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South Africa. Archaeological? Yes. Open-air? Yes. Museum? Yes. EXARC? Not yet.

Submitted by EXARC on Fri, 17/05/2013 - 21:53

In its quest for archaeological open-air museums across the world, EXARC received assistance from ICOM, the International Museum Federation with over 30,000 members worldwide...

EXARC Convention in Hungary

Submitted by EXARC on Mon, 06/05/2013 - 10:26

EXARC is pleased to announce we will hold our autumn 2013 meeting near Budapest, Hungary. We expect many of our members and other interested professionals for a three day meeting revolving around ‘live interpretation in open-air venues’...

Bulletin of Primitive Technology, now available in Europe as well

Submitted by EXARC on Mon, 29/04/2013 - 12:51

The Bulletin of Primitive Technology, published since 1991, is a treasure trove for anybody interested in ancient technology and primitive crafts. Back issues have always been hard to get but we now have a truckload of back issues delivered to our office in the Netherlands....

Successful History of Experimental Archaeology Conference

Submitted by EXARC on Mon, 22/04/2013 - 13:52

The History of Experimental Archaeology Conference held 12 -14 April at Sagnlandet Lejre (DK) was a great success, with attendees from over ten different countries. Presentations explored the history of experimental archaeology on international, national and personal levels and included topics such as boat construction, building (re)constructions and taphonomy...

New book out!

Submitted by EXARC on Wed, 17/04/2013 - 10:07

A new book is out about archaeological open-air museums and experimental archaeology. It’s mostly in Polish but with English summaries. 34 articles of ‘all’ Polish and Slovak colleagues!

Spring 2013: EXARC in Ireland

Submitted by EXARC on Mon, 08/04/2013 - 00:00

Early March we visited Ireland. EXARC has a handful of members there. Our first stop was at Newgrange Currach where we looked at the large seagoing currach our members are building, a magnificent undertaking...

Lofotr Viking Museum nominated for the European Museum of the Year 2013 Award

Submitted by EXARC on Sun, 07/04/2013 - 21:53

The European Museum of the Year Award is an annual award. The winner should be using innovative ways of engaging the visitors and demonstrating will to create exciting ways to talk to all visitors...

Scouting for museum members in Russia

Submitted by EXARC on Wed, 03/04/2013 - 00:00

EXARC is constantly on the lookout for new museums which would fit well with the existing 150+ members. With help from ICOM Russia we selected over 25 open-air museums in the vast Russian territory of which we think they have reconstructed houses as well...

Archeon (NL) nominated for the 2013 Children’s Museum Award

Submitted by EXARC on Mon, 18/03/2013 - 09:38

27 March 2013, we will know if Archeon received the 2013 Children’s Museum Award. Yhis award is an initiative by “Hands On!”, the Association of Children’s Museums and the International European Museum Academy which is a European Museum Expertise Foundation...

Heuneburg Open-Air Museum saved?

Submitted by EXARC on Sun, 17/03/2013 - 11:04

The Celtic King’s Seat at the Heuneburg (Herbertingen, Landkreis Sigmaringen) is a key factor in archaeological research and is of international importance. Research here is comparable to the important French site Bibracte and requires a similar solution. The municipality Herbertingen has about 5,000 inhabitants, less than the King’s Seat itself in its hay days. The combined indoor and outdoor museums are caught in a business model which leads to heavy losses.

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