visable to have some head gear and sun protection, and to be ready for heritage industry surprises, like stumbling upon the latest movie or TV show episode shooting location few feet bellow you.

september 22nd 16:00 hours

The Keynote address will be delivered by last year’s winner of the Project of Influ-ence award, Ad Geerdink, the Direcor of Westfries Museum from Hoorn, the Netherlands, laureate of the EU Prize for cultural heritage / Europa Nostra award in 2014. Ad, as the bearer of the participants’ recognition, will go further than presenting his Museum. The aim is to offer perspec-tives on professional quality, centred pre-vailingly upon the public quality of the pro-jects and institutions. We hold that public quality is superior to other forms of quality, but that it also implies them.

Keynote Address

september 22nd, 20:00 hours

Welcome Ceremony

The welcome ceremony has been short-ened to enable only our main partners and patrons to express their continuing support and allow the time to listen to a brief greeting address from the Mayor of Dubrovnik. Thus we gain more time for a brief introduction on the specific nature of conference and the key-note speech. The two should set up the tone and prepare the participants for the remaining two day sur-vey of best practices.

september 22nd, 19:30 - 20.30 hours

The Sponza Palace is a 16th-century palace, built in a mixed Gothic and Re-naissance style. During history it had a variety of public functions, including Customs office, Treasury, Bank, Mint and School. It became the cultural centre of the Republic of Ragusa with the estab-lishment of the Academia dei Concordi, a literary academy, in the 16th century. Additionally, the Palace’s atrium served as a trading centre and business meeting place. Today the Palace is home to the City Archives.

Venue: Sponza Palace

Welcome Dinner Party

After the opening ceremony in Marin Držić Theatre, the Welcome dinner party will be held in Sponza Palace. The good food and Dalmatian wine will help the relaxed atmosphere of the start: usually a great setting for making new and meeting old friends. This magnificant venue has been provided by kind courtesy of Dubrovnik Ar-chives.

september 22nd 21:00 - 23:00 hours

Core Programme

In 4 sessions spanning across two days, 28 laureates will present their projects and institutions. They come from all over the world, to share their achievements. Out of 25 minutes at their disposal, 5 is advised as interaction with the audience. The present-ers are given guidelines to prepare quality presentations in line with the expectations of attendees. All sessions are led by expe-rienced moderators,who make sure that all goes smoothly and nothing is missed.

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head, international relations

Mikaël Mohamed

With literature de-gree and master in political sciences, he was head of cul-tural programming and communica-tion at the French institute in Riga, Latvia, from 2004

to 2007, where he took part in the launch of the institute and the French cultural season (made up of 150 events). he was the fundraiser for several philanthropic entities in Paris in social & medical fields, and was director of the French institute in Tetouan, Morroco between 2008 and 2012. Since 2013 he has been head of interna-tional relations at MuCEM in Marseille.

Suspended between sky and water, floating at the entrance to the Vieux Port in Mar-seille, the MuCEM is building new bridges. Its very location means the museum is a major project for the Mediterranean, re-shaping its future and forming a meeting point for its two shores. This is the first time that a museum has been devoted to the cultures of the Mediterranean: the MuCEM is unique in that it retraces, analyses and sheds light on, in a single dynamic place, the ancient foundations of this fertile cra-dle of civilization, as well as the tensions that have been a feature of the area right up to the present day.

A Museum for The 21st Century

MuCEM: Museum of European and Mediterranean CivilizationsMarseille, France

europen MuseuM ForuM / council oF europe MuseuM prize 2015

septeMber 23rd 9:30 - 9:55

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1.In the 1970s, 5178 stone fragments dating back to the 11th to the 8th century BC were excavated by the Archaeological Superin-tendence of Cagliari (Sardinia) in Monte Prama, Cabras, Oristano. They represent 25 warriors two meters in height and 13 models of nuraghe: a testimony of the cul-ture of the prehistoric population of Sar-dinia. Between 2007 and 2011 the Centro di Conservazione Archeologica of Rome, implemented a multidisciplinary project with the objective of putting the sculptures on display in a museum. In 2015, new ex-cavations unearthed 2200 fragments and a new phase of the project started.

Presenting The Culture of a Preshistoric Population

Roberto Nardi re-ceived a degree in archaeology from the University of Rome and in con-servation at the Isti-tuto Centrale per il Restauro in Rome. In 1982 he founded

the Centro di Conservazione Archeologica where he has directed more than 50 pro-jects and training courses in 14 countries, including work at the Arch of Septimus Severus in the Roman Forum, the town of Zeugma in Turkey and the mosaic of the Transfiguration in the Monastery of Saint Catherine in Sinai.

president, iCCm Foundation

Roberto Nardi

sardinia, italy

Nuragic Sculptures of Monte Prama

eu prize For cultural Heritage / europa nostra award 2015

2.septeMber 23rd 9:55 - 10:20

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The Foundations of a Family Friendly Museum head oF learning

Anna Smalley

Anna graduated from the University of Manchester in 2008 with a first class Bachelor of Arts degree and a Masters in History. After an internship at the Wordsworth

Trust in Grasmere, she became Learning Assistant at Tullie House Museum. Anna is co-chair of the Women Leaders in Heritage Network North West, and an alumni of the Extend leadership programme, run by En-gage – the national association for gallery education.

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telegrapH FaMily Friendly MuseuM award 2015

carlisle, united KingdoM

Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery

Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust is one of the most prestigious regional museums in North West England. The mu-seum is situated in Carlisle, Cumbria on the borders of the Lake District National Park and along Hadrian’s Wall, a UNESCO World Heritage site. The collection is made up of over 400,000 objects of regional and national significance covering fine and decorative art, natural sciences, social his-tory and archaeology. The museum has an award-winning engagement programme that focusses on children, young people and community groups.

septeMber 23rd 10:20 - 10:45

DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

Alvin Starks

Alvin creates and directs opportu-nities for philan-thropic engage-ment with founda-tions, individuals, corporations, gov-ernment and major events. He over-

sees the Schomburg Center’s Communi-cations and Public Program Departments that are dedicated towards promoting the work and vision of the institution with the public and patrons. His work fosters part-nerships with external organizations and develops internal collaborations with var-ious departments.

