WELCOME TO ARCHIVE NEWS LiveARCH 2008: Skills Exchange Programme The directors of the Scottish Crannog Centre travelled to Pfahlbaumuseum Unteruhldingen (www.pfahlbauten.de) in Germany at the end of March for a specialist workshop in bronze working. The aim was to learn how to produce replicas of middle Bronze Age tools found in Scotland, which will be used in the creation of logboats based on discoveries in Loch Tay and in the River Tay. LiveARCH 2008: Conference 3-7 March Four members of the Crannog Crew travelled to the Lofoten Islands and the Vikingmuseum at Borg, Norway (www.lofotr.no) for the 4th liveARCH congress. The theme of this learning journey was marketing for archaeological open air museums. In addition, the 8 liveARCH partners exchanged information and updated each other on their project work which will culminate in: a new European Directory of Open Air Archaeological Museums; guidelines for the registration of such museums including quality standards; guidelines for live interpretation; recommendations for skills training; and maximising the links between research and public dissemination of information.
The Crew at Svolvaer, and the Chieftain's longhouse at the Lofotr Museum. EXARC 16th-18th March, 2007 EXARC is a European network of Open Air Museums and other facilities involved in Experimental Archaeology. It aims to establish a high standard of both scientific research and public presentation. The Scottish Crannog Centre was proud to host the 12th Annual EXARC meeting. Please see www.exarc.net for further details or email us at info@crannog.co.uk. LiveARCH (Culture 2000) 13th-18th March, 2007 LiveARCH is a Culture 2000 project and one of EXARC's major programmes involving eight EXARC members including The Scottish Crannog Centre. Funded by the European Union, the project aims to exchange ideas, skills, and best practice between 8 centres featuring open air museums, living history and experimental archaeology parks. The other partners come from organisations in Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden representing prehistoric to post-Medieval times. The project will run from 2007 - 2009. See also www.livearch.eu
Back from the first training session in the Netherlands at Eindhoven, the Crannog Crew were delighted to welcome their new partners from 13th - 18th March, and to host a series of events that culminated in a symposium on Cultural Heritage Interpretation on Saturday, 17th March in Pitlochry, Perthshire. |
