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Welcome two new partners in OpenArch

At the third OpenArch meeting, in Modena in April 2012, we were finally able to meet with the two new OpenArch partners in person: representatives from Viminacium, Serbia and from the University of Exeter, UK came over to meet. In preparing their participation to OpenArch, the Management Team had already met them, but none of the partners knew either Exeter or Viminacium...

OpenArch complete again with 11 partners

When last year two partners dropped out of OpenArch (see here and here for more details), it was up to the Management Team to find replacing partners. We have spoken with over a dozen seriously interested museums and in December we paid a visit to two of them. Now, early spring we can gladly announce most paperwork is behind us and the OpenArch Partnership is complete again...

Open Archaeology, a world to discover

There are plenty archaeological open-air museums out there, and plenty of literature on experiments – too much to keep up really. Thanks to OpenArch, a Culture Project running until 2015, we are happy to present you a world to discover: Open Archaeology website. We have pulled some important archives, previously accessible at publicarchaeology.eu and updated the information. We have spent much work on a better search engine and other programming...

EXARC meeting during III OpenArch meeting in Modena (IT)

The EXARC member Museo Civico Archeologico Etnologico di Modena hosts the III OpenArch meeting. EXARC members are welcome to join in, 12 to 15 April 2012. The program includes our EXARC Annual General Meeting.
The meeting is about the Dialogue with Skills, one of the main topics in OpenArch. Core of the program is the Workshop Smiths in Bronze Age Europe...

Partner Search for the OpenArch Project in Full Swing

When the OpenArch Project had lost two partners, both for good reasons, it was decided to try and find at least one, preferably two new partners. One should best be from one of the new EU Member states and one should be good at experimental archaeology, not necessarily an archaeological open-air museum. Our search, led by our operational manager, led us to contact many EXARC members...

Conference: Bringing archaeology to life - New ways to reach the public - a report

The conference “How to bring archaeology” to life was held from October 3rd - 7th 2011 at the Hunebedcentre in Borger, the Netherlands. Organisers were the project Zeitgeist, the project OpenArch, EXARC and the Hunebedcentre. The conference was a huge success with almost 100 participants from about ten countries. During the conference, attention was paid to different ways to...

2nd Conference of OpenArch

The Borger Meeting, 3rd - 7th October 2011 was a great success with almost 100 participants from about 10 countries. The programme was well designed and executed, a big thanks to the Hunebedcentrum. The managers of the museums present had made many good and much needed decisions to ensure successful steps for OpenArchs development. Also, the atmosphere among the participants was very good...

OpenArch shields presented to the Partners

A few PR products were made within the OpenArch project, among others shields with the OpenArch logo. Those are to be placed near the entrance of partners' premises, showing their visitors they are involved in OpenArch. Hein Klompmaker, director of the Hunebedcentrum and Ilaria Pulini, director of Parco Montale and EXARC chairman helped the Tanja Klip, Deputy of Culture (media/museums) of the Province Drenthe to reveal the shield...

Final decision from Kalmar County Museum regarding participation in the OpenArch project

At the 7th of September 2011, Kalmar County Museum decided to withdraw. This was not an easy decision. Doubts about the feasibility of running the project were already present in January 2011. The issues of the museum are not so much with the project as much as it has to do with developments in Kalmar itself. Kalmar County Museum is re-organizing...

Biskupin forced to leave OpenArch

Biskupin, partner in OpenArch from the early planning of the project, was forced to withdraw spring 2011. The financial situation for museums in Poland is devastating, and Biskupin is forced to stop any non-essential activities. They hope for a good season 2011 (and the 17th Biskupin Archaeological Festival, September 17th-25th 2011) where they will try to earn most of their own money...

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