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 liveARCH (Culture 2000) |
What it is about
LiveARCH is a network of museums with a focus on living history, aiming to disseminate historic knowledge and to promote a greater interest in our common European cultural heritage among the general public.
www.liveARCH.eu
Under the patronage of EXARC, eight members: Lofotr Viking Museum (NO), The Museum of Foteviken (SE), Pfahlbaumuseum Unteruhldingen (DE), Historisch OpenluchtMuseum Eindhoven (leader) (NL), Araisi Archaeological Museum Park at the Latvian National History Museum (LV), Matrica Múzeum és Régészeti Park (HU), Parco Archeologico e Museo all’aperto della Terramara di Montale (IT) and The Scottish Crannog Centre (SC) joined in a 3 years Culture 2000 project called “liveARCH”.
The plan can be devided in 5 components:
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4 training workshops.
4 – 5 days each, spread over the 3 years and amongst the co-organisers. The workshops have the following themes: Marketing & Communication; Skills training; The Dialogue of Knowledge; The Dialogue with the Visitor. |
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Approximately 90 staff exchanges, taking between 2 and 10 days each, within the 3 year time frame; approximately 10 exchanges per Partner. |
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A joint exhibition on living history presentations including an exhibition catalogue. It will be shown a minimum from the 3rd year of the project onwards, in most cases running as a permanent exhibition. |
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Existing workshops will be coordinated between the partners. Existing and new events will be coordinated between the partners. This will be achieved through a web based application and through publishing flyers for distribution. This will be done during the complete length of the project. |
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The quality development will be addressed continuously during the length of the project. The quality of the co-organisers will be assessed on a self evaluation base, and enhanced according to standards which will be set up during this project. |
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LiveARCH runs from November 2006 to October 2009.
See for more information the website: www.liveARCH.eu |
2007.01.23
by R. Paardekooper |
In the coming days, “Eindhoven” will host the first meeting of all partners of liveARCH. An important goal to liveARCH is to improve the experience of visitors to archaeological open air museums across Europe through a better cooperation and with this, to enlarge interest in heritage. Living History plays a central role in these. LiveARCH will ink the museums in question better and pursue quality and sustainability. This will be reached through networking, communication (including a website and exhibition), workshops, seminars, master classes and staff exchanges.
The goals for the Eindhoven meeting are to start building a team out of 8 different museums from all corners of Europe. The people present will measure their ambitions to one another and make appointments about all different themes which play a role when running an archaeological open air museum in general, and a joint project in particular.
The meeting, with 30 participants from 11 countries, will be opened by Mrs Mittendorf, alderwoman for a.o. Culture in the municipality of Eindhoven. Key Note speaker is W. van der Weiden, Chairman of the European Museum Forum. |
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| LiveARCH Grant Agreement signed
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2006.11.01
by R. Paardekooper |
After 3 months of negotiating, the lead partner of
liveARCH, the Historisch OpenluchtMuseum Eindhoven, has signed the Grant Agreement with the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency. The three year project has a value of 1.4 Million Euro. The project bureau, which resides in Eindhoven, has visited Brussels and got many questions answered. What remains before liveARCH can kick off is a good agreement between the 8 partners of liveARCH. |
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2006.07.12
by R. Paardekooper |
In the evening of 12 July, we received a fax from Brussels with the following content:
“The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency has concluded the examination of proposals submitted under the above Call for Proposals. On the basis of recommendations of independent experts from countries participating in the Culture 2000 programme, in agreement with the management committee of the programme and following the exercise of the right of scrutiny by the European Parliament, a list of projects, which have been proposed to receive an EU grant, has been established.
We have the pleasure to inform you that your project is amongst those proposed to receive EU financial support. The precise amount of the grant will be communicated to you in due course, when the financial and administrative procedures are successfully completed. It must be understood that there is not, at this stage, any legal commitment on the part of the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency. (...)”
That is the good news we have been waiting for since October 2005.
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| LiveARCH (INTERREG 4C) became LiveARCH (Culture 2000) |
2005.10.28
by R. Paardekooper |
In September 2005, it became clear, the best option to apply for EU funding for the liveARCH idea was not to wait for INTERREG 4, but to join Culture 2000 with a 3 year project. One of the limits of Culture 2000 was the number of participants: maximum 8.
After 2 weeks, our liveARCH project counted 8 candidates. We hope to be able to have more EXARC members join the project and its activities as affiliate partners. By the 28th of October, an application of almost 5 kilogrammes was sent off to Brussels.
The eight co-organisers are:
Lofotr - the Vikingmuseum at Borg (NO)
Foundation Fotevikens Maritima Centrum (SE)
Pfahlbaumuseum Unteruhldingen (DE)
Historisch OpenluchtMuseum Eindhoven (leader) (NL)
Araisi Lake Fortress Foundation (LV)
Matrica Múzeum és Régészeti Park (HU)
Comune di Modena - Museo Civico Archeologico Etnologico (IT)
The Scottish Crannog Centre (SC) |
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| Introduction of the European project LiveARCH (INTERREG 4C) at the 8th EXARC Meeting, Biskupin (PL) |
2004.11.13
by R. Paardekooper |
The INTERREG workgroup, with as principal advisor Geir Sør Reime (NO) and members from Foteviken (SE), Lejre (DK) and HOME (NL) presented the plans and the 1st draft at the EXARC meeting in Biskupin in Autumn 2004. All EXARC members present as well as some absentees agreed with the chosen road.
Between the members who agreed are the Pfahlbautenmuseum (DE), the Archaeological Museum at Biskupin (PL), the State Cultural Reserve of Kernave (LT) and the Middelaldercentret (DK).
Until we will send our proposal to Lille in April 2005, we would like to call on our members and afiliates to inform themselves and cooperate with us in getting a plan which will bring the whole of EXARC further.
New members to EXARC as well as participants in liveARCH are welcome, provided you agree with the statutes of the association and the plans of liveARCH.
The meetings of the following three years will be under the flag of liveARCH, presenting the work done within the differnet components. We foresee staff exchanges as well as hightening the quality of the EXARC members on management, on content, on both their physical as well as human envornment. The latter includes besides staff which interacts with the public as well the living history groups accross Europe which play an important role in bringing our museums to life.
These are just a few glimpses of the ideas we have. If you are interested, please join us and send a mail to the EXARC secretary. |
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| Conception of a plan for EXARC's future
at the 7th EXARC Meeting, Barcelona (SE) |
2004.03.19-21
by R. Paardekooper |
When meeting at the Barcelona Universities, the members present decided it was time to move EXARC to a higher plan and speed up its development. A workgroup was formed which planned to meet two months later in Sweden. |
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