 |
archaeology
is a source of information about the past; our own past, “the here and then” so to say. Who do we want to have been? And how do we “know” that? Archaeology provides us with information about |
| the daily life of the past, of ordinary people, but as well about the very high and very low class people. It is a kind of “monkey watching” and as well: “how did people live back then without electricity, without all the comforts we now have? Were they smarter because they were more inventive with the simple means they had? Or were people back then more backward because they hadn’t invented yet all those things we now ...?” |
| “Who do we want to have been” also counts for the public. We can understand each other better if we know our own backgrounds, also those of our parents and ancestors. Of course we live in the present and not in the past. We can’t relive the past at all, but we can learn from it. Often this is even fun, both for the young and old. The public is very often quite interested, because the past is something personal, something very near. And a presentation with a low threshold is in that case an excellent means to bring the past closer by. |
|
|
For RACM (National Service for Archaeology, Culture Landscape and Monuments), in the past ROB, in 2006 an inventory was made of 25 archaeological open air centres, spread across Europe. These serve as example and inspiration for those in the Netherlands who want to make archaeological information
|
| In 2007 this is expanded with a series about on site museums, which are presenting a genuine archaeological excavation on location. These series as well is about museums all across Europe. In international museum context, the ‘site museums’ and the ‘reconstruction museums’ are under the same heading. |
|
 |
|
|
