Getting started with intercultural dialogue - perspectives from HungaryAvviare il dialogo interculturale – prospettive nei musei ungheresiGetting started with intercultural dialogue - perspectives from HungaryAvviare il dialogo interculturale – prospettive nei musei ungheresi Aniko Korenchy-Misz, Fondazione Musei e Visitatori, Ungheria

ContentContent Understanding and misunderstanding cultural dialogue A few initiatives for intercultural projects When dialogue becomes a principle

Worlds of Children / Kinderwelten / Gyermekvilágok

Project partners Vasi Múzeumbarát Egylet (Friends of Museums in Vas County) Ethnographic Department of Savaria Múzeum Das Literaturhaus Mattersburg (Mattersburg, Austria) Burgenländisches Geschichte(n)haus (Bildein, Austria) Andreas Lehner Art&Projects

ParticipantsParticipants Students of age

ActionsActions Visits and workshops in different museums on both sides of the border Research on intangible heritage connected to objects Collection of objects in childrens room for a temporary exhibition Documenting and presenting the collected objects

ActionsActions Collection of more objects and related stories in Hungary Organization of temporary exhibition - in the shape of a board game - no labels, only codes -touch-screen for stories - touched personally (It meant childhood experiences and memories for adults, and wonder for modern kids. Its not a museum but a part of our life, that is why we were touched so much!)

or Péter Illés and Kálmán Tóth or Péter Illés and Kálmán Tóth More information

Baranya County Museums Dialogue between experts: Joint cross-border exhibitions International Projects (Grundtvig, Interreg etc.) More info: Judit W. Müller –

Where dialogue becomes a principle: Hungarian Open Air Museum, Szentendre Preserves, relocates and reconstructs buildings to be demolished Collecting and presenting objects related to buildings (and lifestyle behind) Maintains an active relationship with the communities Presents their culture to a wider audience

Preservation of values – building communities Kisalföld regional unit – St. Annes Day celebration – people from Jánossomorja 2005 – Péter Korniss photos for the National Geographic magazine.

Local heritage – common pride Southern –Transdanubian region (Not guests but hosts)

Lost values – preserving memories Jewish life in the Upland Market Town Social networking paralel with research Active participation in opening ceremony

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