kenneth hudson
He was one of the most prominent personalities on the European museum scene and one of the pioneers of industrial archaeology in the 1960s, a broadcaster and the author of numerous books. In 1963 he wrote one of the first books on the subject, Industrial Archaeology: An Introduction, and in 1965 his Industrial Archaeology of Southern England. He was the first editor of the Journal of Industrial Archaeology
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Article of the month
Each month you will find here published an article comissioned by EMA to one of its Pool of Experts’ member focused on the theme of the future of European museums in the XXI century. EMA is convinced that the role of cultural heritage institutions in Europe needs to be re-defined to cope with the challenges created by societal changes, the massive availability of innovative technology and the emerging trans-national identities.
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News
NEW DEADLINE: 30th September 2010
Application for the 2011 Micheletti Award

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EMA presented in Athens at the Pireaus Bank Cultural Foundation

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Planned activities
The European Museum Academy’s activity programmes covers a wide range of sectors which can be summarized in the following points: • Organizes training programs –workshops, brainstorms, seminars, focus group meetings- within the framework of academic curricula as well as in the context of extramural programmes for museum professionals in order to develop their skills in the field of European intercultural communication and museum innovative practices. It is a specific aim of the EMA Foundation to improve the possibilities for...
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Projects
  • CYPRUS cooperation with the Cyprus Institute-Starc in the context of ‘3D COFORM’ (EU project FP7) and in the field of new technologies applied to cultural heritage.

  • EUROPE travel grants programme for young museum professionals on occasion of international events promoted by EMA.

  • Cooperation for the development of the International Company Museum Network working with APOREM (the Portuguese Association of Companies with Museums...
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    Board
    ANDREJA RIHTER, Slovenia (President): from 1986 to 2000 she was Director and programme manager at the Museum of Recent History Celje. In 2000 she was appointed Minister for Culture in the Government of the Republic of Slovenia
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    Advisors
    BENEDETTO BENEDETTI Scuola Normale di Pisa (I)
    GRAZIANO CAMPANINI Museo della Sanità, Santa Maria della Vita, Bologna (I)
    HERMANN SCHÄFER Former General Director for Culture and Media...
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    Pool of Experts
    The European Museum Academy gathers a group of experts active in specific sectors of the museum and heritage world with a proved experience in European programs as well as in national and local development projects.
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