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is the world’s leading archive on the global black experience. Founded in 1926, the Schomburg is dedicated to the collection, preservation, and interpretation of black life, history, and culture. With over 10,000,000 items in its collection, the Schomburg provides cultural enrichment through research, public exhibitions, and public programs. The Schomburg is an intellectual and creative institution that illustrates the invaluable and irreplaceable evidence of black people’s contributions and achievements across the diaspora and in the United States. In 2015, Schomburg Center won the prestigious National Medal for its contributions to the society.

World’s Leading Archive on the Global Black Experience

4.national Medal For MuseuM and library service 2015 laureate

new yorK, united states

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

septeMber 23rd 10:45 - 11:10

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The Oldest Language Museum in The World DIRECTOR

Ottar Grepstad

Ottar Grepstad has been General Di-rector since 1999. He has published 30 books about lan-guage, literature, history and intan-gible cultural her-itage, among them

Historia om Ivar Aasen (The story of Ivar Aasen) and Språksansen (The sense of lan-guage), both in 2013. In 2015, he published Språkfakta 2015 (Language facts 2015), a digital story about language in Norway and the world in 867 tables. Extracts in English will be published later in 2016.

The Centre for Norwegian Language and Literature (Nynorsk kultursentrum) is a foundation established in 1993, dedicated to preserving and promoting intangible cultural heritage, written culture, the Norwegian language (Nynorsk) and all Norwegian dialects. Our 18 employees run two museums, two festivals, one on-line encyclopedia and eight websites. The Ivar Aasen Centre is the oldest language mu-seum in the world and deals with Norwe-gian Nynorsk language and literature. The Olav H. Hauge Centre is concerned with poetry of all kinds across the borders of languages.

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Hovdebygda, norway

norwegian MuseuM oF tHe year 2015

Centre for Norwegian Language and Literature

septeMber 23rd 11:40 - 12:05

Learning From The Old to Discover The New: The Heisei Chishinkan Wing

The Kyoto National Museum is located in Japan’s ancient capital, rich in histo-ry and culture. The museum’s original main building, now called the Meiji Koto-kan, was opened in 1897 and remains a significant example of Japanese West-ern-style architecture. Complementing it is the award-winning contemporary Heisei Chishinkan Wing, designed by Taniguchi Yoshio and opened in 2014. These spacious galleries house frequently changing exhibi-tions featuring the museum’s outstanding collection of paintings, sculpture, ceram-ics, calligraphy, textiles, lacquers, metal-work and archaeological relics, including many National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties.

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Dr. Sasaki is also President of the National Institutes for Cultural Her-itage. Previously, he served as Pro-fessor of Kyoto University, Director of the Kyoto Uni-

versity Libraries and Director of the Kyoto University Archives. His research specialty is Japanese early modern painting. For his two-volume publication co-authored with Sasaki Masako Maruyama åkyo kenkyå he was awarded the 1997 Kokka Prize, 1999 Japan Academy Prize and 2000 Humboldt Prize. In 2013 he was recognized as a Per-son of Cultural Merit by the City of Kyoto.

Dr. Sasaki Jōhei

septeMber 23rd 12:05 - 12:30

6.Mayor award, construction category, tHe Kyoto landscape award 2015 winner

Kyoto National MuseumKyoto, Japan

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Chris Walker

Chris Walker is a founding director of Bright White Ltd. Chris has a passion for driving innova-tion in learning and museum interpre-tation. He has been lead designer on

many international projects, and helped win awards for both innovation and recog-nition of excellence in heritage interpre-tation. Chris is also a founding director of Virtual Case Systems Ltd, and a founding member of the Guild of Media Arts in his home city of York, UK. The Guild is the first new guild for 700 years in the city.

The Battle of Bannockburn Visitor Centre represents a unique approach to battlefield interpretation. The proposition to visitors is to fight their own battle of Bannockburn, which they do via a 30-player battle simu-lator. This puts serious gaming at the cen-tre of a world-class interpretation centre for the first time. No physical objects have survived from the battle, and as such the basis of the interpretation is the written historical record. The designers created a variety of innovative digital interactive presentations to tell the story.”

Unique Approach to Battlefield Interpretation

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Battle of Bannockburn by

National Trust for Scotland, Historic Scotland & Bright White Ltd

MuseuMs + Heritage / innovation award 2015

septeMber 23rd 12:30 - 12:55

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Graduated in Archi-tecture in Florence, she has obteined a master’s degree with the Scuola Normale of Pisa on Cultural Heritage Management and in History of Art in

Siena. She worked with leading figures in the art world, architecture and urbanism, and has curated exhibitions of contempo-rary art in New York, Florence and Siena. In 2007 she was Project manager in the construction of the Iron Museum of Fol-lonica, MAGMA today, that won the DASA Award 2015. Today she is alderman for culture and education in her city.

Barbara Catalani

The MAGMA tells the technological, artis-tic and human story of the ironworks of Follonica in its heyday, at the peak of their production. For much of the nineteenth century, the building housing the museum contained a blast furnace for the smelting and casting of iron, known as the Saint Ferdinand’s Furnace. The permanent ex-hibition brings the old foundry back to life with interactive and multimedia displays arranged in three sections, one on each floor: Art, History, Production.The MAGMA is a museum where lights and sound pro-jections entertain people of all ages.

Towards An Inclusive Museum

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Follonica, italy

Museum of Arts in Iron in The Maremma

european MuseuM acadeMy / dasa award 2015

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Professor Wu, besides his post as the museum director, is the Deputy Director of Fujian Provincial Bureau of Culture Heritage and a National Advanced

cultural Intellectual Prize winner. He is a skilled exhibition designer and produc-er, has distinctive ideas in administrative management and museum’s social service promotion, and believes in the concept of innovative museum brand-building.

