Conference Registration is Open
EXARC and Museum Batavialand (NL) invite you to register for our Conference Digitalisation in Open-Air Museums and Reconstructions. It will be held in Lelystad, the Netherlands, 11-13 September 2024.
This conference is open to all people with a museum or technical background who are interested in digital tools in the cultural sector. Our focus is on museums and other parties working with reconstructions (for example replica ships or other constructions that are not permanently tied to a museum). These parties need digital solutions, partly to serve their visitors, but also to help their staff in managing collections, and to streamline working methods and comply with current regulations (for example on digital archives of administration).
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About the Conference
At the conference in Museum Batavialand, EXARC will celebrate the launch of the RETOLD platform, where we will demonstrate how you can document, digitalise, and share the stories of your museum. This four-year project has been done in collaboration with museums and many others, thanks to EU support. You are more than welcome to join, and of course offer feedback and other comments! More information about RETOLD: retold.eu.
We expect the conference to be partly hybrid, but we would prefer for those presenting to be present in person where possible.
Registration Fee non RETOLD Members
Fee includes: Program with presentation, conference material, coffee/ tea breaks, lunch and dinner.
On the excursion day, it includes bus transport from Lelystad Centrum to Swifterkamp (and back).
| Conference | 3 Days (11-13 September 2024) incl excursion | 2 Days (11-12 September 2024) no excursion | 1 Day (any day of the conference) |
| In Person EXARC member (cat. 1 & 2) OR Students | € 240 | € 150 | € 100 |
| In Person non-EXARC OR EXARC cat. 3 | € 295 | € 175 | € 125 |
| Online Speaker (calculated for making presentation available online) | € 50 | ||
Travel and Accommodation
Lelystad has a direct train connection from Schiphol Airport which takes about 40 minutes and runs every 30 minutes.
Lelystad has several smaller accommodations, and one medium sized hotel: Leonardo Hotel Lelystad Centrum
Updated, May 18, 2024
Arrival - Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Location: Grand Café Dukaat, Dukaatplein 8, 8232 EJ Lelystad, The Netherlands (just outside train station Lelystad Centrum)
| 18:00 | Get together, dinner and drinks (at own expense) Grand Café Dukaat: https://grandcafedukaat.nl/ |
Day 1 - Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Location: Museum Batavialand, Oostvaardersdijk 01 13, 8242 PA Lelystad, The Netherlands
| 9:00 | Open for Registration |
| 9:30 | Official opening |
| 9:45 | Session 1 (RETOLD related presentations, part 1) |
| Going Digital, Issues, Challenges, and Results Dr. Roeland Paardekooper, EXARC (the Netherlands) | |
| Our House. The Importance of documenting reconstructed Buildings – a case study from the Museumsdorf Düppel in Berlin Dr. Julia Heeb, Stadtmuseum Berlin (Germany) | |
| Digitisation and 3D Visualisation: The State-of-The-Art vs Technological Appropriateness for Cultural Heritage Sites Dr. Cordula Hansen, XYZ Technical Art Services (Germany) | |
| 11:15 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 | Session 1 (RETOLD related presentations, part 2) |
| Not just Storytelling. Documentation traditional Crafts in a Museum Setting Dr. George Tomegea, Complexul National Muzeal ASTRA (Romania) | |
| When Digital hits the Museum: Experiences of our Museum with 3D Dr. Rüdiger Kelm, Steinzeitpark Dithmarschen (Germany) | |
| There must be an App for that. Technical Solutions for Open-Air Museums Prof. Dr. Clara Masriera Esquerra, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (Spain) | |
| 13:00 | Lunch at Taveerne de Batavia (incl guided tours depot) |
