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The value of a modern and innovative museum does not consist exclusively of the value of organized exhibitions, but especially of the way the museum serves the increasingly diverse needs of communities, keeping pace with the times, transforming and adapting their message and functions to prove its relevance to the needs of the public it serves. Approaching a new cultural business model, ASTRA Museum aims to transform the House of Arts, now a quasi-inert and non-functional space, into a creative hub, a nodal point where crafts (past, present, living) become the corollary of all valorisation activities. of this historical monument. The proposed valorization plan will functionalize the new spaces so that over 80% of the useful surface will be dedicated to cultural activities, and the annual number of visitors will increase by 40%: permanent and temporary exhibitions, multifunctional halls for formal and non-formal training activities, spaces for museum education activities and pro-heritage education, fluid spaces for the projects of the creative community and new forms of cultural entrepreneurship, spaces for cultural memory (access areas to databases and digital catalogues of crafts and craftsmen), spaces for experimentation and interactivity, for exhibiting and selling craftmen’s products, spaces for recreation, for meeting and socializing for the community. These activities will benefit from the support of the Norwegian partner, Museene I Sor Trondelag, through exchanges of experience with craftsmen and specialists from both countries. Bilateral cooperation also includes cooperation in the development of educational activities and the accessibility program following the good practice example of NorsK Dove Museet.