Recommendation on a common European data space for cultural heritage
On the 10th November, the European Commission published a recommendation on a common European data space for cultural heritage. The recommendation recognises that: The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the strengths and vulnerabilities of the cultural heritage sector and the need [...]
Case Study 2: Preservation and conservation of Choirokoitia, a Neolithic settlement
Originally discovered in 1936, the Neolithic site of Choirokoitia was awarded World Heritage Status in 1998 which places a number of obligations on the institutions responsible for the management of the site. These include planning and implementing the conservation, promotion [...]
Workshop “Towards the European Competence Centre for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage”
The design of the European Competence Centre for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage and the network of national Competence Centres (CCs) requires a wide consultation of stakeholders to take into account the diversity of needs, local conditions, legal and organisational [...]
4CH at tourismA!
From 17th to 19th December at the Palazzo dei Congressi 4CH, Competence Centre for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage, has chosen “tourismA - Archaeology and Cultural Tourism Exhibition” for its first event in Italy. The project, funded by the European [...]
ICCROM Call for Posters – Discovering Samples Archives
ICCROM are organising a two-day online Poster Session and Roundtable for the 29th-30th November 2021. The Call for Posters is open until next Friday, the 15th October: Do you have a material sample collection you would like to showcase? Do [...]
EAA 2022 Budapest: Call for Sessions opened
The Call for Sessions for the 2022 EAA Conference is open with the deadline of the 11th November. This will be held in Budapest from 31st August - 3rd September 2022 and is planned to be a face-to-face event with [...]
Case Study 1: Using 3D Reconstruction and story-telling to bring the past to life
Ename, a small, local heritage site and museum in north west Belgium with some notable artefacts has used 3D technologies to reconstruct its Abbey as it evolved over several centuries. By using story-telling to create first-person interaction with important objects [...]
First 4CH Annual Meeting Summary
The first Annual Meeting of the 4CH project was held on Thursday the 8th July with over 70 people attending the Zoom meeting which was chaired by Francesco Taccetti, INFN. After a short welcome, the first speaker was the European [...]
A European Competence Centre for the Cultural Heritage: the 4CH Project
Introduction After the Damages International Academy hosted their 2nd online event (featuring 4CH) on Tuesday the 22nd June which has been made available here as a video with an accompanying summary. The event, which was held mainly in [...]