Building capacity and skills for the conservation and management of underwater heritage

Portugal (PT)

Project facts

Project promoter:
Directorate General for Cultural Heritage(PT)
Project Number:
PT-CULTURE-0001
Status:
In implementation
Initial project cost:
€995,000
Donor Project Partners:
Norwegian Maritime Museum(NO)
Programme:
Cultural Entrepreneurship, Cultural Heritage and Cultural Cooperation

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Description

Programme outcome the project contributes to: "Cultural heritage management enhanced"

The project will develop a national approach to the management, conservation and dissemination of nautical and underwater cultural heritage in Portugal.

The project will include, inter alia, the following main activities:

  • The development and implementation of a training and capacity-building programme on the management, conservation and dissemination of nautical and underwater cultural heritage; The documentation, conservation and monitoring of underwater cultural heritage, including the digitialisation of underwater heritage, aimed at making it available to the public;
  • Dissemination of underwater archaeological heritage collections to the public;
  • Cultural maritime landscape management, including the mapping, evaluation and monitoring of selected archaeological sites;
  • Dissemination and access to cultural heritage, including archaeological sites and collections, to the public, including for use in exhibitions and the generation of tourism in local communities.

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