DIRECTORProfessor Wu ZhiyueForming A Cohesive and

Creative System

Fujian museum is one of the two laureates of Chinese Museum Association’s Award for most innovative museums 2015. As the only award-winning state-owned museum, it is dedicated to forming a cohesive and creative system for exhibition design and implementation, service brand-building, academic research, and administrative management in a museum with the rel-evant national and community improve-ments which help the quality of life. All of these consequent, innovative promotions and highlights have obtained extensive reputation and praise from the public as well as the professionals.

cHinese MuseuMs association Most innovative MuseuMs award 2015

FuzHou, pr cHina

Fujian Museum

9.septeMber 23rd 15:25 - 15:50

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John CheesemanA Site Specific Exhibition

John Cheeseman is the President of the Regional and Public Galleries of New South Wales (RPGNSW). He was previously the Di-rector of Blacktown Arts Centre (Syd-

ney, Australia) and in previous positions has been a cultural planner, cultural de-velopment officer, curator and practicing artist. John maintains a strong interest in supporting interpretive projects, cross-art-form practices, social engagement and new technologies and is currently pursuing a range of projects focussed on East Asia and international exchange.

Bungaree’s Farm was developed as a site specific exhibition exploring the historical impact of colonialism and framing a con-temporary indigenous response. Curated by Djon Mundine, the exhibition of 20 vid-eo works by a collective of 15 Australian Aboriginal artists has been described as ‘poignant, humorous and cuts to the bone’. This exhibition won the 2015 Museums Australia National Award (the highest arts industry award that can be given in Australia) and was commissioned to com-memorate the 200th anniversary of the establishment of Bungaree’s Farm.

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Magna awards / national winner 2015

MosMan, australia

Mosman Art Gallery: Bungaree’s Farm

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The Rundling Association was awarded for 46 years of commitment and strategic vision by its unpaid volunteers, seeking to protect the last remaining Rundling villages of Central Europe. Three genera-tions of volunteers have worked tirelessly to research and publish articles on these medieval villages, to sensitize the public and their politicians to their vulnerability and to bring the past alive through its open air museum. The Rundlingsverein believes that it is possible to protect the villages and their 19th century hallhouses, by en-couraging alternative ecological and small scale uses.

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11.septeMber 23rd 16:15 - 16:40

Adrian Greenwood

Adrian Greenwood lives in retirement with his partner in a Lower German hallhouse in one of the very last remaining 96 Run-dling villages in Europe. All 96 are

situated in Wendland, a deeply rural part of northern Germany near the river Elbe. His wish is for these unique villages to attain World Heritage status. He is a British cit-izen who moved to Germany 18 years ago after a career in social work in the UK, the USA and Ethiopia. He has three children and six grandchildren, all living in the UK.

Protecting The Structure of a Unique Medieval Settlement, and its 19th Century Hallhouses

The Rundling Association was awarded a Grand Prix in the 2015 Europa Nostra Awards for 46 years of commitment and strategic vision by its unpaid volunteers, seeking to protect the last remaining Run-dling villages of Central Europe. Three generations of volunteers have worked tirelessly to research and publish articles on these medieval villages, to sensitize the public and their politicians to their vulner-ability and to bring the past alive through its open air museum. The Rundlingsverein believes that it is possible to protect the villages and their 19th century hallhouses, by encouraging alternative ecological and small scale uses.

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Salt Valley of Añana

Cultural Landscape of Salt Valley Añana

Valle Salado de Anana is a salt land-scape located in Salinas de Anana (Ála-va - BasqueCountry), 30 km from Vito-ria-Gasteiz, where man has taken advan-tage of the saltsprings for thousands of years to obtain a product that is essential to life - salt. Valle Salado de Anana, is a unique landscape that consists of thou-sands of platforms or salt pans, springs, channels, wells and storage facilities. The Anana salt works is one of the oldest salt production facilities in the world. “White gold” has been produced here uninterrupt-edly for 6.500 years.

Andoni has a Mas-ter degree in Sci-ence in Agriculture Engineering, in Project Manage-ment and in Busi-ness Administra-tion. He has over 30 years of experience

in agriculture, rural development, environ-mental, integrated water cycle manage-ment and waste management related mat-ters. He held various technical positions in the Basque Public Administration, as well as positions of political representation, such as Deputy for Environment in Ála-va, President of Álava Water Agency, and Counsellor of various Public Companies.

Andoni Erkiaga Agirre

direCtor, salt Valley Foundation

12.septeMber 23rd 17:10 -17:35

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Vinod Kumar

Vinod Kumar has worked for more than 10 years as the Project co-or-dinator for Sree Vadakkunnathan Temple Conser-vation Project. He runs an independ-

ent architectural studio, dd Architects, in Thrissur, which focuses primarily on urban revitalization projects, documen-tation of vernacular architecture and new designs; inspired by the tradition. He was involved in organizing many international seminars and is currently the co–convener of INTACH (Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage), in Thrissur.

Reinventing Traditions, Conserving The Authentic

Sree Vadakkunnathan Temple is a centu-ries old sacred temple and is also known for being the venue of the famous Pooram festival. It was restored through an effort spanning more than 10 years, involving multiple agencies and more than 300 craftsmen. The project brings to light the spiritual essence of the architecture of Kerala; where the temple is often consid-ered as a living entity. In the restoration process, the same methods and tech-niques used for the original construction were used and many ancient rituals con-nected with temple work were followed.

unesco asia-paciFic Heritage award oF excellence 2015

tHrissur in Kerala, india

Conservation of Sree Vadakkunnathan Temple

13.septeMber 23rd 17:35 - 18:00

Science And Technology Are Part Of Our Culture direCtor

Kris Callens

Trained as an art historian, Kris started his career making interna-tional exhibitions in Belgium. From 2006 to 2009 he was curator of exhibitions at the

Rijksmuseum. Between 2009 and 2015 he was responsible for the collections and the exhibitions of the Zuiderzee Museum, a maritime open air museum incorporating the coast of Friesland. From 2015 he con-tinues his focus on connecting people and collections, material and intangible herit-age, past and future at the Fries Museum.

