Preserving and Divulging Cultural Heritage in Your Community
The Museums Project is a collaboration between Tema and
Historia snc that brings together talents and expertise from the United States
and Italy to develop, manage and promote Cultural Heritage in European and
North American communities to:
give meaning and purpose
to the objects on display in museums and art galleries
disclose the historical and
archaeological heritage of a community
leverage conservation and the rediscovery of cultural heritage
through the arts, history, archeology, literature and
architecture
rediscover cultures associated with agricultural land, and
preserve biodiversity.
Learning
by Doing
a
smart way of learning, through which one experiences new skills, sociality and
teamwork. Our areas of expertise:
Develop and manage educational activities for children, schools and families;
3D Modeling and reconstruction courses;
Scientific reconstructions that leverage data and
comparison studies;
Rendering, video and virtual tours;
Cultural Heritage communications and fundraising;
Web, portal and app development with augmented
reality content;
Development of tourism itineraries and tours;
Organization of exhibits, conferences and
seminars;
Drafting and editing of cultural heritage guide
books.
A Community Museum is a virtual or real, indoor or outdoor authentic
experience representative of and rooted in the local history and traditions of
a territory.
It works best with informal, friendly
interactions between guest and host
Participants are new entrepreneurs, existing small businesses,
nonprofits and local government all working together in a laboratory designed
to acquire and constantly update knowledge and learning skills.
The result a sustainable and full cultural immersion that is both
product and market oriented and generates new wealth for your community.
Some of Our Museums
The Museum Parish of Massa Fiscaglia near
Ferrara exhibits objects and vestments belonging to numerous ancient
brotherhoods, gold devotional offerings to Our Lady of Corba, the processional
banner dedicated to the Virgin Mary, valuable paintings, sacred vessels and liturgical
objects. Also, the crown and scepter of the Madonna della Corba, a 15th
century terracotta statue, and 17th to 19th century
paintings, including: the Annunciation attributed to Jacopo Bassano, St. Francis
receiving the stigmata by Carlo Bononi and a Circumcision of Christ Child
attributed to Scarsellino.
Castel Pietra near Trento holds documents
dating back to the 12th century. Its architecture displays different
styles, but its purpose was decidedly defense and control of the territory, as
it is located in an important strategic position near a large bend of the Adige
River and the Imperial Road at the narrowest point near Vallagarina where on August
10th 1487 Venetian troops under General Sanseverino, were severely
defeated. The castle was also the scene of important battles between Napoleon’s
army and the Austrians at end of the 18th and early 19th
centuries. During WWI, the castle was bombed and damaged on several occasions. Castel
Pietra has continuously belonged to the same family since 1738.
The Ravello Cathedral Museum houses a precious heritage,
ancient and medieval-modern, of considerable art-historical and archaeological
interest, including urns, sarcophagi, sculptures of exquisite workmanship,
ornate stone and liturgical furnishings made of noble metals. Among the most interesting
works is the Falconer, a passion
of the ruler Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, exhibited at New York’s Metropolitan Museum and Mannheim’s Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen.
Domus Romana an archeological in the center of Lucca and home of “House
of the Child on a Dolphin”. The archaeological excavations have brought to
light many interesting objects relating to daily life and worship in Roman
Lucca such as: the terracotta frieze, illustrated with a mythological scene
that gives its name to the Museum itself, a Sesterzio coin from 14 AD featuring
the Emperor Tiberius and a bronze clasp of the Augustan period. The museum’s charming
rooms also feature the evolution of Lucca from the Roman period to the
Renaissance, through the Lombard period and the Middle Ages.
The Fruit Museum in Massa Lombarda near
Ravenna is a restored old country house transformed into a museum. The ground
floor presents tools and everyday objects typical of rural culture and the
stables are dedicated to the culture of life, wheat and hemp. The first floor
is dedicated to Massa Lombarda the "capital" of Italian fruit (1927),
the story of fruit industry entrepreneur Adolfo Bonvicini (1854-1916), a display
of documents relating to the birth of the first workers cooperatives, tools, a
sorting machine and artistic labels, painted by famous 20th century
artists.
The Faggiano Museum an archeological museum
located in a historic building in the center of Lecce in Salento and recently
featured in the New York Times. During some restoration work on the building
interesting relics from different periods were discovered, including: floors from
the Messapian age (5th century BC), a cistern bell 15th
century, a medieval silos, walls and wells (at the bottom of one you can see
the Idume river) tanks of various periods, corpses and tombs, one of these
carved into the rock, and pottery.
Connect with Historia
and Tema
for a Cultural
Heritage Experience in Your Community
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Knowledge – Global Reach
