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Description
At present, the Callatis Archeology Museum offers the public a permanent exhibition of in-situ preserved monuments and a collection of about 4,000 objects. Of these, only 10 are classified as heritage. Thus, we evaluated the need for the classification and restoration of a collection of ancient coins discovered after 1990 and of the classification of another 201 cultural goods. The target groups envisaged by the project are (a) 4 museum specialists who will benefit from the development of expertise; (b) 600 secondary school students who will participate in educational activities and who will benefit from interactive and interesting ways of presenting history, with long-term potential to stimulate their curiosity and increase the attractiveness of history; (c) 100 students who will have access to valuable study material, on the long term having direct research and professional benefits; (d) the general public who will visit a new, innovative, interactive and much more attractive exhibition, thus benefiting from increased cultural consumption. Indirect final beneficiaries will be the community of Mangalia, which will have a more attractive, more revenue-generating cultural resource and the local education units that will have a valuable cultural space to carry out informal and non-formal educational activities.
Summary of project results
The capitalization of the cultural heritage was achieved by listing 205 cultural assets, restoring, listing and exhibiting 27 artifacts from the numismatic collection and creating the innovative exhibition "A future for the past". As well, 1 job was created and 5 museum specialists benefitted from training supported by the project. The success of the project was measured through the sustainable increase in the number of museum visitors by 50% in 2021, compared to 2020.