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The last two years archaeologist Johan Hegardt has been working on a project on the history of the Swedish National Historical Museum with Patrik Nordström, Fredrik Svanberg and Malin Grundberg. In this blog he reports from the session, “Museum beyond the nation”,  he … Continue reading →

A lot of activities are going on in the Eunamus project in September. Report seems to be the word of the month. First I would like to report, in the sense of broadcasting, that we are planning two conferences. The … Continue reading →

With the risk of being accused for playing to the gallery, Australian Museum in Sydney has opened its exhibitions for the Jurassic Lounge. Every Tuesday night the last months, people have queued up to dance among the dinosaur skeletons, mingle in the atrium surrounded … Continue reading →

This week researchers in Eunamus have participated in the 10th congress of the Societé Internationale d´Ethnologie et de Folklore (SIEF) – Ways of Feeling the World. Kristin Kuutma gives a paper on the knowledge production around national museums and project coordinator Peter Aronsson have given the … Continue reading →

By Peter Aronsson, Linköping University Placing the kick-off at what in my guide book is presented as “the first national museum in the world founded 1471” in the month where the creation of Italy as an independent state celebrate 150 years is of … Continue reading →

The last week I have had my hands full of reports on the development of national museums in Europe and abstracts on current issues in museum research.  I am parallelly coordinating an Eunamus conference in Bologna and a series of four sessions … Continue reading →

When I started to work in Eunamus, I got a job title that I wasn’t particularly fond of – dissemination officer. I was of course thrilled by the opportunity to work in such a large-scale research project, but the job … Continue reading →

1 February 2010 was the official starting date for the research project Eunamus – Identity Politics, the Uses of the Past and the European Citizen. Eunamus celebrates the project’s first birthday by opening this blog. Eunamus already has a website and … Continue reading →

The first comprehensive study of how and why national museums was created 1750-2010 is being completed. New results from many individual countries will add to comparative reflections on the impact national museums have on the making of nations and states from the … Continue reading →