The Fries Museum connects Friesland, the remarkable province of the Netherlands, and the Frisian people to the world. Orig-inally founded in 1881, since 2013 it has been located in a new building in Leeu-warden, Cultural Capital of Europe 2018. Its activities search for what defines the typical Frisian character and Friesland’s place in a global perspective. Treasures from ancient mounds; the medieval free-dom fighter Grutte Pier’s sword; valuable clothing and silverware; the legacy of Mata Hari, executed as a spy at the end of the First World War; inspiring landscape paint-ings; contemporary arts: together they tell the story of Friesland.

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leeuwarden, tHe netHerlands

Fries MuseumbanKgiro loteriJ MuseuMpriJs 2015

septeMber 23rd 18:00 - 18:25

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Dubrovnik Museums take us to The Eth-nographic museum located in Dubrovnik Republic’s granary, popularly known as “Rupe”/”The Holes”. The term derives from the name for the underground grain stor-age areas carved out of bedrock or tufa. It was built in 1590, a four-storey structure with fifteen storage pits in the ground floor and spaces for drying on the upper floors. After the earthquake of 1667, the building was reconstructed into the three-storey building that it is to this day. Ethnograph-ic museum holds some six thousand five hundred objects of the ethnographic her-itage of the Dubrovnik region, Croatia and surrounding states.

Ethno Dinner Party

After an entire day of what organisers claim are highly inspiring presentations, it is time to relax and enjoy the hospitality of the host and partner - the Dubrovnik Museums. First, a guided tour of the Dubrovnik Ethnographic Museum will be organised at 20.00 hours. Then, after being greeted by the host, Ms Pavica Vilać, Direc-tor of Dubrovnik museums, attendees are in for a treat: a brief concert of traditional music accompanied by local delicacies. By that time the atmosphere is still livelier as people discover common interests and en-joy the relaxed ambiance.

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The programme continues with the second series of presentations in the Marin Držić Theatre, starting at 9:30. After hearing an-other 14 presentations on Saturday, partic-ipants will cast their votes for the project that among the 28 presented, they find most influental, by its qualities. The winner will be announced at the Closing Ceremo-ny in the evening.

Saturday, September 24th

Learning by Doing - Training of Heritage-Aware Rural Home Owners HEAD, CENTRE OF RURAL ARCHITEC-

TURE, ESTONIAN OPEN AIR MUSEUM

Elo Lutsepp

Elo is a historian with a Masters de-gree in art history. She has specialized in studying Estoni-an vernacular ar-chitecture. Starting from 2007, she has been Head of the

Centre of Rural Architecture at the Esto-nian Open Air Museum, which was estab-lished to realize the development plan of the Estonian Ministry of Culture, Rural Ar-chitecture and Rural Landscape: Research and Maintenance. She published several articles both in Estonian and specialist for-eign publications.

From 2008 the Estonian Open Air Museum has grown from its original territory, and embarked on a programme of training for owners of rural heritage buildings through-out the country by organizing different training courses and similar activities. Special courses are based on case stud-ies where participants can learn by doing, and thus contribute with their work to the preservation and future maintenance of the vernacular architecture of the different regions of the country. Between 2008 and 2014 the museum organized more than 80 practical training courses and seminars for over 1700 participants.

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tallinn, estonia

Programme for Owners of Rural Buildings in Estonia


septeMber 24tH 9:30 - 9:55

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Fan Jianchuan is the founder and president of Cheng-du Jianchuan Industrial Group Co., Ltd., an inte-grated enterprise group engaged in cultural tourism,

creative design, real estate development, property management, trade, finance and other activities. He invested more than 1 billion Yuan in Jianchuan Museum Cluster, which has already become a banner of the cultural tourism industry of China. Fan Ji-anchuan has been honored as one of the Top 10 Outstanding Persons in the Cultural Heritage Protection field in China

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Fan JianchuanJianchuan Museum Cluster

Jianchuan Museum Cluster covers an area of 500 km2 and houses more than 8 mil-lions exhibits, including 404 pieces of class A cultural property under national pro-tection. The 4 museums - Japanese War, Folk, “Red Age” and Wenchuan Earthquake - focus on the idea of “Collecting war for peace, collecting lessons for future, col-lecting disasters for serenity; collecting folk customs for heritage”. There are more than 26 completed and opened exhibition halls. It is a private museum cluster with the investment of largest scale with big-gest exhibition area and most collections.

16.septeMber 24tH 9:55 - 10:20

cHinese MuseuMs association Most innovative MuseuMs award 2015

cHengdu, pr cHina

Jianchuan Museum

The Familistère at Guise is a new public site museum dedicated to the Familistère and to social Utopian experiments from the 19th century up to the modern day, located in a small town (pop. 5,500) in northern France. The museum is housed in the “Social Palace “, a world famous model of social and communal housing, a bricks and mortar Utopia founded in 1859 by Jean-Baptiste André Godin, worker, Fourierist, builder, reformer, and social experimenter. The museum is inhabited. This domestic quality, which it cultivates, creates a distinctive ambience to which visitors are particularly receptive.

Frédéric Panni studied philosophy and history of art at the University of Marseille / Aix-en-Provence. He graduated in 1991 from the École du patrimoine in Par-

is (today Institut national du patrimoine) as a heritage curator. He then worked in several French museums. Since 2000, Frédéric Panni has managed the “Utopia” project for the architectural, urban, cultur-al, economic and social development of the Familistère at Guise, and is the director of heritage and museums for the Familistère.

