Reg.Nr. HA-2010/NL/03

"Empathic Archeology" project - On storytelling and identity, Borger

Empathic Archaeology is a concept of the Hunebedcentrum in Borger (Netherlands) in which scientific knowledge and authentic tangible and intangible heritage are combined with personalized storytelling and awareness raising on the subject of the Neolithic dolmenbuilders in the ...
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Title:"Empathic Archeology" project - On storytelling and identity, Borger
Entr. year: 2010
Result:Award
Country: Netherlands
Town: Borger
Category type: education
Notes:Type also: training; awareness-raising Target group: children (5-8 years), youth (11-14 years), parents, grandparents, schoolteachers, theatre audience, movie audience, local and regional visitors of the museum
Architect / Proj.leader: Education, Training and Awareness-Raising
The Jury's citation: The jury is impressed by the amount and range of creative tools the museum uses to engage a wider public in the prehistoric monuments in the north eastern part of the Netherlands, while at the same time not losing sight of the scientific credibility, thereby creating an exemplary and applicable public awareness approach to archaeological heritage.
Web, Links:

www.hunebedcentrum.eu/en/visiting/

Description:
Empathic Archaeology is a concept of the Hunebedcentrum in Borger (Netherlands) in which scientific knowledge and authentic tangible and intangible heritage are combined with personalized storytelling and awareness raising on the subject of the Neolithic dolmenbuilders in the Netherlands. The main aim was not to reach the potential museum visitor and convince him or her to actually visit the Hunebedcentrum, but to reach the groups of people who do not usually visit a museum, but are interested in (prehistoric) anchors in the globalising times of our era. It resulted in - at least partially - unusual products for a museum, such as a tv series, an educational curriculum for teachers institutes, a movie, a documentary and a musical.