THE NORWEGIAN ROCK ART NETWORK
As a part of the national museum reform, a network open to all institutions working (or wanting to work) with rock art has been established. The network will explore new paths, but it will base its work on the results of the national “Rock Art Project 1996-2005”, and compliment the work of the Directorate for Cultural Heritage in Norway in this area. The network focuses on projects and getting results.
Rock art sites have been adapted for the public in all counties and in many of the municipalities in Norway. Many museums and other institutions are responsible for tasks related to preservation, research and presentation of rock art. There are rock art museums or plans to create them in several parts of the country. The unique nature of the network lies in the cooperation between both the museums under the Ministry of Culture and the university museums under the Ministry of Education and Research, and between cultural heritage authorities and the museum sector, which has been declared a national priority in Report no. 48 to the Norwegian Parliament (Stortingsmelding nr. 48 (2002-2003) Kulturpolitikk fram mot 2014: p.185).
The Norwegian Rock Art Network was established at a meeting in Alta on October 8th 2007, with 21 participants from 11 museums, counties, the Directorate for Cultural Heritage in Norway, and others. The main responsibility lies with the World Heritage Rock Art Centre – Alta Museum, and this is also where the secretariat of the network is located. World Heritage Rock Art Centre – Alta Museum has made 1/3 of a position available for the secretariat function.
The Norwegian Rock Art Network is organized with a secretariat and a project group (known as the working committee until October 2008). The project group consists of Trond Lødøen, the University of Bergen/Bergen Museum; Helle Vangen Stuedal, the Stiklestad Museums/The Rock Art Museum in Stjørdal; Linda Nordeide, Østfold County and Hans Christian Søborg, World Heritage Rock Art Centre – Alta Museum.
Rock art sites have been adapted for the public in all counties and in many of the municipalities in Norway. Many museums and other institutions are responsible for tasks related to preservation, research and presentation of rock art. There are rock art museums or plans to create them in several parts of the country. The unique nature of the network lies in the cooperation between both the museums under the Ministry of Culture and the university museums under the Ministry of Education and Research, and between cultural heritage authorities and the museum sector, which has been declared a national priority in Report no. 48 to the Norwegian Parliament (Stortingsmelding nr. 48 (2002-2003) Kulturpolitikk fram mot 2014: p.185).
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| Participants at the meeting in October 2007. Photo: Mari Sofie Strifeldt Arntzen, WAM © |
The Norwegian Rock Art Network was established at a meeting in Alta on October 8th 2007, with 21 participants from 11 museums, counties, the Directorate for Cultural Heritage in Norway, and others. The main responsibility lies with the World Heritage Rock Art Centre – Alta Museum, and this is also where the secretariat of the network is located. World Heritage Rock Art Centre – Alta Museum has made 1/3 of a position available for the secretariat function.
The Norwegian Rock Art Network is organized with a secretariat and a project group (known as the working committee until October 2008). The project group consists of Trond Lødøen, the University of Bergen/Bergen Museum; Helle Vangen Stuedal, the Stiklestad Museums/The Rock Art Museum in Stjørdal; Linda Nordeide, Østfold County and Hans Christian Søborg, World Heritage Rock Art Centre – Alta Museum.
The Norwegian Rock Art Network will work on its first joint project in 2008-2011: “Challenges at the intersection between conservation, research and presentation of rock art”.
Contact:
Contact:
The Norwegian Rock Art Network
C/o Hans Christian Søborg
World Heritage Rock Art Centre - Alta Museum
Altaveien 19
N-9518 Alta.
Tel +47 78 45 63 31. Fax +47 78 45 63 50.
The network project
Challenges at the intersection of conservation, research and presentation of rock art
This is the first joint project of the Norwegian Rock Art Network. The project period will be 2008-2011. The goal of this project is to create new knowledge about rock art across the boundaries between different subjects that can be used in activities that combine preservation, research and presentation. The work will be carried out across (geographical) borders between museums and counties. The project will involve other disciplines besides archaeology. The goal is to further the diversity and quality of presentation methods to various visitor groups, and to further the dialogue between those who present rock art and the visiting public. The target group is visitors to rock art sites.
This is the first joint project of the Norwegian Rock Art Network. The project period will be 2008-2011. The goal of this project is to create new knowledge about rock art across the boundaries between different subjects that can be used in activities that combine preservation, research and presentation. The work will be carried out across (geographical) borders between museums and counties. The project will involve other disciplines besides archaeology. The goal is to further the diversity and quality of presentation methods to various visitor groups, and to further the dialogue between those who present rock art and the visiting public. The target group is visitors to rock art sites.