NETWORK OF MUSEUMS IN THE BALTIC The Elblag-meeting October 2nd - 4th 2012 Muzeum Archeologiczno-Historyczne w Elblągu

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Purpose Network of museums in the Baltic is a network between professional museums, following the ICOM standards, dealing with issues concerning Baltic Culture and history. The aim is to strengthen the cooperation on an institutional level so that the museums in the network can take on common projects for the benefit of all.

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Content Purpose.................................................................................................................................................... 3 Museums in the network ........................................................................................................................ 6 Day 1, 2 October 2012: Conference ........................................................................................................ 8 Discussion and conclusion ................................................................................................................... 9 Day 2, 3 October 2012 ........................................................................................................................... 11 Resumé from the partner-museums represented in Elblag.................................................................. 12 Previous meeting – the Sigtuna meeting. Comments and corrections ................................................. 13 Network-organization guidelines ..................................................................................................... 13 Board: Decision-making................................................................................................................ 13 Network- Coordination ................................................................................................................. 13 Communication............................................................................................................................. 14 Project – Group: Communication and coordination ................................................................... 14 The Network Museums ................................................................................................................ 14 Specific groups .............................................................................................................................. 14 Applying for partnership .............................................................................................................. 14 Associated partners ...................................................................................................................... 14 Partnership agreement................................................................................................................. 15 Fees for partners ........................................................................................................................... 15 The web-site. Administrators. Activities. Facebook? ............................................................................ 16 Promoting the network ......................................................................................................................... 16 Planning for 2013 .................................................................................................................................. 17 Common EU-project 2014: Cultural identity in the Baltic – a long-term tourism project ................. 17 Seed-funding ..................................................................................................................................... 17 Widening the network....................................................................................................................... 18 Agenda............................................................................................................................................... 18 Partnership agreement. .................................................................................................................... 19 Next board- and coordinators’ meeting ............................................................................................ 19 Next network-meeting and conference in Tallinn 2013.................................................................... 19

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ABOA VETUS & ARS NOVA Director Johanna Lehto Vahtera www.aboavetusarsnova.fi BORNHOLMS MUSEUM Director Jacob Bjerring-Hansen www.bornholmsmuseum.dk

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Director Merike Lang www.evm.ee GOTLANDS MUSEUM Director Lars Sjösvärd www.gotlandsmuseum.se KULTURFORUM BURGKLOSTER LÜBECK MIT MUSEUM FÜR ARCHÄOLOGIE Prof. Hans Wisskirchen www.die-luebecker-museen.de MUSEUM LOLLAND-FALSTER Director Ulla Schaltz www.museumlollandfalster.dk MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF RIGA AND NAVIGATION Director Klara Radziņa www.rigamuz.lv MUZEUM ARCHEOLOGICZNE W GDAŃSKU MUSEUM Director Henryk Paner www.archeologia.pl MUZEUM ARCHEOLOGICZNO-HISTORYCZNE W ELBLĄGU Director Dr Maria Kasprzycka www.muzeum.elblag.pl NATIONAL MUSEUM OF LITHUANIA. Head of Arch.Dep. Egle Griciuvien www.lnm.lt SAAREMAA MUSEUM Director Endel Püüa www.saaremaamuuseum.ee SIGTUNA MUSEUM Director Anders Wikström www.sigtunamuseum.se THE STATE HERMITAGE MUSEUM Director Mikhail Piotrovsky. www.hermitagemuseum.org VENTSPILS MUSEUM Vice Director Armands Vijups. www.ventspilsmuzejs.lv ÅLANDS MUSEUM Director Viveca Löndahl www.museum.ax

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Web-page: www.baltmus.net Facebook: Museums in the Baltic http://www.facebook.com/#!/museumsinthebaltic?fref=ts

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Day 1, October 2nd 2012: Conference Note: The ppt-presentations of the conference will be attached to this report in a separate document. Grzegorz Stasielowicz asked all speakers to send him their papers, to be published the coming year.

