Current conference program
29th AEOM Conference, 26 -30 August 2019, Poland
Monday, August 26, 2019
Arrival to Katowice
11.00 Visiting Muzeum Śląskie w Katowicach/The Silesian Museum in Katowice (optional)
15.00 Welcome – Muzeum Górnośląski Park Etnograficzny w Chorzowie/Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park in Chorzów – Henrik Zipsane, Jarosław Gałęza
15.15 Visit to the Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park in Chorzów
17.30 Bus transfer to Opole
19.30 Arrival at Opole and hotel accommodation
20.00 Board meeting
20.30 Gala dinner
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
07.00 Breakfast and check-out from the hotel
08.30 Bus transfer to the Exhibition and Conference Center
09.00 – 12.30 Open-air museums and the multicultural society – chair: Henrik Zipsane
09.00 Keynote 1 – Claire Girauld-Labalte (ENCATC), Citizen involvement in heritage: from the Faro convention to the Strategy 21
09.30 Casestudy – Henrik Zipsane (President of AEOM, Jamtli Museum), Intercultural dialogue around the clock at Jamtli
09.45 Casestudy – Teus Eenkhoorn (Nederlands Openluchtmuseum Arnhem/Dutch Open Air Museum in Arnhem), The Molukker Barak in a historical perspective
10.00 Keynote 2 – Jan Święch (Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie/Jagiellonian University in Kraków), Ethnic diversity – outdoor exhibitions in Polish museums, a reflection of multiculturalism
10.30 Discussion
10.45 Coffee break
11.15 Statement – Jarosław Gałęza (Association of Polish Open Air Museums), Open air museums in Poland invite you
11.30 Casestudy – Zsolt Sari (Szentendrei Szabadteri Neprajzi Muzeum/Hungarian Open Air Museum in Szentendre), Multiple Voices and Contact Zone: whose is the Hungarian Open Air Museum?
11.45 Casestudy – Martin Brandt Djupdraet and Anna Wowk Vestergaard (Den Gamle By/The Old Town – Open Air Museum, Aarhus), Life in a modern Denmark – multicultural stories in Den Gamle By
12.00 Casestudy – Hilde Schoefs (Openluchtmuseum Bokrijk/Open Air Museum in Bokrijk), The pig from Bokrijk. Including multiple perspectives in our museum
12.15 Discussion
12.30 Lunch break
13.30 Bus transfer to the Muzeum Wsi Opolskiej w Opolu/Opole Village Museum
13.45 Visit of the Opole Village Museum
15.30 Bus transfer to Osieczna
17.30 Visit of the Muzeum Młynarstwa w Osiecznej/Milling Museum in Osieczna
18.30 Bus transfer to Gniezno
20.30 Arrival in Gniezno and accommodation in hotels
21.00 Dinner, Hotel Pietrak, Hotel ibis
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
08.30 Transfer / travel to the Instytut Kultury Europejskiej/Institute of European culture
09.00 – 15.30 Open-air museums and archaeological collections – chair: Anke Hufschmidt
09.00 Introduction to the structure of the day: archaeological collections in open-air museums and the future of the open-air museums, Anke Hufschmidt (LWL-Freilichtmuseum Hagen/Hagen Open Air Museum)
09.15 Keynote – Andrzej Wyrwa (Uniwersytet im. A.Mickiewicza w Poznaniu/University of Poznan, Muzeum Pierwszych Piastów na Lednicy/Museum of the First Piasts in Lednica), Archaeological, ethnographic and natural heritage, and its integral presentation in open air museums – a few reflections
9.45 Casestudy –Steve Burrows (Saint Fagans National Museum of History), 37 years of archaeology at St Fagans National Museum of History
10.00 Casestudy – Peter Inker (EXARC), Archeological Open-Air Museums: The Colonial Williamsburg approach
10.15 Discussion
10.45 Coffee break
11.00 Poster presentations by members on new and/or innovative projects in their museums
12.30 Lunch
13.30 Statement – Henrik Zipsane (President of AEOM), The present and future of AEOM
14.00 Working groups on the future of open-air museums (entrepreneurship, new business models, traditions versus super diversity, marketing/tourism)
15.30 Free time
16.00 Bus transfer to the Wielkopolski Park Etnograficzny/Museum Wielkopolska Ethnographic Park in Dziekanowice
16.30 Visit of the Museum Wielkopolska Ethnographic Park
19.00 Dinner at the Museum „Karczma na Lednicy”
21.30 Bus transfer to Gniezno
Thursday, 29 August 2019
8.00 Bus and train transfer to Biskupin
9.30 Introduction to Biskupin Museum – Henryk Dąbrowski (Muzeum Archeologiczne w Biskupinie/Archeological Museum in Biskupin)
10.00 Visit of Biskupin Museum
12.00 Bus transfer to Institute of European culture in Gniezno
13.00 Lunch
14.00 General Assembly AEOM
16.30 Coffee break
17.00 AEOM Board Meeting
17.00 Free time
19.30 Farewell dinner at „Balcerowo Palace”
22.00 Return to hotels
Friday 30 August 2019
09.00 End of the conference – check-out from hotels and bus transport of participants to Poznań and Katowice
Addresses of museums, hotels and conference halls, phone numbers:
Muzeum Śląskie, Katowice, ul. T. Dobrowolskiego 1, telefon: + 48 32 779 93 00
Muzeum Górnośląski Park Etnograficzny, Chorzów, ul. Parkowa 25, telefon: + 48 32 241 07 18
Hotel DeSilva, Opole, ul. Powolnego 10, telefon: + 48 77 540 70 00
Centrum Wystawienniczo Kongresowe, Opole, ul. Wrocławska 158, telefon: + 48 77 446 16 80
Muzeum Wsi Opolskiej, Opole, Opole, ul. Wrocławska 174, telefon: + 48 457 23 49
Muzeum Młynarstwa i Rolnictwa, Osieczna, ul. Leszczyńska 10, telefon: + 48 65 526 62 50
Hotel Chrobry, Gniezno, ul. Chrobrego 3, telefon: + 48 61 426 14 97
Hotel Ibis, Gniezno, ul. Chrobrego 20, telefon: + 48 61 626 92 00
„Pałac Balcerowo”, Gniezno, ul. Wrzesińska 24, telefon: + 48 61 426 14 97
„Karczma na Lednicy”, Dziekanowice 34a, telefon: + 48 692 266 541
Instytut Kultury Europejskiej, Gniezno, ul. Kostrzewskiego 5-7, telefon: + 48 61 829 4800
Wielkopolski Park Etnograficzny, Dziekanowice, telefon: + 48 61 427 50 10
Muzeum Archeologiczne w Biskupinie, Biskupin 3, telefon: + 48 52 302 50 55
Conference organizers’ phone numbers:
Jarosław Gałęza: + 48 608 227 177
Ewelina Weber: + 48 692 344 016
Obsługa fotograficzna: Mariusz Przygoda, + 48 503 159 640
Pilot autobusu 1, Katarzyna Dziewulska: + 48 660 950 560
Pilot autobusu 2, Agnieszka Pawelczyk: + 48 664 981 487