Welcome to EXARC

The Goal of the Ancient Technology Centre is to engage people of all ages in the daily life of our ancestors and to increase their understanding of the skills, resources and strategies available to them...

Open from:

1986

Member of EXARC:

Yes

Vikingatider (SE)

The Löddeköpinge region is strategically located close to both Malmö and Copenhagen. It is in the middle of the attractive Öresund Region, one of Europe’s most innovative and multi-cultural environments and within an hour’s reach for some 20 million people...

Open from:

2001

Member of EXARC:

Yes

Csiki Pihenőkert, Csiki Garden (HU)

The “Csiki Garden” is a Medieval eco-archaeological park and Summer camp coordinated by the Régiségbúvár Egyesület. The goals are to present Hungarian medieval life and history (buildings, agriculture, craftsmanship, foods, arms, costumes, et cetera) as well as...

Open from:

1998

Member of EXARC:

Yes

Asociatia Villa Wellmer (RO)

The Villa Wellmer Association is aiming to develop an experimental archaeology and medieval re-enactment project in Felmer. The goal with the Villa Wellmer project is to build a 12th century fortified manor „villa gerebionis” as centre of...

Open from:

2010

Member of EXARC:

Yes

La Ciutadella Ibérica de Calafell (CAT)

The Iberian Citadel of Calafell is a centre of experimental archaeology, an archaeological open-air museum where visitors can see what life was like in the Iron Age 2,500 years ago. It is the first archaeological site in the Iberian Peninsula to have been reconstructed by...

Open from:

1994

Member of EXARC:

Yes

Laboratorul de Cercetări Ştiinţifice “Tracologie” (MD)

During the archaeological expedition organized by Moldova State University in June and July 2007, a team formed by the members of the Archaeology Seminar, under the surveillance of the director of the “Thracology” Scientific Lab...

Open from:

2007

Member of EXARC:

Yes

The Scottish Crannog Centre (SC)

After 17 years of underwater excavations in the Scottish lochs, in 1997 the Scottish Crannog Centre opened its doors at Loch Tay near Kenmore, in the Central Highlands. It is a good mix of experimental archaeology, visitor attraction, an indoor exhibition room as well as an outdoor reconstruction area...

Open from:

1997

Member of EXARC:

Yes

State Cultural Reserve of Kernave (LT)

The area around Kernavė, in the district of Širvintos, has been of major inportance for the nascence of the state of Lithuania. It was here that the medieval capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was situated. After the 14th century, most archaeological remains were covered with peat...

Open from:

1989

Member of EXARC:

Yes

Association L'Homme Retrouvé "Préhistoire et expérimentation" (FR)

Education and experiment to find back prehistoric people...

Open from:

2006

Member of EXARC:

Yes

ArcheoParc im Schnalstal (IT)

The tragedy or what might have happened ... A man is fleeing up a mountainside, his pursuers hard on his heels. He flinches. A flint arrowhead had just pierced his left shoulder blade and penetrated deeply into the flesh...

Open from:

2001

Member of EXARC:

Yes

Mixed Matters

Grundtvig, Life Long Learning in Archaeological Open-Air Museums

In November 2009, the idea for launching a network on adult education in EXARC was picked up. The first step was a preparation meeting in Oerlinghausen, Germany where we met with about 20 EXARC members from almost all corners of Europe. By mid 2010, 15 organisations, including EXARC itself joined in two so called Grundtvig Learning Partnerships, funded by the European Union...

Mixed Matters

Conference: Textilforum 2010

The Textilforum was founded to bring practitioners of all textile crafts together, to compare notes and to learn from each other. Following the success of the first Textilforum, held in Eindhoven in September 2009, this year’s was held in Schnalstal, in South Tyrol, the German-speaking part of Northern Italy from 6-12 September...

Mixed Matters

Conference: Experiment and Experience: Ancient Egypt in the Present

Experiment and Experience: Ancient Egypt in the Present was held at the University of Wales, Swansea, by The Egypt Centre and The Department of History the 10-12 May 2010...

Mixed Matters

Book Review: Sailing into the Past: Learning from Replica Ships by Jenny Bennett (ed)

There must be hundreds of wooden ship replicas across the world, not only the ‘Viking ships’ in Scandinavia, but – as the book Sailing into the past shows, there are many medieval and more recent ones...

Mixed Matters

Conference: Reconstruction “in situ”, International Archaeological Meeting of Calafell, 2011

March 2011, EXARC convened for the 17th time, this time in Calafell, Catalonia, Spain. We could go along with the 6th international archaeology meeting of Calafell, a biannual conference. Three days long, from 9:30h in the morning until 19:30h in the evening, we listened to about...

Mixed Matters

Book Review: Experimentelle Archäologie. Eine Gratwanderung zwischen Wissenschaft und Kommerz by Dirk Vorlauf

The name Dirk Vorlauf is closely connected to the history of experimental archaeology in Germany. From the late1980s, the Vorlauf has conducted several experiments testing archaeological hypotheses, and he is critically involved in methodology and theory...

Experimental Archaeology

Ancient wood, woodworking and wooden houses

It has been almost 20 years, but it is still relevant
The 1980s was the beginning of a boom in the construction of archaeologically inspired buildings inside and outside archaeological open-air museums.
*** This article introduces a record on the management and use of prehistoric woodland gained from the research of the Somerset Levels...

Experimental Archaeology

For the Reader’s Sake: Publishing Experimental Archaeology

How to publish Experimental Archaeology?
*** Archaeological experiments should be presented as concisely as possible, with a clear explanation of the reason (or justification) for the experiment and the significance (and limitations) of the results...

Experimental Archaeology

Presentation of Archaeology and Archaeological Experiment

How to publish Experimental Archaeology?
*** This article discusses the relationship between presentation of archaeology and archaeological experiment in open-air museums. Presentation of the results of archaeological research represents a wide range of activities...

Mixed Matters

Conference Overview 2010/2011

A wide range of conferences on experimental archaeology and open air museums took place in 2010 and 2011, both in Europe and the Americas. This brief summary is based on the conference reviews from our contributors which can all be accessed freely on EXARC JOURNAL website from early 2012 on...

Open Archaeology, discover ancient worlds

Interested in archaeological open-air museums and experimental archaeology? Explore over 275 museums, education centres and reconstructed buildings. Check out the range of events organised by EXARC members. Browse the very latest articles by experts in the field.
This website has been produced with the support of OpenArch, an EU Culture Project...

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