AHI: the art of helping people explore and appreciate our world
On our website, but especially through social media, we bring you examples of heritage interpretation. As a support medium for the Portico …
future of Archaeological Research (and presentation)?
On LinkedIn, in the Cultural Heritage Connections Group,Nigel J. Hetherington, CEO & Partner at Past Preservers Productions, shared an intriguing news item …
Interpretive trails
“Most trails are designed just to get the visitor from Point A to Point B. Interpretive trails are designed to help the visitor laugh, …
Crowdsourcing and crowdfunding Archaeology
Recently, MicroPasts, a collaboration between a team of researchers from the UCL Institute of Archaeology and the British Museum, launched a crowdfunding platform. …
Archaeological sites and historical maps in Amsterdam
Amsterdam has a rich collection of archaeological sites. From foundations of monasteries, houses and gates, to cesspools, defensive walls and even graves …
CoP in Ghent, 2013
The Community of Practice in Ghent, May 2013, was full of presentations, with a wide variety of examples. From means to inform …
Castellum Hoge-Woerd, building has started
March 14th building of the multifunctional visiting center Castellum Hoge-Woerd in Utrecht officially started. Together with many children …
European Walled Towns
The European Walled Towns (EWT) is the international association for sustainable development of walled towns, walled cities and fortified historic towns in …
The Best in Heritage 2014 – Call for papers
The Best in Heritage is an annual survey of award-winning museum, heritage and conservation projects. Organised under special patronage of International Council …
3D scanning of tombstones
Aim of the EU financed HERCUL project is to contribute to the (digital) preservation of highly valuable and unique ancient Greek cemetery …
End-conference PORTICO
PORTICO is a cooperative project of 5 European partners: the cities of Chester (United Kingdom), Gent (Belgium), Köln (Germany) and Utrecht (the …
ICT tools in formal and non-formal education?
The course “ICT tools in formal and non-formal education” is a range of presentations, lectures and workshops that cover important topics as: location-based …
Keys to Rome exhibition
As part of preparations for the Keys to Rome exhibition(see the video below), the Allard Pierson Museum has developed a pilot interactive …
MWF2014: Museums and the Web Florence 2014
Museums and the Web Florence (MWF2014) is an international conference dedicated to the relationship between museums and places of culture on the …
PORTICO final-conference, Utrecht February 26 2014
The City of Utrecht Portico Lead Partner, invites you to the PORTICO FINAL CONFERENCE February 26 201 Nearly five years ago, in …