Iron Age

Historical Foodfest, taste the past

Hungry! Your own vegetable garden, fermenting, smoking, brewing and cooking - it's totally hip again. Many of those techniques have a long history.

From tunic to haute couture: On the 19th and 20th of June, all the beauty of our history will be showcased in the preHistorisch Dorp in Eindhoven.

10.000 years of fashionistas

Beautiful on the inside, beautiful on the outside.

Health and beauty are inextricably linked. People have known that for as long as they exist. This weekend Museumpark Archeon shows how people from prehistory to the 21st century deal with the care and well-being of their body.

Forging is of all times, before metal was used there was already a flint smith. Sharp objects such as knives, axes and adzes were made from flint. Later these objects were made of bronze and then of iron and steel.

Course objective: Each participant carves a wooden spoon and a plate with simple hand tools such as an ax, carving knife and gouges.

In the last few years, ICOM and its members have reflected upon the following difficult issues. In 2017 the subject for the international museum day was Contested histories: Saying the unspeakable in museums, and this year it is going to be Museums for equality: Diversity and Inclusion.

Prehistoric Cooking and Frying

Course objective: With the resources from the people of the past a dish from the Stone, Bronze and Iron Age is cooked and tasted.

Making Fire like in Old Times

Course objective: Each participant creates his own functional fire set.