Discover the world at Leiden University ‘From Malta to Faro’ A journey from educating and awareness raising to involvement and participation Dr. Monique van den Dries March 20th 2014
Discover the world at Leiden University Malta, article 9: Each Party iundertakes educational actions to rousing and developing an awareness in public opinion of the value of the archaeological heritage for understanding the past and of the threats to this heritage; iipromotes public access to important elements of its archaeological heritage, especially sites, and encourages the display to the public of suitable selections of archaeological objects.
Discover the world at Leiden University Drive-in Museum Woerden
Discover the world at Leiden University 94% of municipality archaeologists are active in public outreach (80% organizes open door days; 55% writes newspaper articles; 33% offers exhibitions) ‘Archaeology in Contemporary Europe (ACE) questionnaire 2011: (28 companies, 30 municipalities)
Discover the world at Leiden University NIPO 1996: 85% of the population does not participate in archaeology What do you want to do? Student survey 2008 Student survey 2010 visit museum57%49% visit/participate in excavation 5039 visit theme parc4655 watch movie4442 read a book2412
Discover the world at Leiden University
Hunneschans, 1963
Discover the world at Leiden University Fieldwork projects
Discover the world at Leiden University Oss July participants for ‘dig along day’
Discover the world at Leiden University Tell Balata (Nablus, West Bank) Community involvement: Cleaning; family day; oral history project; logo competition; teachers’ handbook Outreach activities: Visitor centre; leaflet; site map; website; brochure; summer school