to learn and create among the treasures
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Contemporary Museum and Gallery Education practices:
Local Communities meet Global Narratives, May 22-23, 2015
Vera Boneva
TO LEARN AND CREATE AMONG THE TREASURES:
INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES OF BULGARIAN MUSEUMS
Bulgaria
110,994 sq km territory
7.4 million inhabitants
EU member from 2007
Sofia – capital city
Plovdiv – 2019 EUcapital of culture
Eastern Orthodoxy –traditional religion (85% of population)
214 state and 4 privatemuseums
32 archeological reserves
9 UNESCO Heritage Sites
Five museum/gallery plots from Bulgaria
Regional Museum of History in the town of Dobrich as a meeting point of culturaldiversities and rich historical traditions of Dodrudzha – a geographical region, shared between Bulgaria and Romania
National Museum of History in Sofia as a significant heritage institution withrepresentative status and essential functions with regard maintaining an explicit national consciousness
Eco-Museum in Ruse as a brand new cultural and educational topos with greatpotential for eco-activities, targeted to a large scale of audiences
Panagyurishte Municipality Museum as a special cultural network loaded witha strong attractiveness for all generations of Bulgarian citizens tempted by ourhistorical narratives and national myths
Trakart Museum in Plovdiv as a private museum and art center with strong presence in local cultural life
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Regional Museum of History – Dobrich
P1. Ex-Romanian Casino – Museum of Modern History
P2. Presentation of a book
about Romania in the Yordan Yovkov Museum
P3. Replica of a Revival Bulgarian schoolroom –
popular space for educational activities
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National History Museum – Sofia
P1. Main building of the Museum
P2. Permanent exhibition
P3. A future judge in the museum workshop
Eurovision Museum Exhibiting Europe – EMEE project
The aim of the EMEE-project is to make museums more accessible in many ways:with an innovative and interdisciplinary approach developed by history didactics the project wants to re-interpret museum objects and put them into a broader context of national and transnational history.
The EMEE project is supposed to be realised by a European trans-sectionalconsortium, led by the University of Augsburg - Germany (Chair of History Didactics) and composed by excellent partners from Bulgaria (National History Museum), France (Université Paris-Est Créteil, Chair for technology, design and visual arts), Germany-Stuttgart (Atelier Brückner), Italy (Università degli Studi Roma Tre), Portugal (Museu Nacional de Arqueologia), Slovenia (National Museum of Contemporary History) and Austria (monochrom Kunstverein).
The project develops innovative and creative concepts (tools) to realize the ‘change of perspective’ as the key to ‘Europeanisation’ of museum work.These concepts are provided online and on a trial base in the Eurovision Labs of all participating partners. Internet site: www.museums-exhibiting-europe.de
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P3 Eco-Museum in Ruse
P1. Renovated building
P2. Diorama – birds in their habitat
P3. Mammuthus romanus taken captive
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P2 Panagyurishte Museum
P1. Tutev’s House – a dwelling place of Bulgarian Revival spirit
P2. A section of permanent exhibition,devoted to the April Uprising – 1876
P3. The underground exhibition hall with the Panagyurishte golden treasure
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P2 Trakart Museum in Plovdiv
P1. In situ Roma mosaics with a part of permanent exhibition
P2. Disabled people creating mosaics in the Trakart Center
P3. Childrenʼs songs and dances into the Museum P