Dr. Maria Kasprzycka, director of Museum of Archaeology and History in Elbląg. Welcome! Occurrence of Mr. Grzegorz Nowaczyk, President of Elbląg City Ulrika Mebus, Gotlands Museum Network of Museums in the Baltic, why and what for? Dr. Mirosław Marcinkowski Elbląg around 1300 – based on the archeological researches Ann Elisabeth Jensen, Museum Lolland Falster The lady of Estonia at royal Castle al Falster in the late 13th The hosts at the Elblag meeting: Maria Kasprzycka & century Grzegorz Stasielowicz Dr. Janusz Trupinda, Sławomir Joźwiak Teutonic Castles, formation of State of the Teutonic Order Sofia Hoas, Gotlands Museum: Gotland – the golden age around 1300 – vivid history for young and old through the exhibitionmedia Finn Ole Nielsen, Bornholms Museum Bornholm around 1300 Wiesława Rynkiewicz-Domino, Museum of Archaeology and History in Elbląg Capital of column from Viwaldi Hotel in Elblągu Leif Plith Lauritsen, Museum Lolland-Falster Lolland-Falster around 1300 Ulla Schaltz: Museum Lolland-Falster Perspectives for the future. Meeting going on in Elblag, October 2012

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Discussion and conclusion The presentations today make it obvious that the people and the cultures in the Baltic region are allied in a common historical and cultural sphere. We share a long common history, where people, noblewomen and – men, queens and kings have been moving around and settled in different places for thousands of years. The clearest evidence is the archaeological findings found all over the region proving this fact. We also find similarities in buildings and textiles, as well as we see differences pointing out regional distinctiveness. The fact that the iron-curtain separated these long relations is worth studying and telling about, especially to the young generation that have not experienced it. The time seems to be ripe to deal with these issues by now. It would be of great importance to interview and to record life around the Baltic in the 20th century. The Museums offer a solid brand that we should be more aware of and benefit from when promoting us. It is important to find an identity that gives us attractiveness on the market and makes people interested to pay a visit and to take part in events we are arranging. We are constantly competing with other tourism-actors. One trend, that Jacob mentioned from Denmark, is that local museums specializes in certain areas and start to call themselves “National museum of …” Some problems we need to work with: We might in some cases have locations situated far away from where people move (especially true for farmsteads and historical sites and buildings that we manage). There might also be a distance to the people; we are seen as not so public and up-dated. Uninteresting – old stuff. We might have slower organizations than companies due to the fact that we often are politically dependent. The many buildings we own and are responsible for causes us big costs and a lot of work, in many cases without bringing much money in. There are usually restrictions how to use them due to antiquarian aspects.

Marek F. Jagodziński , the finder of Truso tells about the place and shows the network the exhibition.

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Smooth walk with a drink… – Walk through the museum-exhibitions. We were impressed to see the findings from Truso as well as the findings from a Roman grave that our host Grzegorz Stasielowicz had excavated.

Truso The seaport of Truso was first mentioned ca. 890 by Wulfstan, an Anglo-Saxon sailor, travelling on the south coast of the Baltic Sea at the behest of King Alfred the Great of England. The exact location of Truso was not known for a long time, as the seashore has significantly changed, but most historians trace the settlement inside or near to modern Elbląg on Lake Drużno. Truso was located at territory already known to the Roman Empire (The Amber Road) and earlier. It was an important seaport serving the Vistula River bay on the early medieval Baltic Sea trade routes which led from Birka in the north to the island of Gotland and to Visby in the Baltic Sea. The east-west trade route went from Truso, along the Baltic Sea to Jutland, and from there inland by river to Hedeby, a large trading center in Jutland. The main goods of Truso were amber, furs, and slaves. Truso was found by Marek F. Jagodziński in 1982, he’s found a lot of artifacts (pottery, weights, amber, silver coins, etc.) on an area about 20 hectares. Now Truso is being shown in a permanent exhibition in Museum of Archaeology and History in Elbląg.

