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Interpretation

What Does Your Visitor Experience? Making the Most of Live Interpretation in a Unique Setting

Author(s)
Marc van Hasselt 1
Publication Date
OpenArch Special Digest 2015 Issue 2
***Archaeological Open-Air Museums (AOAM) offer a unique setting in which live interpretation can make history come truly alive. For many, or perhaps all, AOAM history is the product being sold to the public. During the five years the OpenArch project has run the partners have spent many hours discussing the...

Museum Theatre in Greece: Perspectives in Site Interpretation

Author(s)
Foteini Venieri 1,2,3 ✉,
Niki Nikonanou 4
Publication Date
The paper summarizes preliminary findings of a research project on the use of museum theatre in Greek open-air sites, as a part of a PhD thesis. The research focuses on the exploration of the development, use and function of museum theatre in Greek open-air sites based on available secondary resources and primary research, which...

Mural Painting of a Roman Lady from Viminacium: From Roman Matron to the Modern Icon

Author(s)
Jelena Anđelković Grašar 1 ✉,
Milica Tapavički-Ilić 1
Publication Date
OpenArch Special Digest 2015 Issue 2
***During the late antiquity, fresco decorated tombs had a prominent place in funerary practice. All of the scenes and motifs within tombs are dedicated to the deceased persons and their apotheosis. Usually painted on the western wall of the tomb, these portraits could represent a deceased married couple or...