| 14:00 | Session 2 (RETOLD at the Batavia Wharf) |
| 14:00 | Guided tour Wharf and Batavia Ship |
| 15:00 | Hands-on workshop at the Wharf (looking at modern techniques and digital possibilities) |
| 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:15 | Workshop What did we get involved in? The Good and the Bad about standing in between the Digital and the Museum Reality Guillaume Auvray MBA, Nuwa Ltd (Ireland) |
| 18:00 | Dinner at Taveerne de Batavia |
Day 2 - Thursday 12, 2024
Location: Museum Batavialand, Oostvaardersdijk 01 13, 8242 PA Lelystad, The Netherlands
| 9:00 | Session 3 (What others do) |
| 9:00 | Unlocking (3D) digital Heritage Kate Fernie and Henk Alkemade, Carare (Ireland) |
| Experiencing the Lower German Limes in a game-based Way Stephan Engelhard, LVR-Archaeological Park Xanten, Xanten (Germany) | |
| Digitally Restoring Museum Objects to Their Original Context Elin Tinuviel Torbergsen, Museum Nord and University of Oslo (Norway) | |
| Enriching Technologies for a die-hard 'hands on' Presentation Jack Veldman, Archeon (the Netherlands), Imtal Europe (Sweden) | |
| Museum Theatre, the digital transition and future of first-person narrative history Dr Foteini Venieri & Rebecca Shelley, Heterotopia Museum Theatre, Athens (Greece) | |
| The Role of Digital Asset Management in Skill Training and Preservation: An ALHFAM Project Case Study Peter Watson, Howell Living History Farm & Pleasant Valley Historical Park, ALHFAM (USA) | |
| 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:15 | Key Note |
| The Role of Unreal in Open-Air Museums Dr. Peter Inker, Colonial Williamsburg (USA), EXARC | |
| TBA: Batavialand (the Netherlands) | |
| Vlogging, Podcasts and Outreach through Digital Platforms Dr. Matilda Siebrecht, EXARC & Eva Götting, DAI (Germany) | |
| 13:00 | Lunch at Taveerne de Batavia (incl guided tours depot) |
| 14:00 | Session 4 (What others do) |
| “Augmenting” an Open-Air Museum. The Experience at Parco Archeologico didattico del Livelet, Italy Dott.ssa Maura Stefani, Parco Archeologico didattico del Livelet (Italy) | |
| Local craftspeople from Romania. A valuable resource for reconstructing monuments in open-air museums Ioan-Cosmin Ignat PhD, Complexul National Muzeal ASTRA (Romania) | |
| Japan’s forgotten Pithouses: documenting the dismantling of Reconstructed Prehistoric Architecture John Ertl (Keio University), Yasuyuki Yoshida (Morioka University), Corey Noxon (Ritsumeikan University), Yoko Ikari (Meiji University) (Japan) | |
| Düppel:3D David Witzgall, HTW Berlin (Germany) | |
| From storage to conservation Documentation. The application of Autodesk Inventor and Photogrammetry to produce drawings of Ceramic Vessels Michał Lis, Jakub Rąpała, Monika Kamińska, Jerzy Trzebiński, Paweł Kajfasz, Jolanta Lasek, Wawel Royal Castle – State Art Collection, Archaeological Department, Kraków (Poland) | |
| TBA | |
| 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:15 | Guided tour in Batavialand Museum |
| 18:00 | Dinner at Taveerne de Batavia |
Day 3 - Friday, September 13, 2024
Location: Swifterkamp, Prehistorische Nederzetting, Vlotgrasweg 15, 8219 PP Lelystad, The Netherlands
| 8:30 | Departure from the hotel (by bus) and later city center | |
| 9:00 | At the Swifterkamp | |
| Guided Tour at the Swifterkamp | ||
| 11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:30 | Hands-on workshop with the app, Swifterkamp case study XYZ Technical Art Services (Germany) | |
| 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 | Whitebook presentation and discussion | |
| 16:00 | Coffee break | |
| 16:30 | Hands-on workshop with the app, Swifterkamp case study XYZ Technical Art Services (Germany) | |
| 18:00 | Dinner at HarTeluk restaurant Natuurpark Lelystad | |
| 20:30 | Departure back to hotel (by bus) | |
Departures - Saturday, September 14, 2024
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