RETOLD News

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...

Looking for test institutions for the RETOLD documentation workflow at the annual EXAR conference. The conference of EXAR took place from the 19th to the 22nd of September 2024 in Blaubeuren, Germany. Many of its members work for open-air museums either as freelancers or paid staff, making the conference an ideal platform for sharing the results of the RETOLD project and to look for interested parties to test ...

The RETOLD conference in Lelystad, September 2024, counted three days. Over the first two days, a large number of papers were presented, which can be found here.  On the third day of the RETOLD conference we took all the participants to our nearby testing grounds: the archaeological open-air museum Swifterkamp. Following the introduction in RETOLD, we could test it “in the wild”. For this purpose, we linked ...

Between 11th-13th September 2024, the final meeting of the RETOLD project took place in the form of a hybrid conference hosted by EXARC and Museum Batavialand (NL).  The conference focused on the theme of Digitalisation in Open-air Museums, and included presentations and workshops from the RETOLD partners and from others based all around the world...