HERITAGE EDUCATION as an instrument for building of partnership with public

1. HERITAGE EDUCATIONas an instrument for building of partnership with public

2. The National Heritage Institute of the Czech Republic is a professional body whose responsibility is to protect, study, document, and present the cultural heritage fund of the Czech Republic. • The main task of the Institute's specialists is to draw the public's attention to cultural, artistic, and technical qualities • which benefit not only us, but future generations as well. It would be a pity to pass by such qualities without noticing them. • Perspective of an effective heritage protection strategy is in partnership with public • Building of this partnership through education

3. Education as the key instrument improving quality of the care for the cultural heritage of the Czech Republic • Despite the heritage protection and care has very long tradition • in the Czech Republic (the first systhematic steps were done • in the last third of the 19th century), the heritage education started in this country quite recently, around fifteen years ago. After the velvet revolution in 1989 many activities supporting • re-development of dynamic and live civic society appeared. • Also professionals of the National Heritage Institute initiated wider cooperation with public as an important partner of the heritage protection and care. Side by side with a good legislative and professional bodies the real effect of heritage protection must be carried out with public assistence. Education of young generation-representative of a perspective future is one • of the most important goals. • Since 2005 started the new research project supported by • the Czech Ministry of Culture with the main aim to • create and diseminate pilot education programmes in all regions with emphasize on special local values of heritage fund.

4. Projects are based on principle of an active discovery initiaded • by young people themselves. Interactive forming of relationships to domestic cultural heritage enables to reveal the role • of the national heritage in European context and to understand its uniqueness as a part of modern European identity. They are instrumental both to effective presentations of monumental values and to the development of intelligence, creativity and value orientation of target groups, in favour of voluntary and sustainable care for cultural heritage. • The network of educational centres of NHI secures relevance and accessibility of project outputs; the centres cooperate on forming, implementation and evaluation of educational programs. The outputs of the research project will provide methodical support • for both state and non-state heritage care, coming in useful on all levels of formal education and in non-profit sector. We ´d like to share our original solutions on international platform, especially experience from still running (and successful) programmes with emphasizes on active discovery of local monuments and discovery of traditional craft skills. In our focus there are also special programmes for socially handicaped groups (for instance deff and blind people or drug dependents – heritage as symbol of quality and stability).

5. The core objective is an applied research and development; • their results will gain an effective social use. They contribute the creation of the system of educational programs in the sphere of movable and immovable cultural heritage both in historical seats and cultural landscape. The target groups are children and youth, families with children, but also seniors and people physically and psychically disabled. • In all programmes the aspect of partnership (both for cofinancing and special professional services) plays very important role. It means cooperation with local authorities, other cultural institutions, universities and NGOs.

6. „Unknown towns“where we live Pilot projects for 2 towns with historicmonument protected reservations: - České Budějovice - Telč

7. České Budějovice • capital of the South Bohemia • 94 000 inhabitants • 11 primary schools, 13 secondary schools • the South Bohemia University • historic town center with monument protected reservation • historic buildings since middle ages until functionalism

8. Young generation as an important partner for future heritage protection and care • Perspective of an effective heritage protection strategy in partnership of public • Building of this partnership through education especially • of young people

9. Importance of good professional partners Cooperation of the National Heritage Institute and the City Council of České Budějovice: Three pilot education programmes for which the historic centre of the town is the live textbook of period styles (Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque) cofinancing of edition of education sheets common organizing of annual workshops for teachers common organizing of European Heritage Days for schools

10. hear • see • touch • interactive discovering common searching of answers for questions building of citizenship and responsibility for historic sites

11. Middle agesThe Journeyfrom the Wandering Stone

12. RenaissanceRenaissance under the Black Tower

13. BaroqueAlsoSamson is baroque

14. „The wet variant“of heritage education tour starts in the conference hall of the National Heritage Institute

15. Discovering of barogue allegories through sculptures of Virtues from the town hall

16. The sculpture of Samson on the top of the fountain at the main square is well-known town symbol

17. Heritage as a live textbook: Discovering of baroque symetry on the facade of the town hall

18. Which one sculpture is original and which one copy?We discuss about conservation……

19. Since 2009 participate on European Heritage Days at České Budějovice annually approximately 500 pupils Age of participants: 8-12 years

20. Lecturers of heritage education tours are specialists from the National Heritage Institute and students of the South Bohemian University Translated education sheets are used for lessons of English and German in secondary schools

21. Telč – UNESCO site • district town – 4 primary schools, 2 secondary schools • university

22. Education project „How to build a town“ • observation of the town planning from the bell-tower • disscussing about the traditional town structure and its crucial points

23. Historic architecture as a message • meeting of skills of our ancestors – traditional crafts • understanding of ancient symbols and allegories

24. Design your town! • using of wooden models • pupils work in small groups • heritage professional lecturer as adviser

25. Well done! Happy future architects • building of better understanding for historic sites planning future responsibility for their protection

26. Adventure with traditional materials and technologies Pilot programme for the CastleBečov

27. Castle Bečov historic monument of the national importance open to public • damaged building of „old castle“as a place to study traditional building technologies and crafts

28. Secrets of old skills„Adventureof lime and sand“ • under leadership of heritage experts kids study old stonework and masonery

29. Secrets of old skills„Adventureof lime and sand“ • importance of scientific analyses let´s try to do it ourselves! under leadership of heritage professionals kids do traditional plaster

30. „Adventure of archeology“

31. „Adventure of carpentry“ • under leadership of professional carpenter kids assist on reconstruction of medieval bridge

32. „Adventure of carpentry“ • reconstruction of medieval bridge – lesson of carpentry in practice

33. Historic monument as a place and an instrument of therapy Pilot project for the manor house and park Červený Dvůr

35. since 1960 is Červený Dvůr Manorused as a psychiatric hospitalfor dependent people with capacity of 115 beds

36. the natural park, founded by the Duke Jan Adolf II. Schwarzenberg,provides a space both for therapy and relaxation

37. since 2003 cooperation with the Czech National Heritage Institutemeeting of patients with history awareness of traditional values supports feeling of stability and harmony

38. through common discovering of the history and aeshtetic values of the manor house and the park create patients their relation to the site together with feeling of selfresponsibility

39. since 2003 is the park open to publicin 2005 was open the public natural trail regular contact with public is for patients very important tool of resocialization breaking barriers among patients and public

40. meeting with embroideriescultural events in interiors of the house and in the park are visited both by patients and public

41. Sculpture sympozium 2009wood of trees from the park comes back to the parkin new appearance – patients work with artists

42. making of copies of historic lights by patientsin the pottery workshop for baroque illumination of the park

43. making of lights for various festivities since 2009 patients supply three important state historic sites open to public

44. baroque illumination of the fountain at the Castle Český Krumlov participation of socially disabled people on public cultural events through heritage care and education

45. cultural heritage – miror of our identity • approach for present • inspiration for future • Heritage education stakeholders in the Czech Republic: regional education centers with professional team partnership with local authorities and NGOs close personal cooperation with schools our motto: Heritage is amusing for us!

46. Thanks for your attentionMgr.Kateřina CichrováNárodní památkový ústav(Czech National Heritage Institute)nám.Přemysla Otakara II.34České BudějoviceCzech Republick.cichrova@seznam.cz