Dinner and evening meeting. Arriving at the dinner we had the great pleasure of seeing an amber-fire show performed by Piotr Adamczyk. At the dinner the discussions continued. The evening was gilded by excellent Klezmer-music performed by a trio, not to mention songs from the local lore performed by the participants in the network-meeting. We had the pleasure to get to know Polish, Danish, Estonian, Swedish and even Finnish songs. Amazing how skilled in many areas museum-workers are..!

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Day 2, October 3rd 2012: Network-meeting The day started with a Walk through the Old Town (Saint Nicolas Cathedral, Art Gallery Galeria El, and The Market Tower). Elblag is very interesting in that sense that the old town was almost completely destroyed during the WW2. Due to this fact Elblag is one of the towns where the knowledge of the medieval structures is very high thanks to archaeological excavations throughout many years. Starting in the 1980’s the town has been rebuilt in a contemporary manner but with inspiration from the medieval times. This means that the lots and the facades do have the same proportions as they did have in the old town. This attitude has formed a dynamic and various townscape. Still there are areas in town that are yet not rebuilt. It’s fascinating to see the medieval remains of basements in the middle of town. The monuments; churches and tower, have been reconstructed to a high degree. In the former Dominican brethren’s church is now a contemporary art hall established.

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Résumé from the partner-museums represented in Elblag Bornholm: Jacob Bjerring–Hansen & Finn Ole Nielsen Have been extremely busy times because of new national organization depending on new museumlaw. The Museum-network can work very quickly and supportive in different aspects. It works fine, but we also need to have some concrete projects started.

Elblag: Maria Kasprzycka, Grzegorz Stasielowicz, Piotr Adamczyk & Joanna Fonferek Promotion of the network is important. Some ideas: web-site, prepare an information table for each museum at the entrance telling about the cooperation, produce leaflets about the network (printing in Poland because it will be cheaper..!), tell the politicians. Get started with the “One week exhibition” that was talked about in Visby; to tell about what happened during one week (perhaps from a week during the Cold War) on the web and via monitors at the museums. There might be a problem to find one common project that we all can share, so let us also focus on smaller cooperational projects.

Tallinn: Merike Laht & Elo Lutsepp Interested in finding new EU-projects. The network and partners are a good base for new useful projects. We are very different museums – hope that we can find common interests. We have to think about contents of common exhibitions. It might still not be the right time to concertizes an EUproject because we yet don’t know about the topics that will be promoted the coming period, 20142020. An idea is that in connection with each network-conference we could create some kind of common exhibition on a given topic, the same as will be dealt with at the conference. One big purpose with the network is to share contacts and information.

Visby: Ulrika Mebus, Sofia Hoas, Birgitta Strandberg-Zerpe & Johan Gardelin Networking in the region gives possibilities in many ways. It is a way to share knowledge and experiences. A main idea about the network is to include all the staff in the museums. The web-site should be attractive and active as soon as possible. So please, join!

Lolland-Falster: Ulla Schaltz, Birgit Wilster-Hansen, Leif Plith Big archaeological activities because of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel-project.

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Previous meeting – the Sigtuna meeting. Comments and corrections The Elblag meeting spent some time with discussing the guidelines decided upon in Sigtuna in June 2012. Below are the updated guidelines. The new additions are marked with red text.

Network-organization guidelines Decided in Sigtuna June 12th 2012, Revised in Elblag 3rd October 2012

Board: Decision-making The board, which is the decision-making body of the network, consists of the directors from one museum from each country. The museum representing the country should be selected by each country. The board communicates via the web-site and mail and meets twice a year; once in connection with the yearly network meeting in the autumn, once as a board-meeting in the spring. At the spring – meeting the network-coordinators from each museum should be included. The board decides about the annual budget, the annual coordinator, the location for the coming board-meeting and about new partners and associated partners in the network.

