There’s a little more than a week left to apply for Cultural Heritage without Borders‘ Regional Restoration Camp (RRC) for museum conservation, which will take place in Mitrovica, Kosovo, September 13 – 27. This 20th RRC will focus on the conservation of movable objects and interpretation within a museum setting.
Application deadline: 25 July
Lecture themes:
- Introduction to the Museum of the City of Mitrovica
- Challenges and aspirations of the Museum – guided tour
- Introduction to Interpretation
- Introduction to conservation
- Protection and management of movable heritage in Kosovo
- Universal Access
- Bringing objects alive – Interpretation and communication of heritage
- Challenges of managing a museum in the Balkans
- Museums as alternative art spaces
- Museum collections and public inclusion
Practical works:
- Preventive conservation
- Textile conservation
- Organic object conservation
- Cataloguing objects
MORE DETAILS
For participants coming from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia
CHwB will cover the following costs of the Camp:
- Tuition
- On-site accommodation with breakfast
- Camp excursions
- Materials for camp participation, including tools, papers, etc.
Participants will be responsible for paying for:
- Their own meals
- Travel to the location of the Camp
(CHwB will not cover those costs.)
For participants coming from any other countries
Participants coming from countries not listed above must pay a 750 euro fee, which covers:
- Tuition
- On-site accommodation with breakfast
- Camp excursions
- Materials for camp participation, including tools, papers, etc.
Participants will be responsible for paying for:
- Their own meals
- Travel to the location of the Camp
(The 750 euro participation fee does not cover those costs.)
TO APPLY
1. Download the PDF application form (below)
2. Fill out the application completely, including all supporting documents
3. Send the entire application by email or post to:
Email:
rrc@chwb.org
Post:
CHwB Regional Office
Rr. Ismail Qemali
P. 34/1, Kati III, Zyra 15
Tiranë, ALBANIA
4. CHwB will confirm that we have received your application. If you do not receive a confirmation email within 1 week, please contact CHwB at rrc@chwb.org
We look forward to seeing you in Gjirokastra or Mitrovica!
A note for past RRC participants: If you would like to experience the Camps again, you may apply to be a volunteer leader (a separate application can be found here), or you may attend a second time by paying the full participation fee.