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Homeless in Den Gamle ByHow the project was initiated

Building the dwelling and exhibitioninvolving the whole museum, staff reactions

Visitors reactionslearnings

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Design: M

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1974

1927

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Facts on Den Gamle By #1national open air museum of

Urban History and culture in Denmark

self-governing non-profit institution since 1909

the world’s first open-air museum for urban cultural history

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Facts on Den Gamle By #275 historic houses from towns and

cities across Denmark

portraying life at Hans christian andersen’s time, 1927 and 1974

living history museum from easter to new year

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Facts on Den Gamle By #3modern exhibition halls

400.000 visitors a year

since 2011 museum for aarhus county, with local responsibilities

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mission statementmuseum for people

– now and in the future!

it is enjoyable to visit the museum!

reaching out to as many as possible!

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Homeless in tHe mUseUm

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“...it’s just damn’ weird here. with a strange, awkward feeling

we are “enjoying” seeing this. wish you all the best.

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“…a teacher of recycling in a throw-away society.

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“ a big thing

”“ Just love this place! if i was homeless,

i would live here!

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learninGspartnerships means giving up sole authority

Being a museum, and nothing but

the museum is a safe setting for difficult topics

the museums are part of society

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tHank yoU anneken appel laUrsen,

ma History anD commUnications, cUrator

aal@DenGamleBy.Dk

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aDDitional reaDinG• Brown, pete. may 2011. “Us and them: who benefits from experimental exhibition

making?” museum management and curatorship volume 26, issue 2: 129-148. • castro, thomas. 2012. “Hyldest til stodderne 2 (film).” [tribute to the tramps].

youtube. http://goo.gl/8leVct (only in Danish)• crooke, elisabeth. 2007. museums and community. ideas, issues and challenges.

new york: routledge.• Gurian, elaine Heumann. 2006. civilizing the museum. new york: routledge. • Gurian, elaine Heumann. march 2013. “the essential museum.”

miD magasin #28 - museums across Borders: 8-10.• laursen, anneken appel, 2013. Visitor involvement as a strategy: a museum

transmitting a message for social outcasts. the international Journal of the inclusive museum volume 6.

• simon, nina. 2010. the participatory museum. santa cruz: museum 2.0.• weil, stephen e. 2002. making museums matter. smithsonian institution press

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