It has always been important to see the local region in the museum and the museum in the local region. With that we mean: museums refer to nearby hotels, shops and restaurants so their visitors will find their way and ...

The last in the series of 5 seminars on the management of archaeological open-air museums was held at Calafell on 7 October. It was used as an opportunity to take stock of our achievements over the last five years and to identify in particular the achievements of the project in this area...

Environmental issues are of increasing importance in all organisations. As part of the St Fagans conference the opportunity was taken to introduce OpenArch delegates to the ways in which these issues are addressed in two key areas: garden and farm management.

During the St Fagans conference on museum management, Linda Nilsen Ask, gave the audience a clear and focused presentation on the work that Rogaland County Council are doing to ensure that their public spaces are accessible to all.

A team of three members of staff from Butser Ancient Farm, long time EXARC member and an example to many others, attended the OpenArch Conference in Wales. EXARC organised the visit following an initiative by St Fagans.

The provision of a sleepover facility at St Fagans is an important part of the organisation's plans, and also of the WP2 programme.

The conference arranged by the Viminacium partners relied heavily on their own purpose built accommodation, dining and lecture facilities. This provided a perfect opportunity for St Fagans to examine the way in which this system operated as part of the delivery of work package 2.

FREE-meeting had the theme of the organization and held in cooperation between Bunge Museum and the Gotland Museum. we met up in the ancient hall of Visby and was given the opportunity to both watch their show and listen to their managertold of Gotland museum and how they are organized.

St Fagans National History Museum gave a conference presentation on progress being made on their building of new roundhouses at St Fagans.

The aim of this project was to improve the quality of the working environment in a 17th-century farmhouse which is open to the public throughout the winter.

On August 11 - 12 a small workshop was held at St Fagans National History Museum, Wales, attended by four contributors from the Netherlands, Italy and Germany as well as Wales. The aim of this diverse group was to begin thinking about the issues which face Archaeological Open-Air Museums and ...

Volunteer help is an important part of the management ethos at Foteviken Museum - they assist in the populating and presentation of the museum, but also in the construction and maintenance of buildings.

Early autumn 2011 it was decided that two key people if IMTAL Europe would be involved in the organisation of the upcoming OpenArch conference in Foteviken.

During the OpenArch conference at the Hunebedcentrum, the opportunity was taken (with the support of the Centre's managers) to review the reconstructed Neolithic house in order to find areas which St Fagans could learn from in the building of its own Iron Age houses.

The goal of this project was to develop a venue at St Fagans that will allow school groups to stay overnight, thereby broadening and deepening the learning experience that is available.