Network- Coordination Gotland Museum coordinates the network in 2012. Thereafter the coordinative task rotates amongst the countries so that one museum is responsible for the network coordination for a period of one year. This also includes the organizing of the annual meeting. The annual network-meeting should last for three days: One day network-meeting, one day topicbased conference and one day excursion. The topic will be presented to the network at the annual network-meeting the year before and will be confirmed by the board at the board-meeting in the spring. The agenda of the annual network-meeting should include at least the following headlines:  Résumé from the partner museums  Previous meeting – comments and corrections  New members – welcome & presentation  The web-site and other communication tools  Promoting the network  Planning for the coming year o Activities o Projects  Museum in charge for the coordination in two years  Presentation of the next network-meeting; place, time and topic

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The network-coordinator should be discussed by the board at the spring-meeting and be decided two years ahead at the yearly network-meeting. 2012 – Sweden and Poland, 2013 – Estonia, 2014 – Finland.

Communication Most of the communication within the network and the groups is to be done via mail, social media and via the communication-forum on the web-site. Skype and video-conferences are other cost- and time- efficient variants.

Project – Group: Communication and coordination The project-group consists of one person (preferable the person who is responsible for the Baltic / international cooperation) from each museum. The group deals with the communication between the board, the museums and for the overall coordination and communication within each museum and within the network. To its help the group has a group of web-administrators /communicators. In addition each network museum may form any internal group it needs to supervise and coordinate the Baltic network tasks within the activities of each museum.

The Network Museums Each Network Museum decides what kind of internal project/working group is most sufficient for their own needs. The Network Museums can also coordinate and engage other museums working with Baltic issues.

Specific groups There will also form specific long- or short-time groups based on topics (education, archaeology, exhibitions, collections, marketing etc.) or specific projects (EU-projects or other bigger or smaller projects) due to needs.

Applying for partnership Any museum that is in line with the aims of the network might apply for partnership in the network. The board decides at its meetings (i.e. twice a year) about new partnerships. The coordinative museum in charge will receive the applications and present them to the board at the annual board-meeting

Associated partners Organizations that work closely together with museums as well as museums located in countries not bordering the Baltic Sea might apply for being associated partners to the network. Associated partners are welcome to take part in the dialogue and the annual network meeting. They cannot claim a place in the board.

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Partnership agreement A partnership agreement should be signed by each partner and associated partner within the network. The Gotland Museum is responsible for this task for a period of five years (2012-2017). The board decides which museum shall be in charge for coming periods.

Fees for partners A yearly fee of 300 € should be paid by each partner-museum. Each associated partner should pay 100 €. The fees are administrated by Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum during a period of five years (2013-2018). The board decides which museum shall be in charge for coming periods. The fees are to be used to cover part of the costs for  Web-page  Annual meeting  Annual board meeting The board decides about the distribution of the money.

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Working-group Web- masters 2-4 persons

The board of the network The Museum Directors

The Museum responsible for the coordination

Working groups running specifik projects

Communicative Project Group One member from each museum

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The web-site. Administrators. Activities. Facebook Facebook is a good way to speed up and activate the communication in the network. We can start the discussions there and deepen them on the web-forum if needed. We can promote ourselves and invite more people via Facebook. It was decided to start a Facebook-group, responsible: Gotlands Museum. Please, join at http://www.facebook.com/#!/museumsinthebaltic?fref=ts

One person from each museum should have administrator’s access to the web-site. Ask that person to sign up at the web-forum at the web-site www.baltmus.net and inform Ulrika Mebus at [email protected]

Please, remember to add a picture to your profile on the web-forum!

We create a group at the web –site where we can start to work with the EU-application. At the website we start a page were good ideas, initiatives and activities can be shared.

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Are the local, regional and national authorities aware of the network? Strategic communication about the network on all levels is to be conducted by each museum. It would be very good if each museum could contact the national museum association in their country to inform about the network and if possible, to get the opportunity to have a link to the network-webpage at their sites. The ministry of culture and regional politicians should also be informed. The annual conference is a good way to promote the network by press-releases and invitations to strategic people. Each country has a coordinator for the EU-region – it is a good idea to talk to them and tell about the network and what it is up to. We have to write good projects, describe everything very simply and clearly, explain what we want to do. This goes equally well for small as for big projects and actions. We should never forget to send out press releases when something happens or to mention the network in all situations where the Baltic might be the topic. The logotype was briefly discussed, as the opinion was that it’s not optimal since it is very similar to the sign marking cultural heritage (this is also the idea about it). This matter is to be further discussed at the board – meeting in spring 2013.

