"The Address of Satire” – building up an exhibition of works from the collection of the Museum House of Humour and Satire, Gabrovo and a complementary programme on the role and the limits of satire and its exhibiting in renovated spaces in the Museum

About this project

<p>The project of the Museum 'House of Humor and Satire' and the Norwegian University College for Green Development (HGUt) lasts 22 months. It includes revitalization of three museum spaces, creation of a permanent exhibition from the Museum's collection with the working title "The Address of Satire" and a temporary exhibition addressing the role of satire in social processes, created with the participation of various communities. The creation and presentation of the exhibitions will use innovative technologies and tools in order to provide a new way of understanding cultural heritage, engaging the experience of the audience and involving different social, cultural and ethnic groups and communities. The partner should develop an innovative methodology for creating exhibitions through community-based curation. Four trainings will be organized for museum specialists to increase their competence and improve the quality of the management of cultural heritage by the institution. As part of the project, the Museum will create a new library service that will provide accessibility to its unique specialized book collection. Two new jobs will be created at the Museum for specialists who will work to attract new audiences. An entrepreneurship plan with a implementation period of five years will be developed. In order to achieve those goals, 12 project activities are planned. The planned information and publicity activities will increase public awareness of the project, the Cultural Entrepreneurship, Heritage and Cooperation Programme, the EEA Grants 2014-2021, and the donor countries' contribution at national, regional and local level.</p>

Bilateral cooperation results

The partner - Norwegian University College for Green Development - independently developped a methodology for conducting a community curation process. The rich experience of the partners provided a good basis for transforming citizens from passive recipients of the museum narrative into "creators" through the art of different stories inspired by the experience of the community. The process of curating this exhibition is a good basis for developing a practical model for working with different groups of society, including disadvantaged communities - a process leading to their inclusion and becoming a direct participant in the activities of the museum. As a result of this joint work, an exhibition was born, whose curators are members of the Club of the Disabled in Gabrovo - a new experience for the visitor, which winks with a slight irony at the values ​​of our society, at what is important and whether our society is growing intellectually at the necessary speed.

Project partners

• The University College of Green Development Donor project partner· Norway