THE BEST IN HERITAGE

12th Edition

with Global Heritage Forum

Dubrovnik, Croatia, 19 - 21 September 2013

in partnership with EUROPA NOSTRA

under Special patronage of ICOM

dedicated to the memory of Kenneth Hudson OBE and Georges Henri Riviere

 and celebrating EUROPA NOSTRA's 50th anniversary !

 


Thursday, 19 September: arrival, registration, opening


 

10.00 - 18.45 Registration and two guided tours of the Dubrovnik City walls,  Theatre "Marin Držic" Lobby

Start of the tours at 13.00 and at 16.00

 

 

10.00 - 17.30 Pre-conference event for conference participants in Art Gallery Dubrovnik: eCult Dialogue Day

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18.50 - 21.00 The Best in Heritage welcome ceremony in the Theatre "Marin Držić"

Moderator: Dr. Willem de Vos

 

20.00 - 20.45

Keynote Address: Professor Simon R Molesworth AO QC, Chairman, Executive Committee, International National Trusts Organisation

21.00 - 23.00 Welcome party in Sponza Palace, courtesy of the Dubrovnik Archives, Dr. Ivo Venier, Director

 


Friday, 20 September, "Marin Držić" Theatre: presentations of awarded projects


Morning session moderator: Mr John Sell

9.30 - 9:55 Project No.1: EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award 2012 winner

- Education, training and awareness-raising (Grand Prix)

Improve a Heritage Site - Norwegian Heritage Foundation, Norway

9:55 - 10.20 Project No.2: Chinese Museum Association, Management Award 2011 winner

Hunan Provincial Museum, ChangSha, China

10.20 - 10.45 Project No.3: European Museum Forum / European Museum of the Year Award 2012 winner

Madinat al-Zahra Museum, Cordoba, Spain

10.45- 11.10 Project No.4:  Intermuseum 2012 Grand Prix winner

State Yelabuga Historical, architectural and art museum – reserve, Yelabuga, Tatarstan Republic

 


11.10 - 11.40 coffee break


11.40 - 12.05 Project No.5: EU Prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra Award 2012 winner - Conservation (Grand Prix)

Number 2 Blast Furnace, Sagunto, Spain

12.05 - 12.30 Project No.6: Museums Australia (Victoria) Award for Large Museums 2012

Immigration Museum "Identity: yours, mine, ours", Melbourne, Australia

12.30 - 13.00 Closing discussion of  the morning session

 


13.00 - 15.00 lunch


Afternoon session moderator: Dr Vivian Golding

15.00 - 15.25 Project No.7: Micheletti Award 2012 winner

Riverside Museum, Glasgow, Scotland

15.25 - 15.50 Project No.8: Prix de Musees 2012 / Prix du Public winner

Magritte Museum, Bruxelles, Belgium

15.50 - 16.15 Project No.9: Museums+Heritage Awards 2012 / International Award winner

Children’s Centre for Civilisation & Creativity, Cairo, Egypt

16.15 - 16.40 Project No.10: EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award 2012 winner  - Conservation

Leighton House Museum, London, United Kingdom

 


16.40 - 17.10 coffee break


17.10 - 17.35 Project No.11: European Museum Academy  - DASA Award 2012 winner

santralistanbul Museum of Energy, Istanbul,Turkey

17.35 - 18.00 Project No.12: Portuguese Museology Association - Institution Award 2012 winner

Penafiel’s Municipal Museum, Penafiel, Portugal

18.00 - 18.30 Closing discussion of the afternoon session


18.30 - 19.30 Global Heritage Forum initial session


19.30  - 21.00 free time


21.00 - 23.00 Ethno dinner-party offered by Dubrovnik museums in Rupe Museum

Greeting by the director of Dubrovnik Museums, Ms. Pavica Vilać, MA


 


Saturday, 21 September, "Marin Držić" Theatre: presentations of awarded projects


Morning session moderator: Mr Claude Faubert

9.30 - 9.55 Project No.13:  Dibner Award for Excellence in Museum Exhibits 2012 winner

"Driving America," The Henry Ford, Dearborn, Michigan, United States

9.55 - 10.20 Project No.14: EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award 2012 winner

- Education, training and awareness-raising

Crossing Cultures: Transforming the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom

10.20 - 10.45 Project No.15: Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Museums: History Alive! 

“Human Library” - Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Canada

10.45 - 11.10 Project No.16: European Museum Forum / Kenneth Hudson Award 2012 winner

Glasnevin Museum, Dublin, Ireland

 


11.10 - 11.40 coffee break


11.40 - 12.05 Project No.17: BankGiro Loterij Museumprijs 2012

Natuurmuseum Fryslân, Leeeuwarden, The Netherlands

12.05 - 12.30 Project No.18: ACA Japan: The National Arts Festival 2012, Grand Prize in the category Records

Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Hammatsu-City, Japan

12.30 - 13.00 Closing discussion of  the morning session

 


13.00 - 15.00 lunch


Afternoon session moderator: Dr Wim de Vos

15.00 - 15.25 Project No.19: EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award 2012 winner

- Education, training and awareness-raising

The Seaweed Bank, Laesoe, Denmark

15.25 - 15.50 Project No.20: 2012 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award of Excellence for Cultural Heritage Conservation

Mbaru Niang, Flores Island, Indonesia

15.50 - 16.15 Project No.21: The Council of Europe Museum Prize 2012 winner

Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum – Kulturen der Welt, Cologne, Germany

16.15 - 16.40 Project No.22: Museums + Heritage Award 2012 for Permanent exhibition

National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

 


16.40 - 17.10 coffee break


17.10 - 17.35 Project No.23: EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award 2012 winner - Conservation

Windmills of the Monastery of St.John the Theologian, Patmo, Greece

17.35 - 18.00 Project No.24: European Museum Forum / Silletto Prize 2012 winner

TOPIC: the International Puppet Museum Centre, Tolosa, Spain

18.00 - 18.30 Closing discussion of the afternoon session

18.30 - 18.35 Vote on the "Best formal presentation" by the audience

 


18.30 - 21.00 free time


21.00 - 22.00 Closing ceremony in Rector's palace

22.00 - 00.00 Dinner and farewell party in Rector's palace

 

 

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Sunday, 22 September


The Post Conference Excursion by bus (only upon reservation)

THE CITY OF KOTOR (UNESCO World Heritage Site) and THE BAY OF KOTOR (MONTENEGRO)

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