Blogpost: Community participation and the role of the museum in a municipal environment.
18Aug 0
A day at the Summer School on Museums, Cultural Diversity and Management of the University of Antwerp.
This year’s summer school at the University of Antwerp, organized by the Department...
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Blogpost: Observations of museums and communities
18Aug 0
The relation between museums and (their) communities is a frequently debated, described, and reformulated topic. A quick browse through the academic literature results in various books whose titles...
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Article: Le Creusot-Montceau Ecomuseum
30Jun 0
In 1976 Hugues de Varine wrote in the Unseco Museum Journal: 'Instead of being there for the objects, museums should be there for people.' According to De Varine the traditional museum had become...
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Blogpost: Announcement: conference at the Laurenskerk, Rotterdam: 11 November 2010 (in Dutch)
30Jun 0
Voorbij het object. Authenticiteit, performativiteit, publiek en community
Vooraankondiging erfgoedsymposium
Deze zomer worden de kapellen van de Rotterdamse Laurenskerk nieuw...
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Blogpost: Welcome!
30Jun 0
With this first blog post I would like to welcome you to the website Museum Communties. This website is part of the Erausmus University research project Community Museum Past and Present. This...
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About MuseumCommunities
This is a website dedicated to my research on museum-community relations. On this website I will inform you about my research and I will share my thoughts on museum and community theory. Furthermore you will find examples of museal community practice in our fine article database!
