1930-1950

Heroes, anti-heroes and villains: How we (re)create, use and dismantle them.

Join us between 11 and 14 April 2025 for the Interpret Europe conference entitled Heroes, anti-heroes and villains: How we (re)create, use and dismantle them.

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the “Living History” project, the open-air museum on Kiekeberg invites you to a conference on the topic of living history, building on a specialist conference 15 years ago in the open-air museum  that examined the status quo and perspectives at the time illuminated and questioned by living history formats.

Representations of and reflections on traumas in open air museums

Our annual conference in 2024: Representations of and reflections on traumas in open-air museums

Venue: Hungarian Open Air Museum, Szentendre

Pre-conference tour: trauma-related indoor and outdoor exhibitions in Budapest and its surroundings on 18th August

From ornate Victorian mansions to everyday inns, frontier forts to 20th-century leaders’ homes, there’s a state historic site to fit every interest.

While you’re traveling through Texas’ past, don’t forget the thriving present! Many heritage travel destinations are near historic downtown districts, where you can dine or shop at local businesses that make their communities unique.

Frustration. Uncertainty. Anger. Heartache. 2020 has given us much. We’ve also been harshly reminded that climate change is upon us, that politicians equivocate, that people have opinions, and that murder hornets are a thing. Our industry has been hit particularly hard. Many of us have been let go.

More than 30 professional and amateur companies of historical spectacles take part, divided into several categories: music, dance and song; theater and street performance; animal training and show; crafts and demonstrations; military art; various activities and services; technique and accessories; living history sites.

On November 14 and 15, 2020 the 5th edition of Fous d'Histoire Compiègne will take place at Le Tigre, Festival du Spectacle Historique et Marché de l'Histoire, which took over from Fous d'Histoire Pontoise which existed since 2006.