Das neue Weltkriegsmuseum in Carskoe Zelo
Der Besuch des im August eröffneten Weltkriegsmuseums war einer Programmänderung zum Opfer gefallen und bei unserem gestrigen Besuch der Zarenresidenz vor den Toren von Petersburg nicht mehr...
View ArticleIm Ural!
Nach dem ersten erfolgreichen und angefüllten Konferenztag in Jekaterinburg ging es heute noch tiefer in die russischen Weiten. In zwei Gruppen machten sich die Teilnehmer auf, um ihre Sektionen vom...
View ArticleEuropa Nostra
Das Tsarskoje Selo State Museum und ICOM Russland luden in den großen Katharinenpalast zur offizielle Verleihung des Preises “Europa Nostra” an Dr. Olga V. Taratynova, Direktorin vom Tsarskoje Selo...
View ArticlePolitics, Power, and the Public
Conference Section 4 on Thursday was officially running under the topic of ‘Museums and Internal Politics’ and took place at the A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communication. Founded as the museum of...
View ArticleWhere do we go from here? The participants share their reflections
The Saint Petersburg part of the conference ended with what we believe is the most important: a conversation, with all the participants at the final gathering, instead of just closing remarks from the...
View ArticleTsarskoye Selo
The last day of the conference in Saint Petersburg took us to the Tsarskoye Selo State Museum for both tours and the roundup of the conference (see the Reflections post). Such a magnificent place–what...
View ArticleIndustrial History in the Urals
One afternoon session in Yekaterinburg was devoted to ways of interpreting and promoting industrial history, particularly of this region. This is a rich aspect of this region and presenters, all from...
View ArticleOn the Role of Museums
Many of the Saint Petersburg conference participants traveled to Yekaterinburg for the second part of the meeting – a three hours flight to the Ural -, and many more Russian colleagues joined us there....
View ArticleMuseums – objects and subjects of territorial development
Section 2 of the Yekaterinburg part of the conference looked at museums on a broader scale, discussing the professional development of whole museum regions through professional exchange and the...
View ArticlePress Review
We present here a roundup of press coverage for the conference itself (not the social media project, which reached worldwide). We’ve done our best to round up links, but if you’ve come across...
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