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guise, France

europen MuseuM ForuM / silletto prize 2015

Familistère at Guise

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Andrew Ellis

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london, united KingdoM

Art UK: Art Detective

Andrew has been Director of Art UK since its launch in 2003 when it was called the ‘Public Catalogue Founda-tion’. Over this pe-riod he oversaw the project to digitise

the UK’s collection of oil paintings in public ownership, developed the charity’s Your Paintings partnership with the BBC and led its subsequent evolution into Art UK. In the distant past he read Economics at Cam-bridge before joining the investment bank Robert Flemin. He is a Trustee of the Pub-lic Monuments and Sculpture Association.

Important Symbol of Identity and a Powerful Educational Resource

Art UK is the online home for art from every public collection in the United King-dom. Art UK already features over 200,000 oil paintings by some 38,000 artists. These artworks are in museums, universities, town halls, hospitals and other civic build-ings across the United Kingdom. Later in 2016 we will be expanding the project to include watercolours, pastels, drawings and prints uploaded by collections. And in 2017 we aim to add sculptures. The public is invited to contribute knowledge about artworks through Art Detective and to tag artworks through Art UK Tagger.

septeMber 24tH 10:45 - 11:10

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Metka Fujs

Pomurje Museum Murska Sobota acts in an area where four state borders join - Slovenian, Austrian, Croatian and Hungar-ian - and, therefore, can present a lot of stories and connecting projects, including connections between museums as institu-tions, between programs, between typical cultural heritage and traditional elements, and between collections. However, there are not many stories like the one about the old town Radgona/Radkersburg and the two museums, with help of their collec-tions, keep it alive for the public.

Stories About Common Past and Present

MursKa sobota, slovenia

Pomurje Museum: Radgona Bridgesvalvasor award 2015

19.septeMber 24tH 11:40 - 12:05

Since 1983 she has worked as a cura-tor in the regional Pomurje Museum, and has been its director since 2003. Metka is the author of several articles on the topic of local

history with an emphasis on the develop-ment of the Slovene cultural identity in a multinational and multicultural environ-ment. She is the author and co-author of several permanent and temporary exhibi-tions and catalogues. Three of these exhi-bitions have received the highest national award in the field of museums.

Fekla Tolstoy

The great-great granddaughter of Leo Tolstoy began her career as a journalist, working as a presenter on TV and radio, as well as writing for a number of newspa-

pers and magazines. She has written and produced a number of documentaries on culture. Since 2012 Fekla has been working at the Leo Tolstoy State Museum in Mos-cow. She was the creator and producer of a number of projects relating to literature and the internet, including Tolstoy in One Click, Karenina: Live Edition and War and Peace: Big Read Marathon.

A Live Reading Marathon

Karenina: Live Edition was an Internet project carried out jointly between the Leo Tolstoy Museum Estate ‘Yasnaya Polyana’ and Google, which set out to to promote Tolstoy’s masterpieces as well as gener-ally encourage people to read. This was a non-stop, 36-hour, live reading marathon, with more than 700 people reading from 10 countries and more than 30 cities around the world. Each person would read a page, after which the floor would be passed to a new reader in a new location, with the help of Google technology. The entire reading was broadcast live on YouTube and was viewed in more than 100 countries, which set a new Guinness World Record.

icoM russia award “tHe best proJect on worK witH tHe coMMunity”

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tula region, russia

“Karenina Live” Leo Tolstoy Museum and Estate Yasnaya Polyana

septeMber 24tH 12:05 - 12:30

head oF deVelopment, leo tolstoy state museum in mosCow

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Gods, Myths and Mortals – Greek Treasures Across The Millennia

John Tatoulis

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The Hellenic Museum’s Gods, Myths and Mortals exhibition comprises over 180 priceless treasures on long term loan from the Benaki Museum, Athens. The ex-hibition spans 8,000 years of Greek history and culture and relates to key moments and aspects of the Greek experience. It is divided, chronologically, into four periods in a design inspired by the labyrinth, from the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. The artifacts present a picture of technolog-ical, cultural and religious shifts and are supported by a series of events and public programs, including monthly Socratic dis-cussion groups.

When John was appointed CEO in 2013, he brought with him significant experience in arts management and creative projects development hav-ing worked in the

area of the Arts, Media and Communica-tions, predominantly in the field of Film and Television for the last 30 years. As a result, over the past three years the Hellenic Mu-seum’s direction has changed dramatically from being mostly a vessel for the display of 3rd party collections to becoming a con-tent creator and exhibitions innovator with a strong narrative focus.

septeMber 24tH 12:30 - 12:55

Melbourne, australia

MuseuMs australia (victoria) award For MediuM MuseuMs 2015

Hellenic Museum

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Edda Battistella worked as an Eng-lish teacher until 2008 when she started dealing with different matters including Tourism, Agriculture, Cul-ture and Sport as

chief secretary for several regional Asses-sors at Veneto Region. Maria Teresa De Gregorio is head of Regional Cultural De-partment in the Veneto Region and over-sees cultural and entertainment activities, cultural heritage, museums, archives and libraries. She coordinates the “cultural system” by networking cultural and eco-nomic resources with the landscape.

First Virtual Online Museum Devoted to Venice

Wonders of Venice: Virtual Online Treas-ures in St. Mark’s Area is a website, meravigliedivenezia.it, translated into 10 languages and accessible from PC, tab-let and smartphone thanks to responsive technology. It allows the user to access multimedia content related to prestigious historical and artistic works (approximate-ly 400 works of art), symbols of the history and culture of the Republic of Venice (the “Repubblica Serenissima”), which are lo-cated in and around St. Mark’s Square. The aim of this innovative cultural project has been to create the first ever virtual online museum devoted to Venice.

