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Description
The project „Underground Iași – Rediscovered (Hi)Stories” aims at capitalizing local heritage through an innovative interactive exhibition that will be created at the Palace of Culture in Iași, in a room of Moldavia''s History Museum, so to provide the public with a perspective on the unseen part of Iași medieval history. The aim is to educate the public through culture in an integrating manner, to capitalize its role in local and regional development, having as starting point a heritage which shall be first subject to selection and non-invasive reversible conservation restoration, to insure perenity and transmission of cultural heritage goods to future generations. Specific project objectives aim at increasing interest towards historical past of Iași city and, implicitly, increasing the number of visitors of Moldavia''s History Museum, by creating an interactive exhibition in which movable heritage items resulting from archaeological excavations in areas close to the historical center of the city of Iași, as well as information from documents regarding this space, will be communicated to the public, irrespectively of ethnicity, social belonging, orientation, religion, by means of interactive innovative museum display technology. Innovation is to be found both at concept level, since thematically selected items will be subjected to spatial and chronological filters, respectively second half of 16th century and the 17th century. The innovative exhibition will include 105 recently found to be restored within the project and 30 items previously restored who require new up-to-date interventions. The project will benefit from expertise of the Institute of Archaeology in Reykjavik, who will involve 3 specialists.
Summary of project results
All the planned results were achieved during the implementation period: 1 new exhibition displaying the objects restored, 135 objects restored and listed as heritage, 14 professionals trained on the job, over 10,000 visitors enjoying the exhibition supported by EEA Grants.
Summary of bilateral results
The partner was involved in one online workshop regarding the best methods to organize interactive exhibitions.