Author Archives: elena.pardini

How can museums address the urgent problems of climate change?

There are 3 days left to register for the international competition “Reimagining museums for climate action”. This competition invites designers, architects, academics, artists, poets, philosophers, writers, museum professionals, community groups and the public at large to think about how (re)design … Continue reading


The new international project “Reconnecting With Your Culture”

The edA (Esempi di Architettura Internationale Research Center) together with UNESCO University and Heritage activated a new international project titled “Reconnecting With Your Culture” in order to bring the younger generations closer to the theme of cultural heritage. The concept from … Continue reading


The challenges that EU museums face to digitise their collections

Digital tools offer numerous opportunities and can significantly support the work of museums and strengthen the public exchange. Throughout this digitalization process, museums often have had to overcome many obstacles connected with insufficient resources and insufficient staff. On these topics … Continue reading


Webinar “Museums after the pandemic” organized by UNESCO and ICCROM

Tomorrow July 23, the webinar “Museums after the pandemic” will be held, organized by UNESCO and ICCROM ( International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property). This events aims to comprehensively address the critical issues … Continue reading


ROCK Open Knowledge Week: Cultural Heritage Leading Urban Futures

The ten ROCK cities – Athens, Bologna, Cluj-Napoca, Eindhoven, Lisbon, Liverpool, Lyon, Skopje, Turin, and Vilnius – developed innovative solutions and demonstrated how heritage and cultural activities have essential importance for keeping the cities alive. Culture and heritage can be … Continue reading


Factum Arte and Cabildo de Gran Canaria together to reproduce a pre-Hispanic sacred cave

  The site of Risco Caído was incorporated into the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2019 as ‘Risco Caído and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape’. It is a complex of 21 artificial caves used as living and … Continue reading


UNCHARTED poster on the REACH digital gallery

  The REACH project had to cancelled their final conference planned for the 4-5 June 2020 in Pisa due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, the REACH Consortium decided to keep alive the call for posters and videos until October 2020 … Continue reading


Museums and Social Responsibility – Values revisited

NEMO and the German Museums Association, within the framework of Germany’s presidency of the Council of the European Union, are co-organising an online conference from 17-18 September 2020. This conference is the first of three events organised by museum organisations … Continue reading


The European Heritage Days Stories

The European Heritage Days Call for European Heritage Days Stories is one of the key initiatives within the European Year of Cultural Heritage (EYCH) 2018 and aims to identify the European Dimension of heritage sites and heritage work undertaken by … Continue reading