Labyrinth of memory: Interpretation and presentation in museology

Located in North Bohemia, a region on the borders of the Czech Republic, Germany and Poland, Liberec had always been a crossroads of cultures and attitudes. Our excursion to the city, located on the doorstep of the Jizera Mountains, will bring us literally to one crossroad, where two amazing institutions are located right opposite each other: the North Bohemian Museum in Liberec and the Liberec Regional Gallery. In a quarter where rich industrialists used to build their villas, surrounded by fresh mountain air and looking towards their factories from above, we could not expect anything less than architectural perfection. The North Bohemian Museum in Liberec will welcome us with a choice of seminars. You may choose either “How to build a museum,” about various approaches to museum architecture, or “When presentation becomes interpretation: Depicting recent history in museums”. For lunch, we will move just across the street to the Liberec Regional Gallery, where the program will continue with either a workshop combining multimedia and arts, or a guided tour and discussion focused on WW2 and stolen artefacts research. To close the day, you will have the opportunity to create your own souvenir/artefact in a gallery workshop.

Recommended for members of: ICAMT, NATHIST, CIMUSET, CAMOC

Museums Visited

North Bohemian Museum in Liberec
http://www.muzeumlb.cz

Liberec Regional Gallery
https://www.ogl.cz/en/

Itinerary

8:30
Departure to Liberec (from parking lot of the hotel Corinthia)

10:15
Arrival, official welcome

10:45
The North Bohemian Museum in Liberec

13:00
Lunch break

14:15
Liberec Regional Gallery

16:15
Workshop, free time

17:00
Departure to Prague

19:00
Estimated arrival in Prague (Prague Congress Centre)

Please be at the departure point 15 minutes prior to departure.