Many ideas, great projects. However, lacks a proper coordination between the museum and schools, and appropriate communication. Report of a panel discussion on the teaching of local archaeological heritage - with a preview on the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the museum.
Wednesday, April 21, during the twelfth week of culture, was held at the Museum of Altino an interesting workshop - titled Life Long Learing - during which one side has made the situation on what the museum has offered to date to schools, on the other has been debated problematic present and improvement actions for the future .
Underlying all the data is not very confrotante - led by the Superintendent for Cultural Heritage of the Veneto Vincenzo Tineo - Italian archaeological museums that do not constitute a great attraction for tourists and / or residents. It is so in Rome, let alone to Altino, a museum with undersized and lost, inter alia, the victim bulky near one of the most famous and visited the world , Venice.
The Altino admissions between 2003 and 2009 were on average 6000 per year , with a negative peak between 2005 and 2006. The presence of "school" was about 100 classes a year , and guided tours have reached the peak of 80 in one year. In
slight tendency against than the regional average the presence of high schools and colleges - known as the "great absent" in the archeological museums - and this thanks to the development and implementation of educational projects carried out by the University Venice during the course of Roman epigraphy held by proff.ssa Cresci Marrone.
In such a picture, point to learning how to fly proposal for the increase in attendance at the museum is always an imperative. But what problems the schools face?
have occurred some teachers primary and secondary schools, which have pointed the finger at first to cuts at of coexistence, which in fact are making it increasingly difficult to organize day outings. Others have pointed out that for years Altino no longer exists in the itineraries offered by the municipality and the province of Venice schools. It has been for quite some time, between '80 and '90, but when the offer is strictly in terms of educational museum that was a small thing, but now (thanks to the collaboration with the University and two external specialized firms) could become a flagship of the province, especially when you consider the related activities that might be put (nature walks along the Sile, boat trips on the lagoon with a visit to Torcello, in the footsteps of old "fugitive" Altino, etc.)..
aspects, however, on which it became clear that there is still work - as of ideas, projects and proposals for the teaching of archaeological heritage there are many interesting and all - are the coordination between the museum and schools , and then the communication, which means to receive proposals for schools, calendar of events etc.. in September and the week before the events themselves ... Also, hold regular meetings of training and information for teachers .
Another issue raised, and this time in the direction of the local administration, is the suspension of an initiative promoted by the previous administration but did not find that in this continuity, ie summer camps at the museum. The commissioner said that education Vidotto will undertake to do something this year (better late than never ...).
Summer camps apart, everything else is true not only for the primary and secondary schools, but also for higher , but focusing on the diversification of (visits, workshops, etc.) in the second of school: the classic as a whole for the secondary schools, arts and crafts for art schools the domus , public buildings and form urbis for surveyors, the museum as a tourist attraction for the institutes for tourism etc. In addition, extend the experience with internship programs in order to tie more and more school and museum.
The museum in fact should not be seen only as "objects", "ancient history", "Archaeology" means an archaeological museum is also " memory" of technology past, compared to the present day. An example is the glass processing, which will be dedicated to the days of 15 and 16 May next, with which it will open the celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the Museum of Altino (1960-2010) .
program (unfortunately still "mouth"! "And" Back to the problem of communication ...) provides, in addition to the preparation of an exhibition on the glass , a practical demonstration of glass blowing estate one of the most famous masters of Murano Glass, Lino Tagliapietra is the afternoon of Saturday in that Sunday. In addition, the evening on Saturday 15 will be available to a boat (maximum capacity 35 people) with which you can "to jump" on Torcello night. Also on Saturday evening, finally, the museum will be open to the public until 2 am (a kind of "white night" in the countryside ...). Returning to teaching
: el ' universities? The museum of Altino became, ultimately, a ' Appendix university classroom, at least that of course Latin epigraphy of the Faculty of Letters of Ca' Foscari, held by proff.ssa Cresci Marrone. The fact that more and more guys who have not attended high school enroll in courses in ancient history (on which they faced for the last time in elementary school ...) resulted in a change of approach in teaching university, which provides for the first year the visit museums and archaeological sites (from the Roman ones), to go with the second year in museums stage, or later gradually being involved in projects indirizzai museums : routes, paths "reading "findings, communication tools, etc..
Finally, work. The professional who can find space in a museum are many: photographers designers for conservators to catalogers to the administrative computer communication experts.
short: ideas out there, but there is still work to do a lot. Reaching ' appointment with the move to its new headquarters (which is not yet set, but since the money is there ... fingers crossed!) with the well-oiled machine of the proposed teaching would be great.
me I hope so.
