Etiket: Heritage
Frisian planetarium now world heritage: ‘The fact that this worked is a hoot’
They were quite surprised about it themselves: the oldest working planetarium in Franeker has been a world heritage site since this year. This makes it just as special as the…
Olieslaan on Dutch heritage list: ‘Happiness, but also work to be done’
The craft of oil butcher has been added to the list of Dutch intangible heritage. The request from initiator Marja Schetsberg of the Woldzigt oil and flour mill in Roderwolde…
Summer Carnival and Grassland Irrigation on UNESCO’s International List of Intangible Heritage | News item
News item | 06-12-2023 | 9:00 am Summer Carnival and Grassland Irrigation are both on the UNESCO list of intangible heritage. This was decided on December 6 during an annual…
Carbide shooting on New Year’s Day becomes an intangible heritage
Carbide shooting becomes intangible heritage. Next Friday, UNESCO in Kampen will sign a document that will put this old tradition on a protected list. In the Zaan region it used…
Digital fashion heritage is gaining momentum: ‘A wish of the museum sector’
After hopeful but also speculative discussions about digital fashion, concrete answers are needed. What can we do in a ‘phygital’ world, the interface between digital and real life, to advance…
Flavors of international cuisine that are already the heritage of Argentines
Almost without realizing it, they became part of our daily lives. At the beginning, they were exotic dishes, which only appeared on menus of specific places dedicated to that food.…
The Surinamese heritage dog rescued – NRC
Every year I go to my native Suriname to sterilize dogs with a team. I’ll never forget the day we drove into a poor neighborhood to pick up dogs a…
October 12: demonstration, events and military parade for Hispanic Heritage Day, live
The negotiations for the investiture of Pedro Sanchez that already permeate the entire political board, mark the official acts of the October twelve. The military parade and the institutional reception…
Who owns the dead in the slave cemetery? How St. Eustatius struggles with historical heritage
These have been tough weeks for Nicholas Budsberg. In mid-August, the American archaeologist submitted his resignation to the St. Eustatius Center for Archaeological Research (Secar). He had only been in…
EZK and Water Boards join Heritage Deal | News item
News item | 10-10-2023 | 18:06 The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate and the Union of Water Boards join the Heritage Deal. This brings the number of participants to…