OPENING KARELIA WORKSHOP Introduction

Program Day 1. Euregio Karelia : positions, perspectives, introductions” Day 2. Museum hypertext : borders, elements, connections Museum hypertext. Games Day 3. Museum hypertext: content, form, technology

Day 1. Euregio Karelia : positions, perspectives, introductions Euregion Region Museum network City Museum Exhibition Exhibit Think global, act local

Day 1. Euregio Karelia : positions, perspectives, introductions Karelia is : Cultural and nature preserve ? Northern periphery ? Raw materials addition ? Karelia is : Laboratory of interaction : people and nature, ethnic groups, cultures, countries, civilizations ?

Day 2. Museum hypertext: borders, elements, connections Types of information and carriers museum exhibits natural objects cultural heritage objects immaterial cultural heritage historical facts (events) people, characters up-to-date statistics

Day 2. Museum hypertext: borders, elements, connections Main themes Ethnography and folklore Stone, architecture, urban development Transport routes War history Birth place, deposits

Ethnography and folklore : North Karelia Museum and National museum of the Republic of Karelia + museums in Sortavala, Medvezhyegorsk, Kostomuksha, Ilomantsi, Lieksa Stone, architecture, cities : Museum of Northern Priladozhye and North Karelia Museum, Kostomuksha museum + Outokumpu museum + National museum of Karelia and Medvezhyegorsk museum Day 2. Museum hypertext: borders, elements, connections

Transport routes Medvezhyegorsk museum + North Karelia Museum, National museum of the Republic of Karelia, Museum of Northern Priladozhye, museums of Kostomuksha, Lieksa, Ilomantsi War history Medvezhyegorsk museum, Bunker museum (Joensuu), Fighter’s House (Ilomantsi) + North Karelia Museum, Museum of Northern Priladozhye, National museum of the Republic of Karelia

Day 2. Museum hypertext. Games Game methods used in museums for working with the visitors Game as the basic for scenarios : Museum exhibitions Programs for the visitors Tours and guides Multimedia programs Souvenir products etc.

Day 3. Day 3. Museum hypertext: content, form, technology Structural model, software for the Open museum information system of the Euregio Karelia region Interface design of the access points to the resources of the Open museum information system of the Euregio Karelia region Modular constructor of the exhibition equipment Educational games in the hypertext information environment of the museum exhibitions

Workshop Round table Presentations by experts Working groups Discussions Game Press conference