22.septeMber 24tH 15:00 - 15:25

venice, italy

eu prize For cultural Heritage / europa nostra award 2015 laureate

Wonders Of Venice: Virtual Online Treasures In St. Mark’s Area

general manager, stonehenge

Kate Davies

The Stonehenge Environmental Improve-ment Project (SEIP) improved the land-scape of Stonehenge by reducing noise and visual intrusion from inappropriate structures and roads; significantly en-hanced the visitor experience through the improved, environmentally sustainable, visitor centre; enhanced the interpretation and improved access to the World Heritage Site; and enhanced the education/learning experience. The project partnership with The National Trust, Highways England, Wiltshire Council, Natural England and the Government, within the framework provid-ed by the Stonehenge World Heritage Site Management Plan 2009-2015, was led by English Heritage.

The Stonehenge Evironmental Improvement Project

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Stonehenge: Surrounding Landscape and Visitor Centre


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Kate was appointed General Manager of in September 2013 to oversee the launch of the new visitor centre and overnight transition of the business. She is responsible

for all aspects of Stonehenge’s manage-ment and stewardship, managing a large team of staff and volunteers. Kate joined English Heritage in 2006 and developed and implemented English Heritage’s first volunteering strategy, establishing a new department to deliver an exemplary na-tional volunteering programme in the her-itage sector.

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How can small volunteer community mu-seums reinvent themselves to remain relevant in the 21st century? This was the challenge facing the Mataura Historical Society in 2011. Over the next 3 years the Society’s ten retired volunteers worked with the Gore District Council to reimagine their Museum. In essence the plan involved digitizing the Museum’s collection, build-ing an onsite storeroom, restoring the So-ciety’s 1880’s house museum and sharing the community’s heritage in fresh ways. The Museum reopened in March 2015 and jointly won New Zealand’s 2015 Best Mu-seum Project Award, showcasing how vol-unteer community museums can address the above challenge on a modest budget.

After 20 years as a litigation and commercial law-yer, David ‘saw the light’ and retrained as a curator. He has a Master of Museum and Her-itage Studies from

Victoria University of Wellington where his research focused on museum leadership. After graduating, David returned to his home town of Gore, where he works with local heritage organisations undertaking development projects.

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David Luoni

24.new zealand MuseuM awards / best MuseuM proJect 2015

Mataura, new zealand

Mataura Museum: “Reinventing the Mataura Museum”

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Adèle Hempel

Previously she was the director of two museums in Atlantic Canada. Hempel obtained her Master of Art Conservation at Queen’s University and Master of Mu-

seum Studies at the University of Toronto. She teaches part-time at the University of Winnipeg (Canadian Arts & Cultural Policy) and serves on several boards, including the Alliance of Natural History Museums of Canada. Fluent in French and German, Hempel is an advocate of community in-volvement in exhibit planning and interpre-tation.

Working in partnership with the Interna-tional Institute for Sustainable Develop-ment, the design team of AldrichPears & Associates and NGX Interactive (Vancou-ver, BC), and a local advisory committee of stakeholders, the goal of The Manitoba Mu-seum in producing Lake Winnipeg: Shared Solutions (March 2014) was to present current scientific research on Canada’s second-largest (international) watershed in a format that encourages young people, playing an interactive “Watershed Sim-ulator” game, to learn about water stew-ardship. Participants are confronted with issues and encouraged to make timely decisions, observing their impact on the lake’s ecosystem.

Educating About Water Stewardship

canadian MuseuMs association 2015 award oF outstanding acHieveMent in exHibitions

winnipeg, canada

”Lake Winnipeg: Shared Solutions” Manitoba Museum

25.septeMber 24tH 16:15 - 16:40

Live The Humanitarian Adventure

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Roger Mayou

After studying History of Art, German and Lin-guistics in Geneva and Munich, Roger obtained a Master of Arts in Geneva. He was a museum curator and artistic

advisor for a major bank. Since 1998 he has been Director of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum. He is also a member of the Strategic Council of the University of Geneva. Centered in the cultural field, his career has allowed him to develop his skills in the artistic, economic and humanitarian fields.

Emotion, discovery, reflection: the Interna-tional Red Cross and Red Crescent Muse-um offers a unique introductory experience to humanitarian action. An immersive and interactive scenography plunges you into the heart of three major present-day chal-lenges: defending human dignity, restoring family links, and reducing natural risks. These challenges, displayed in three dis-tinctive spaces, designed by internationally renowned architects, invite you to take part in a surprising and informative visit. Twelve contemporary witnesses are the guiding thread of the exhibition. They welcome you and accompany you along the way.

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geneva, switzerland

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum

europen MuseuM ForuM / KennetH Hudson award 2015

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Hanoi, vietnaM

Vietnamese Women’s MuseumMinistry oF culture, sport and tourisM “best attraction in vietnaM” award 2015

The Vietnamese Women’s Museum is lo-cated in the centre of Hanoi. It is dedicated to researching, collecting and exhibiting the life stories and experiences of Viet-namese women. The museum contains three main galleries: Family, History and Fashion. These themes explore the roles of women in contemporary Vietnamese society, and the great contributions they have made throughout history. The VWM collection holds more than 30,000 objects, photographs and documents. The museum hosts a regular series of temporary exhibi-tions and frequently collaborates with in-ternational organizations. Onsite features include a Discovery Room, Museum Shop and Cafe.

Presenting Life Stories of Vietnamese Women DIRECTOR

Nguyen Thi Bích Vân

Van began her career at VWM in 1987. She worked in several differ-ent positions there before becoming Director in 2009. Van has been one of the dynamic pio-

neers behind the renovation of the muse-um, developing it as a socially interactive museum and a popular place for women. The museum has been listed as one of the top 25 museums in Asia and the top 10 museums of Vietnam. Involving community - especially disadvantaged women – in the museum’s work is her first priority, giving the museum a special and unique focus.

