OPEN-HERIT 2026-2027 (ECHOES)

Building on the outcomes of the earlier RETOLD project, OPEN-HERIT addresses a significant gap: while many institutions already document historic buildings, traditional crafts, cultural landscapes, intangible heritage, and other heritage assets, they often lack the technical knowledge and organisational capacity needed to align their existing documentation practices with emerging European digital infrastructures, semantic standards, and interoperability frameworks. Read more

RETOLD 2020-2024 (Creative Europe)

We know where you are coming from, because we have been there ourselves. There is a huge variety of craft activities and houses in open-air museums. If you then think there are both ethnographic open-air museums, and archaeological ones, and if we look to all continents in the world, you may get desperate... or hopeful. There is a lot what unites us, and we defined this common ground with RETOLD. Some museums have only one building and two volunteers, where others have hundreds of full time employees and/or are part of a ministry. EXARC has a long history with freelancers, craftspeople, professors, office people, and volunteers. Languages are an issue, but we do not only speak English, we also speak forestry, geology, 3D and health & safety.  Some people may have a long experience with going digital, where others are just starting (see our Case Study). Read more