The Best in Heritage, Dubrovnik, 23th - 25th September 2010

1st day, Thursday, 23 Sept: arrival, registration, opening

• 12.00 - 19.00 registration and two guided tours of the city (at 13.00 and at 17.00)
• 19.00 - 20.30 welcome ceremony in the theatre "Marin Držić" with welcome speeches and presentation of the event
• 20.30 - 21.00 Key note speech Professor Amareshwar Galla, Canberra, Australia
• 21.00 - 22.30 welcome party in Sponza Palace

2nd day, Friday, 24 Sept: presentation of awarded projects

• 9.00 - 9.30 Project No.1:
  “Salzburg Museum” (Salzburg, Austria) – 2009 European Museum of the Year Award (to be confirmed)
• 9.30 - 9.55 Project No.2:
  “Museum of Natural History” (Neuchâtel Switzerland) - 2009 Diderot Prize for Cultural Initiative
• 9.55 - 10.20 Project No.3:
  “Zeeuws Museum” (Middelburg, Netherlands) – 2009 The Council of Europe Award
• 10.20 - 10.45. Project No.4:
  “The Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre” (Nuneaton, Leicestershire UK) - 2009 Museums and Heritage Award for Excellence / Classic Award (to be confirmed)
• 10.45 - 11.15 coffee break
• 11.15 - 11.35 Project No.5:
  “Museum of the Jaeren Region” (Narbo, Norway) – 2009 Micheletti Award
• 11.35 - 12.00 Project No.6:
  “Open Air Museum” (Arnhem, Nederlands) - 2009 BankGiro Loterij Museum Prize
• 12.25 - 12. 50 Project No.7:
  “Idrija Municipal Museum” (Idrija, Slovenia) - 2008 Valvasor Award/ Permanent Exhibition
• 12.50 - 15.00 lunch
• 15.00 - 15.25 Project No.8:
  “Museum of Fine Arts” (Ghent Belgium, Belgium) - Belgium Museum Awards or “Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History” (Quebec, Canada) Canadian Museums Association - Awards for Outstanding Achievement/ Conservation
• 15.25 - 16.50 Project No.9:
  “National Air and Space Museum” (Washington, USA) - Dibner Award or “Museum of Life Stories” (Speicher A.Rh., Switzerland) - 2009 European of the Year Award/ specially commended (to be confirmed)
• 16.50 -17.20 Project No.10:
  “Kerry County Museum” (Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland) - 2009 Museum Of The Year Award by North/South Awards
• 17.20 - 17.45 coffee break
• 17.45 - 18.10 Project No.11:
  “Craftattract project” - Museums of Hrvatsko zagorje (Gornja Stubica, Croatia) – 2008 Croatian Museum Association Award
• 18.35 Project No.12:
  “BELvue Museum” (Brussels, Belgium) – 2009 Prix des Musées Belgium
• 19.00 Free time
• 21.00 Ethno dinner-party offered by Dubrovnik museums in Rupe Museum

3rd day, 25 Sept: presentation of awarded projects followed by the Creative Heritage Forum session

• 9.30 - 9.55 Project No.13: “Mátra Museum” (Gyöngyös, Hungary)- 2009 EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Prize for Conservation - Grand Prize
• 9.55 - 10.20 Project No.14: “Macro Future and Alternative Economy City” (Rome, Italy) - 2009 EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Prize for Conservation
• 10.20 - 10.45. Project No.15: “The Pier Arts Centre” (Orkney UK) - 2009 EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Prize for Conservation
• 10.45 - 11.15 coffee break
• 11.15 - 11.35 Project No.16: “Sustainable Aegean Programme” (Crete and the Aegean Islands, Greece) - 2009 EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Prize for Education, Training and Awareness Raising – Grand Prize
• 11.35 - 12.00 Project No.17: “Maison du patrimoine médiéval mosan” (Bouvignes, Belgium) - 2009 EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Prize for Education, Training and Awareness Raising
• 12.25 - 12. 50 Project No.18: “Culture Ants project” (Istanbul, Turkey) - 2009 EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Prize for Education, Training and Awareness Raising
• 12.50 - 15.00 lunch
• 15.00 - 15.25 Project No. 19: “Stockwood Discovery Centre” (Luton, UK) - Museums and Heritage Awards for Excellence/ permanent exhibition (to be confirmed) or “The National Museum of Science and Technology” (Oslo, Norway) - The Roy L. Shafer Leading Edge Awards
• 15.25 - 15.50 Project No.20: Mr. Ewald Vanvugt: Robbers’ Paradise or "The European Museum of Overseas Stolen Treasures"
• 15.50 - 17.30 Creative Heritage Forum, 10 presentations of innovative ideas and projects
  
  1. Ms. Laura Santacreu, Special invitation Hermitage/BankGiro Lottery partnership, ACLEU, Netherlands
  2. Mr. Joachim Rotteveel, Special invitation interface design: at "Sgraffito in 3D", Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum, Netherlands
  3. Dr. Beata Makowska Decoration of Kraków Town Houses Built Between 1890 And 1939, Krakow University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture, Krakow, Poland
  4. Dr. Ellie Ray The cultural, heritage and interpretive scope of the Robinson Collection of photographic negatives forms part of the Devonport Regional Gallery’s Permanent Collection. Devonport Regional Gallery, Tasmania, Australia
  5. Dr. Gerhard Aubrecht Collecting knowledge – promoting nature Biology centre of the Upper Austrian State Museum, Linz, Austria
  6. Mr. Phil Richardson The Adopt-a-Monument Scheme Archaeology Scotland, Eskmills, Musselburgh, UK
  7. Mr. Grga Frangeš Legends in landscape interpretation Mošćenica, Croatia
  8. Ms. Kristina Ahmas The ETT with the Three Wise Men K.H. Renlund’s museum – Central Ostrobothnia Regional Museum Kokkola, Finland
  9. Mr. Ivica Nikolac Lifts as Cultural Heritage, City of Rijeka, Croatia
  10. Mr. Harvinder Bahra, Ms. Maria Bojanowska Aspire and Inspire – Partnerships at the British Museum Sharing ways of working locally and nationally with vulnerable audiences. The British Museum, London, UK
• 17.30 - 18.00 The moderators' closing panel discussion with public participation
• 18.00 - 20.30 Free time
• 20.30 - 21.30 Closing ceremony in Rector's palace
• 21.30 - 23.00 Dinner and farewell party in Rector's palace