Association of Women Luzor from Preko, Zora Folklore Society and Betina Museum of Wooden Shipbuilding are having a creative workshop for everybody interested in local ethnology and the making of different types of decorative ethnic items. The workshop will be held in Betina Museum on 17th and 18th of March.
International Museum Day
The worldwide community of museums will celebrate International Museum Day on and around 18 May 2017. The theme chosen for 2017 is “Museums and contested histories: Saying the unspeakable in museums“. The objective of International Museum Day is to raise awareness of the fact that, “Museums are an important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures…
Orhan Pamuk: A modest manifesto for museums
Orhan Pamuk on museums, the text follows. Original link: http://en.masumiyetmuzesi.org/page/a-modest-manifesto-for-museums A MODEST MANIFESTO FOR MUSEUMS I love museums and I am not alone in finding that they make me happier with each passing day. I take museums very seriously, and that sometimes leads me to angry, forceful thoughts. But I do not have it in…
Read to me!
We have joined the national campaign “Read to me” so we’ve read several stories to the kids in the museum this morning. They told us they love reading very much and their parents read stories to them too. For the occasion we borrowed some children’s stories from the library and decorated the museum a little…
We visited the island Ugljan
On the island of Ugljan there is a village Preko that we visited along with our colleagues from the Zora Folklore Society. Our visit was quite useful since we have seen the process of making different weaven decorative ethnic items. We expect them to show their skills in making kanica and spara again in Betina…
Night of Museums 2017
This year’s event Night of Museums was successful in our Museum. Over 400 visitors came to see the Museum’s collection followed by the event programme, exhibition and the concert. The subject of this year’s event was Music, great performers of music and its influence on society. We have chosen to set up the exhibition of sound…
August, 11 – 14th: Days of Small Wooden Shipbuilding in Betina
In the upcoming week, starting from the 11th, Betina will host the 2nd annual event of Small Wooden Shipbuilding Days. Our desire with this programme is to point out the values small wooden shipbuilding has in our maritime heritage, with the special highlight put on the wooden shipbuilding tradition in Betina. We have prepared interesting lectures, exhibitions and…
Kids’ little boat is repaired and sailing again!
Our little workshop In the shipyard has been successful and kids have done a great job! They were shaping the wood, taking off little shells from the bottom, painting, tying the ropes, installing all other parts of the boat and the rudder. The kids found small paddles too! They carried the boat together from the Museum to the…
Themes and colours of Betina – artistic young talents are found!
Yesterday was quite a cheerful evening! There were so many children gathered on a workshop that was held outside our Museum. The kids were pretty motivated about their artistic assignments. Sketches very soon turned out to become beautiful pictures inspired by some typical details of the village. The kids draw houses, rooftops, seagulls, olive trees, flowers and other details…