Open Calls and Heritage Events in Europe

The successful postgraduate course "paper curator", which is unique in German-speaking Europe, is offered under the aegis of the University of Basel.

objective
The postgraduate course "paper curator" complements the existing training as a librarian and librarian, archivist and other functions in the field of "documentation and information" in this innovative thematic composition. The study program deals with the production and dating of the paper, the determination of the paper quality, the assessment of the state of preservation and the determination of preservation and restoration measures. It also covers graphics and printing techniques, manuscripts and photography. In the field of special collections a broad basic knowledge is imparted. The legal part of the program will provide basic knowledge of legal provisions related to the duties and duties of a paper curator or

Program structure
Modular, professionally focused degree program in changing forms of teaching and learning.

Target audience
The program is aimed at specialists from libraries, archives, historical and art historical museums, antique dealers, auction houses, private collections, historians and art historians, as well as those who are generally interested in this subject, provided that they meet the study requirements.

Eligibility
Requirements University degree or equivalent equivalent with a minimum of three years' professional experience. 
Classes are in German.

Faculty
Lecturers from Swiss and European universities, from libraries, museums, archives, special collections, experts / inside of the restoration practice and specialists from printing technology.

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A modern exposition area - an open space with ceramics, tin, copper, brass and bronze in the collections of the Tallinn City Museum - has been opened in the medieval cellar of the 17th house of the Tallinn City Museum on December 14, 2017.

It is also the museum's workspace where nearly 2,000 porcelain and earthenware from Estonia, Europe, China and Japan have been deposited at the Museum Museum of Ceramics. In addition, cobalt masonry ovens and ceramic wall tiles from the Netherlands have been exhibited as a temporary show. 
From December 2017 two more open-air halls are open and the collections of tin, copper, brass and bronze items of the Tallinn City Museum are also accessible to visitors.

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CHRISTA is an interregional cooperation project whose overall objective is to protect and conserve the assets that nature and heritage make up and use for the development of innovative, sustainable and responsible tourism strategies that include both intellectual and industrial heritage, through narrative and digitization.

The expected result is improved policy instruments in 9 regions across Europe.

The project has four main themes: Immaterial Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Interpretation / Story, and Innovation and Digitization.

Västarvet responds specifically to the area of ​​industrial history. One of West's main activities is to highlight stories about the industrial community's cultural heritage on the digital platform Prisma Västra Götaland www.prismavg.se . We collaborate with Innovatum, Hometown associations in Västra Götaland, Maritime in the West, NAV - Industrial History and Work Life Museums in the West, Gothenburg City Museum, National Archives / National Archives and Textile Museum.

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