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Daunting, dazzling - and doomed
Why have painters been so drawn to the Tower of Babel? Jonathan Jones finds the answer in an eerie, compelling show about Babylon, the ancient city where it once stood
Posted in Euroculture
Tagged Art, Art and design, Article, Culture, Exhibitions, Heritage, Jonathan Jones, Museums, Reviews
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Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills
Over the past seven years, the national dialogue around 21st century skills has reached critical mass in national competitiveness, workforce development, and K-12 education circles. This discussion has developed as the needs and nature of the workforce have undergone dramatic shifts, as shown in the next table. Continue reading
European Museum of the Year Award 2011
For more information please write to Françoise McClafferty, EMF Trust Secretary, at [email protected].
or visit European Museum Forum official website
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Germany’s Ozeaneum is the European Museum of the Year
The Kenneth Hudson Award
This is a new award in honour of the internationally reknowned museologist and journalist, founder of the European Museum Forum. The first Kenneth Hudson Award went to the Museum of Contraception and Abortion in Vienna, Austria. It was felt that the achievement of this museum contributed significantly to the development of the public quality of museums . Continue reading
Museums, Cultural Diversity and Management
ultural diversity is becoming increasingly important for museums, usually operating in an urban context. From this point of view, a museum is seen as a meeting place for different cultures and population segments in which debate and discussion can take place. Therefore, the summer school questions how these new insights can be implemented in the museum management. An ‘old’ museology, in which objects were preserved for their intrinsic historic and aesthetic values, must make room for a ‘new’ museology, which puts forward the dissemination of values and meanings of heritage for society. Museums evolve into places of experience. How can we pinpoint this evolution, and how is it being translated into the museum management and management functions as marketing, HRM, education and collection management? The question how to deal with cultural diversity is a responsibility of the museum sector as a whole. Therefore, this summer school is of interest to all students in cultural management, museology, cultural policies, conservation as well as to professionals. Continue reading
