Cultural heritage: better cooperation to tackle climate change

Floods, fires, storms – summer 2021 has made the effects of climate change clear. They devastated villages, houses, and landscapes and brought suffering to many people. Cultural heritage sites were also severely affected by this, and in their case, there is not only a risk of irretrievable loss of substance…

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Multiplier Event: HERITAGE-PRO modules presented to stakeholders from Rhineland-Palatinate

In an online meeting beginning of May 2021, Entwicklungsagentur Rheinland-Pfalz presented the different outputs of the Heritage-Pro project to different organizations and stakeholders coming from different disciplines of the local cultural heritage sector, focussing especially on municipalities. In the beginning, it was discussed why interdisciplinary cooperation in cultural heritage management…

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HERITAGE-PRO German Multiplier Event in cooperation with the Organisation of World Heritage Cities

“Risk Management – from Climate Change to COVID 19 – Future Challenges in Interdisciplinary Cultural Heritage Management” was the title of the Multiplier Event of Kultur und Arbeit May 4th and 5th, 2021, the coordinating HERITAGE-PRO organsiation. The association had won a strong partner for the training event: the Germany-based…

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Christmas and New Year greetings and an end-of-the-year review of 2020 by the HERITAGE PRO team

Let’s face it: who would have thought at Christmas last year that in 2020 many people would die in Europe due to a global pandemic and that we would be facing one of the biggest crises in many decades? This crisis affects all areas of our lives, including the European…

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HERITAGE-PRO Training Modules for Cultural Heritage Managers Online!

As a rule, many different disciplines are required in preservation measures in cultural heritage: historians, restorers, craftspeople. But understanding in interdisciplinary cooperation can be difficult, especially when it is necessary to involve professionals who do not have to deal with cultural heritage on a daily basis, such as experts from…

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HERITAGE-PRO at the European Commission Cultural Heritage Forum

Three experts of HERITAGE-PRO were nominated members of the European Commission Cultural Heritage Forum: GiannaLia Cogliandro (ENCATC), Johanna Leissner (Kultur und Arbeit e.V.) and Jermina Stanojev (from partner RESTRADE though acting in this Forum in personal capacity).

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Heritage-Pro project meeting in Sweden: The training modules are in development

Our 3rd project meeting on September 30th and October 1st gathered the six HERITAGE-PRO project partners at the invitation of our Swedish partners Christer Gustafsson and Jermina Stanojev (RESTRADE) in Varberg / Province Halland, Sweden. Ever heard of Varberg? No? The little city half an hour train ride south of…

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Practising interdisciplinary cooperation: Heritage-Pro partners meet in Varberg / Sweden

Preparations are in full swing: On September 30 and October 1 the third meeting of the project partners of the Erasmus+ project Heritage-Pro will take place. Following an invitation of our Swedish partners Christer Gustafsson and Jermina Stanojev (RESTRADE) the project team will be welcomed in Varberg/Province Halland in Sweden.…

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Der Glücksfall für HERITAGE-PRO: die Restaurierung der „Nachtwache“

Ein absoluter Glücksfall für HERITAGE-PRO ist die soeben angelaufene Restaurierung von Rembrandt’s „Nachtwache“ im Amsterdamer Rijksmuseum: Die Restaurierung dieser Ikone europäischer Kunstgeschichte wird 12 Monate lang in der Öffentlichkeit und begleitet durch Soziale Medien stattfinden. 20 Naturwissenschaftler*innen, Konservator*innen, Restaurator*innen und Fotograf*innen des Rijksmuseums werden Einblick gewähren in ihre Arbeit und…

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The stroke of luck for HERITAGE-PRO: the restoration of the “Night Watch”

An absolute stroke of luck for HERITAGE-PRO is the recently started restoration of Rembrandt’s “Night Watch” at the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum: The restoration of this icon of European art history will take place for 12 months in public and accompanied by social media. 20 natural scientists, conservators, restorers, and photographers of…

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