The concepts of museums of history often focus a national level of history. In order to discover the relations between histories of different cultures, the participants of “Once upon today…in Europe” thought about elementary questions like “What is Europe?”, “What is history?” or “What is a museum?” before creating their own conpect of an international Read more about Creating a European Museum of History[…]
Today, we discovered the Capital of Culture in 2016: Wrocław (Breslau). Despite the rainy weather, we got to know many interesting corners of the city and facts about it via a guided tour. We saw a Synagogue, original & reconstructed buildings, went to a traditional Polish restaurant and ate a typical dish: Pierogi (Polish dumplings). Read more about Wrocław – Capital of Culture 2016[…]
At first glance, this place might only seem to be a beautiful old residence of a noble family. But already on their first day here, the participants of “Once upon today…in Europe” discovered that it is much more than that! Via a guided tour through the gallery, the ‘House on the Hill’ as well as Read more about Tell me something about you, Krzyżowa![…]
Interviewing Mathilda, participant: Did you learn anything new during the workshop “Same event – different story”? -“I discovered historical events I didn’t know about – especially concerning Moldova (the deportation in 1946 was new to me). Furthermore, I got to know personal stories of the others, not only national history.” 2. Did you like the Read more about Same event – different story[…]
On the first day of the Youth Meeting “Once upon today…in Europe” in Krzyzowa, the participants got to know each other… but first of all – themselves: during the workshop “Flowers of Identity”, each of them drew a flower related to herself/himself in order to think about her/his own story, character, background etc. After that, Read more about Flowers of Identity[…]