Newer Era

Artists, Textile designers, Architects, Anthropologists, Social scientists - Join us in 'Crafting Resilience' in Kalash Valley, KPK from 12th - 21st April 2020.

Send your statement of interest, CV and ID on laajverdvisitingschool@gmail.com by 7th March 2020.

Annual Conference of ICOM MPR

The International Committee for Museum Marketing & Public Relations of ICOM announces its annual conference in 2020 in Kassel and Berlin.

-> Call for Proposals is open

21-23 September 2020 in Kassel
24-26 September 2020 in Berlin

Introduction

#exact dates TBC

Topic: Engagement in Environment and Local Community

The Time Travel Method in Education, Tourism and Local Development

The 9th International AFAV Congress will take place from May the 29th to June the 2th 2021 in Nantes!

How wool becomes clothing

In the museum village, everything revolves around clothing. Whether wool from freshly shorn Skudden, an old breed of sheep, whether hemp fiber or flax: from the raw material to the finished piece of clothing, the different manufacturing processes can be clearly experienced.

And if you want, you can spin, felt, weave, dye or sew yourself!

Hops and Malt

Get to know different brewing methods from all over the world on a journey through time!

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.

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.

Course target: we manufacture 3 soaps to take away

Course content: What is soap? How does soap work? What raw materials are used? And how is it handled correctly? Calculation of a soap recipe; Raw materials and their processing; Additives, fragrances, colors, herbs, tools; Script with simple soaps to imitate yourself

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.