RETOLD News

Building on the successful RETOLD project, which established structured documentation practices for open-air museums, this project focuses on capacity building, skills development, and standards awareness rather than new software development. The project aims to enable small and medium-sized cultural heritage institutions - open-air museums and regional heritage organisations - to realistically engage with ECCCH.

RETOLD Earns High Praise for Innovation and Impact in Open-Air Museums. The European project RETOLD led by EXARC (Netherlands), has received an outstanding score of 80/100 for its impactful delivery and visionary approach in strengthening the open-air museum sector across Europe. Developed to empower museums preserving intangible heritage, the project met - and exceeded - the expectations of the EU programme...

In November 2024, we began preparing for the final reporting. We set clear deadlines for each partner and gathered all the necessary information to complete the final report. The submission deadline was the end of January. Following submission, we entered a waiting period during which we expect to receive follow-up questions from the EU. We anticipate that the final evaluation will be completed by April 2025...

By December 2024, the RETOLD Project officially ended. We came very far, reached a lot of milestones, and defined the future perspective. Our goal with RETOLD is to empower museums to create meaningful connections with their audiences through a robust digital presence. We thank all the RETOLD partners for their valuable time and the experience we gained from our cooperation. Our platform website RETOLD.eu presents the road...

RETOLD is a documentation system developed specifically for archaeological and ethnographic open-air museums. In open-air museums, collections often do not consist of portable physical objects. Instead, buildings and practical craft skills are central to the museum. Our goal is to empower museums to create meaningful connections with their audiences through a robust digital presence.

As part of the RETOLD project, Steinzeitpark Dithmarschen took part in a case study exercise to explore the integration of 3D media in their current digital online presence. To illustrate the process of deciding on a methodology, creating the media materials, and then using them on their website, the RETOLD reports on retold.eu now include a section on AOZA’s process and experience with 3D digital media...

The EXARC Journal Digest 2024 brings chosen abridged articles from the EXARC Journal issues of 2023/4 to 2024/3. There are 17 reviewed and 12 mixed matters articles. The importance of moving towards a more interdisciplinary future is highlighted in the successful completion of the RETOLD project. Some articles from RETOLD are provided in this Digest as well, and EXARC looks forward to providing further support for...

The annual conference of the Network for European Museum Organisations (NEMO) took place from the 10th to the 12th of November 2024 in Sibiu, Romania and was hosted by muzeul ASTRA. This year’s topic of the conference – Can we talk – Museums facing polarisation – invited dialogues on storytelling, who tells which stories and how can museums engage with different views and communities...

With the RETOLD project going through its final months and weeks, our focus lies not only on finishing the products and reporting, but also on how we will take care that what RETOLD developed and achieved will remain available, and where possible, be developed further. EXARC, as lead partner of the RETOLD project, is responsible for doing just this Also, as a community-based network, EXARC has...

As member of the Megalithic Routes association (www.megalithicroutes.eu) and as partner of the RETOLD Project the Stone Age Park Dithmarschen (AÖZA) combines the recent research results about the megaliths, mostly from the University of Kiel (Germany), and the modern digital presentation techniques as 3D-modelling in a new exhibition. Here they give information about the building processes of megaliths...