27.septeMber 24tH 17:35 - 18:00

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Nicola Walker

Nicola manages the Collection Care and the Facilities teams for both the Whitworth and Manchester Muse-um, University of Manchester. She has long experi-

ence of working on collection care, storage projects, and exhibition preparation and installation, and advocate for environmen-tal and collections sustainability. Between 2009-2016 she worked alongside the Whit-worth’s design team as Client Coordinator on the development and delivery of the £15m capital development project to ex-tend and refurbish the gallery.

The Whitworth is home to internationally renowned collections of modern art, tex-tiles, watercolours, prints, drawings and sculpture. Created in 1889, and sited with-in a public park, the Whitworth is develop-ing a new vision for the role of a univer-sity gallery. During 2014 it underwent the largest transformation in its history with a £15 million development project by MUMA (McInnes Usher McKnight Architects). The redevelopment, supported by major Herit-age Lottery Fund and Arts Council England grants, by The University of Manchester and other funders, doubled public space and created state-of-the-art new facilities including expanded gallery spaces, study centre, learning studio, and collections centre.

2014 / 2015 The Whitworth as A ‘Closed’ and ‘Open’ Gallery

28.art Fund prize / MuseuM oF tHe year 2015

university oF MancHester, united KingdoM

The Whitworth

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Venue: Rector’s Palace

This Gothic-Renaissance palace, built in 15th century to the design of Neapolitan architect Onofrio di Giordano della Cava, was the centre of government and the offi-cial residence of Rectors of the Dubrovnik Republic. During the centuries, the palace suffered a good deal of serious damage from explosions and earthquakes. Today, the Rector’s Palace is a two-storey build-ing, with portico and atrium, in which the Gothic-Renaissance form is skilfully blend-ed with Baroque interventions. It houses the Cultural History Museum, which holds material of a distinctly cultural, historical and artistic value, with about ten thousand objects created over a time span from the end of the 15th to the beginning of the 20th century.

Closing Ceremony

The Saturday evening is the culmination of the event taking place in the Rector’s palace. All participating projects will receive certificates and plaques joining them to Excellence Club of more than the more than 220 projects presented so far. The two projects, one from each part of the programme, judged as the the most influential will receive their trophies. The ceremony will be preceded with a guided tour of the Museum located in the Palace and is followed by a dinner party. For some participants that will be farewell party. Some will participate next morning at the wrap-up session of the White Council. Oth-ers will join for the post-conference tour to another UNESCO heritage site - Kotor.

september 24th 21:00 - 00:00 hours

Cooperation with EXPONATEC

The exchange of competence between industry experts and the professional handling of cultural heritage are the basis for the cooperation between EXPONATEC COLOGNE and Best in Heritage which has been ongoing since 2006. This fruitful co-operation enables projects voted as most influential to present themselves to the international audience of EXPONATEC and the specialist press. The chosen four pro-jects from Dubrovnik, and on-line access to the others, offer the visitors to EXPON-ATEC excellent information on the quality developments of the sector. The suppliers and providers of equipment get a state-of-the-art insight into current museum and conservation work.

Next edition: 22-24 November 2017www.exponatec.de

The conference annually presents a hand-picked choice of the most successful, awarded projects from the domain of her-itage. Coming from all over the world, they can all be rightfully regarded as projects of influence. When organizing the event, we urge the presenters to make the best use of their technique and the place to convey their achievements. To stimulate them, the professional audience has been for years choosing the best formal presentation, and presenting it with an award. Besides eval-uating the quality of the presentation they always reward innovative spirit and capac-ity for inspiration.

The Project of Influence

“It’s was an honor to present at the conference in 2012. As an independent and private museum in Singapore, presenting on an international platform such as Best in Heritage allowed us to share our contribution and passion for culture and heritage with the world.”

Alvin YApp, MAnAger, The inTAn

“The city itself is truly a parenthesis out of time. The 19th-century ambiance of the Marin Drćić Theater is a surreal treasure box for the most modern and innovative ideas presented by speakers from all over the world. An outstanding organization, a must-see, must-hear, and must-live experience.”

hélene Bernier, DirecTor of exhiBiTions AnD inTernATionAl AffAirs, le Musées De lA civilisATion

“The Best in Heritage is a fantastic initiative, bringing together some of the most exciting museum and heritage projects in the world today. Well-organised, good fun and full of important learn-ing for professionals in the field, it’s a conference that deserves the excellent reputation that it enjoys.”

Trevor WhiTe, DirecTor, liTTle MuseuM of DuBlin

“I was very proud of being a part of the Conference”. It was a very good opportunity to introduce our museum and ad get to know different museums from around the world. I am also glad to have met so many colleagues that shared wonderful ideas. It was time well spent and I learned a lot.”

feriDe Çelik, DirecTor, BAksi MuseuM

“The conference has a vibrant atmosphere that surrounded and enriched us all, and offers a rare occasion for discovery of the best cultural heritage projects, for sharing and celebrating them with their authors, and to do it all in beautiful Dubrovnik.”

José GaMEiro, DirEcTor, MusEu DE PorTiMao

“The Best in Heritage conference is a great opportunity to meet other like-minded people and to see an important snapshot of museum practice in the world today. It was both an education and extremely enjoyable to be part of the conference in 2015.”

EmmajanE avEry, DirEctor of LEarning anD visitor ExpEriEncEvictoria anD aLbErt musEum

“This is a wonderful heritage-congress, organised in a profession-al and inspirational manner. The days I have spent in Dubrovnik meeting all the fantastic colleagues from all over the world will always belong to one of the best experiences I had in my profes-sional career.”

jan KinDLEr, HEaD oD sciEntific programmEs anD mEDia, miLitary History musEum of tHE bunDEswEHr

“It was a special honor to be selected for, and participate in, the conference in Dubrovnik. To be included with such outstanding museums from throughout the world and to be able to interact with leading museum professionals who had been responsible for their museum’s remarkable success story was exhilirating. Kudos to the organizers of this marvelous conference.”

Dr. micHaEL a. marEs, DirEctor, sam nobLE musEum

“It was really my great honour to be a part of the conferrence. I was inspired by excellent presentations of fellow laureates from all over the world and really appreciated to be informed about their work on preserving cultural heritage.”

