RETOLD

On May 21 and May 28 the RETOLD webinar “Vlogging in Open-Air Museums” took place online. In the original plan we were hoping to have it live during the conferences, however due to Covid restrictions and difficulties with travels abroad, as well as high need to have it done rather sooner than later - it was decided to go online. The workshop was organized by Museumsdorf Düppel (DE).

In the words of one of the participants: "I recently took part in a 2 day webinar training session on Vlogging- video logging, which was offered to the different partners collaborating on the RETOLD project. Although I was a complete novice, I gained a wealth of practical information Vlogs in Part 1, such as Vlog styles, user personas and audience content, storyboarding and ...

The project virt:düppel was carried as part of a cooperation between the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft (HTW) Berlin and the Stadtmuseum Berlin and was funded by digiS – the research centre for digitisation Berlin. Projekte 2019 – digiS (digis-berlin.de)

The aim of the project was the digitisation of cultural heritage – in this case of the house reconstructions in the medieval open air museum “Museumsdorf Düppel” - with an emphasis on creating data for the use of virtual- and augmented reality for education...

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From the beginning of the year 2021, EXARC has been working on creating a clear style for the RETOLD project: the products and communication. So far we have a logo, approved by all partners, and basic styles to use on Social Media (Facebook, Instagram and Twitter). These are media EXARC is very present on and will share progress with. First we are going to present our partners and the project itself, later more products will be designed. You will see that our collaboration exists out of museums (archaeological and open-air), a University, a Digital Media Studio and EXARC itself...

Early December, we silently started with the EU Project RETOLD. This is all about open-air museums and the documentation, digitization and sharing of their stories. The start of the project is mainly about ensuring all partners agree with what we promised Brussels, checking what changed since a year ago and where challenges may arise in the start of the 4-year project. We planned several digital meetings with each partner and one general one. Also discussing the next few months and timeline.

Project countries are Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Spain and Romania. EXARC is the project leader...

Brussels deemed us worthy: the RETOLD Project gets green light!

EXARC leads the way in this documentation and digitising endeavour for open-air museums. In four years, with six partners and a budget of over 300,000 EUR we will develop methods of multimodal documentation which will be brought to the public by means of immersive digital storytelling. We will be happy to start by the end of 2020.

The RETOLD project will ensure that open-air museums can continue telling important cultural heritage stories to a diverse public by developing a standardized workflow to collect, digitize, and publish data on buildings, crafts, and traditions...

On November 26, EXARC sent in a project application to Brussels. The idea is to develop a documentation and digitization strategy for open-air museums, to the benefit of the museums themselves and their visitors. The project goes by the name “Retold Stories - Sustaining Cultural Memories in Open-Air Museums”. EXARC and Stadtmuseum Berlin organise a conference by the same theme in Berlin in March 2020. 

The Creative Europe Project RETOLD has six partners: EXARC (lead partner), Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (ES), Complexul National Muzeal ASTRA (RO), AÖZA gGMBH (DE), Nüwa Digital Media Content Production Studios Limited (IE) and Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin (DE). The budget of the project is over 300,000 EUR...