| Museums: New Challenges |
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Afghanistan National Museum restored © Unesco/B.Cassar |
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| Museums serve as unique forums for our collective memory – including some of the most painful chapters of human history. They also constitute extraordinary repositories for cultural diversity's numerous manifestations, whether from the domain of heritage, contemporary creation or from the social arena. To ensure that the widest possible public gains access to cultural heritage and knowledge, which foster social cohesion and mutual understanding among cultures, UNESCO devotes its energies to implementing innovative projects and to stimulating meaningful reflection on the stakes involved. |
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- Presentation
of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization's project at
the Grand Palais Paris, France
08 12 2006 - 16 03 2007 In the framework of the exhibition “Trésors
engloutis d’Égypte” presented at the Grand Palais Museum
in Paris, an exhibition space has been allocated to the project
of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC), which
is presently under construction.
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Scientific Workshop on Social Anthropology and Afro-American
Culture Havana, Cuba
05 - 08 01 2007 The workshop features lectures, three
art exhibitions, homages to African poetry and to researcher
Natalia Bolívar, a book launch and a religious procession
through different squares of colonial Havana on the occasion
of the twenty-first anniversary of the creation of Africa House.
- Cultural
Impact Assessment and Maritime Archaeology Galle,
Sri Lanka
09 - 10 01 2007 The Organizing Committee of the 2007
session of this Asian Academy for Heritage Management (AAHM)
Field School meets to review the applications for the training
event and to finalize the curriculum which will focus on integrated
heritage management in a maritime context.
- Networking
of Interreligious Women’s Associations from East Africa
Nairobi, Kenya
15 - 17 01 2007 Some 100 participants take part in
this international conference to exchange best practices and
experiences in the field of interreligious dialogue based on
the outcome of a series of training-of-trainers workshops carried
out in East Africa since September 2006. Topics discussed: the
main obstacles and positive responses encountered.
- Forgotten
Slaves: return of the archaeological mission Paris,
France
17 01 2007 The research and communication project
entitled “Forgotten Slaves” centers on the 1761
shipwreck of the slave carrying vessel “L’Utile”
and the fight for survival of the slaves that were abandoned
on the island of Sable (today known as Tromelin) for over fifteen
years. The underwater and land archaeological mission that recently
returned from the site will report its findings.
- Promotion
and Implementation of Three International Conventions in Central
Asia Dushanbe, Tajikistan
19 - 20 01 2007 The objectives of this regional
meeting will be to raise awareness, promote the ratification
of and improve the implementation of three international conventions
in Kazakhstan, Kirghizistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
- Nouveaux
Virtuoses Concert Paris, France
22 01 2007 This series of classical concerts is
dedicated to promoting young solo artists at the international
level. The Children’s Choir of the Paris Opera (le Choeur
d’enfants de l’Opéra de Paris) will perform
works by Delibes and Britten, and the featured pianist, 13-year-old
Ingmar Lazar, will play Chopin.
- Sharing
Our Heritages Paris and Val de Loire, France
22 01 - 01 02 2007 In January 2007, students from
the European Union and Australia will have the opportunity to
participate in this exchange programme designed to explore other
conceptions of heritage and its conservation in an intercultural
perspective.
- Are
Historic Urban Landscapes a Type of Cultural Landscape?
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
29 01 - 02 02 2007 International and local experts
will participate in this regional conference to discuss regional
concepts and approaches to Historic Urban Landscape and the
Master Plan for the World Heritage Site of St Petersburg.
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