KazuHiKo sHima, DirEctor Hamamatsu musEum of musicaL instrumEnts

“I really felt I benefited from being part of the Best in Heritage. For me, this has not just been about participating in a wonderful event in a beautiful setting and sharing ideas and challenges with colleagues from all over the world. It’s also been about develop-ing my own professional network and getting to know my industry a little bit more through the contacts I made there.”

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After all the presentations of each part of the programme have been delivered, the audience, moderators and the last year’s winner will cast their votes. Members of the audience, who have to be registered partic-ipants, have 1 vote each, while moderators and last year’s laureate have 3 votes each. The voting is anonymous. Moderators and the previous winner are well briefed about the featured projects and consent to follow all the presentations. The winners are de-cided by the majority of votes cast at the end of the each part of programme.

The moderator for the 2016 IMAGINES programme, Alex Palin, will be joined by two moderators of the core programme to assess the projects. The moderators of the core programme are Anne-Catherine Robert-Hauglustaine, Claude Faubert, Viv Golding and Carl Depauw. They are joined

by the representative of last year’s Project of Influence, Mr. Ad Geerdink. The two cho-sen projects will be presented with a sym-bolic trophy. The two leading projects will be invited to be part of the Best in Heritage Stand at Exponatec – the museums, herit-age and conservation fair at Cologne.

The moderators and the representative of the last year’s winning project form the White Council, an informal body which will end the conference with a wrap-up session on Sunday morning, September 25th. Held in the Rector’s Palace, it will be a panel discussion on the trends and tendencies as perceived or indicated during the con-ference. This session is open to all partic-ipants.


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The registration fee covers:

• Access to all presentations)• All conference materials (conference

publication, t-shirt, bag, promotional material, list of participants..)

• Guided City walls Tour (1st day)• Opening ceremony, Concert and Wel-

come Cocktail dinner (1st day)• Guided tours of Museum Cultural Histo-

ry Museum and Ethnographic Museum of Dubrovnik

• Ethno Party with concert and Buffet dinner in Rupe Museum (2nd day)

• Four coffee and refreshment breakes during the programme (2nd and 3rd day)

• Closing Ceremony, Concert and Gala Cocktail dinner party (3rd day)

• 30% discount on prices of DVDs of all former conferences:

Conference Registration Fees:

• Full (330 Euro)• Reduced (260 Euro, only for members

of ICOM, ICOMOS, Europa Nostra, IC-CROM, WFFM, IFLA, ASEMUS and Cro-atian Museum Society)

• Student (150 Euro)• Presenters’ Accompanying person (140

Euro, access only to social programme)• Excellence Club Member (180 Euro)• Presenter (Free)

To register on-line please visit the follow-ing web-page:

www.thebestinheritage.con/conference/registration

(PayMENT via PayPaL, BaNk TraNsfEr or oN ThE sPoT iN

DuBrovNik)

Conference Registration

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post-conference event on sunday, 27th septemberin partnership with the embasssy of the kingdom of the netherlands in croatiaand in association with icom croatia and croatian museum association

inter university centre dubrovnik

Financing Heritage Institutions in Times of Scarcity

ITINERERY

• departure from hotels ARGOSY/NEP-TUN/LERO at 9:15 and from PILE at 9:30

• 11:00 crossing the border to Montenegro• driving through the Bay of Kotor; photo

stop at Perast Old city and• visit by boat to the famous man maid

island The lady of the rock and its mu-seum

• 12:30 arrival to Kotor; orientational walk and free time

• 13:30 departure from Kotor• 14:00 arrival to Budva,lunch and free

time for indivdual visit to Budva Old city• 16:00 departure from Budva and photo

stop at Sveti Stefan• 17:30 short ferry ride across the Bay of

Kotor and drive towards Dubrovnik• 19:00 arrival to the hotels/Pile

Included: transportation, guide, lunch.

The number of seats is limited. To book your place please fill out the Excursion booking form !

BOOKING FORM available at www.the-bestinheritage.com

For any further details regarding the post conference excursion please contact DUBROVNIK SUN d.o.o. at:

Tel.: +385 20 436363Fax: +385 20 [email protected] person: Djordje (George) Jankovic (GSM +385 98 244 405)

ThE PosT coNfErENcE ExcursioN By Bus oN 25Th sEPTEMBEr 2016

THE CITY OF KOTOR (UNESCO World Heritage Site) and THE BAY OF KOTOR (MONTENEGRO)

(only upon reservation, all included, 80 Euro)

http://http://www.thebestinheritage.com/files/Images/pdf/BOOKING-FORM-KOTOR-2015.doc

Accommodation

The conference’s local partner Dubrovnik sun agency has (limited) number of pre-booked hotel rooms, private rooms and apartments, often in the very Old City or its vicinity. This has proved to be an excel-lent solution at acceptable prices. How-ever, except for the luxurious offer, most of the hotels are outside the Old City, and in a very peaceful and attractive environ-ment. Please, do not hesitate to contact Dubrovnik Sun for all further information. via the contacts listed bellow or by visiting our website.

Later reservations work only for private accommodation (hotels must be booked much in advance). To spare yourself from the panic, please make your bookings as soon as possible! Remember, our event’s venue is in the very heart of the Old City, in the “Theatre Marin Držić”.

The growing number of direct flights to Dubrovnik does not mean you should not do your flight arrangements as early as possible. Seats may vary in price very substantially depending upon the time of booking.

For direct and friendly customer care we highly recommend:

Dubrovnik Sun d.o.o.Bokeljska 26,HR-20000 DUBROVNIK, CROATIATel.: +385 20 436363Fax: +385 20 [email protected] person: Djordje (George) Jankovic (GSM +385 98 244 405)

www.thebestinheritage.con/information/accommodation

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Documents

Best in Heritage 2016 Projects of Influence