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Planning for 2013 Common EU-project 2014: Cultural identity in the Baltic – a longterm tourism project One big task for the network would be the preparation of a common application for an EU-project on the issue tourism – culture and cultural identity. In the Baltic (suggestion). To be able to create a good project and a successful application the process should start already in 2013. To finance this, the museums need to apply for funding covering travelling costs etc. for 2013. The seed money mentioned below will cover some of the costs, but furthermore there might be other possibilities, i.e. The Nordic Council of Ministers. In the beginning of 2013 the EU will also launch the possibility to apply for seed-funding. This is an occasion the network should not miss. We don’t know the EU priorities for the period 2014-20 yet. Most probably they will connect to the Baltic strategy from 2009. http://eu.baltic.net/Baltic_Sea_Region_Strategy.7428.html It seems also clear that there will be a program focusing on tourism and most likely also one on culture, which is new. The priorities will be launched in November 2012. Perhaps there will be no clear cultural priorities. We have to think in a wider way, focus on regional development and wealth, tourism and research to match the program.

Seed-funding There is a possibility for Gotlands Museum to apply for seed-money from the Swedish Institute (SI). Seed financing is provided to start or expand a collaboration that could result in an EU-project. Partnership countries are Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Russia. Background  There is a clear need to broaden the networks on an institutional level. Many museums have many contacts with other organization and persons but not so many with other museums.  International contacts are a must to keep the state funding in some of the countries.  Networking is an important part of the development plan for many museums.  There is no museum-network in Poland – cooperation mostly with universities.  Museums are important for society – have knowledge and the artifacts – the collections – the buildings. Have possibility to share the knowledge to the people  Museums actively work with the triple helix model: society-trade-research. Also actively working with the civil society, municipality, NGO, Government, academia, education  Good brand – safe brand. The need  Place-branding – marketing to get enough income to run the museums in times of decreasing funding from state and municipality.

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Strengthen the museums position in society since we are very important organization thanks to our connections on all levels of society. Strengthen the democracy.  Social issues from the history give perspectives on the future situation  Cultural heritage as a social capital – roots are needed in society  The tourism – three main travelling reasons: nature, culture and events. Museums deal with these areas.  Economic problems when not cooperating. Need to strengthen the museums’ economy. Today we need to cut down. We need to improve on working with selling – economy. We are no longer giving knowledge away for free – a change of tradition. Problems  Weak connections across the Baltic.  Weak institutional network – on the personal level we have more contacts. Aim  Not less than 15 members during 2013. In five years 45 members  Meeting in the autumn  EU-application including at least five partner-museums

Widening the network The idea of the network is to be widened, but in the building-up phase it is good not to be so many. The idea is that the museums that are present in the network by now should act as coordinators for their countries, to promote and inform about the network, in order to enable for those museums wanting to be a part of it to join. The procedure to apply for partnership is described in the networkguidelines.

Agenda The Elblag meeting decided upon launching webbased exhibitions on the web-site. Gotlands Museum will create the web-gallery and send a reminder one month ahead of each dead-line. Each museum should by the first exhibition have a webadministrator registered for the common web-site. Each museum shares five pictures (photos – works of art) on a given topic with one byline. The topics for 2012-2013 are as follows:    

1/12 Christmas – winter in the Baltic 1/3 Easter – spring in the Baltic 1/6 Midsummer – summer in the Baltic 1/9 Harvest – autumn in the Baltic

Harvest on Gotland...

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Partnership agreement Elo stressed the fact that having a signed network partnership-agreement might be of big importance in communication with authorities and when applying for funding. Such a document could be very helpful. A list of the participating organizations should be added as an appendix. The status should be something between an agreement and a declaration and it should be signed by the partner museums. Gotlands Museum has the responsibility to have completed this task by 2013-01-01.

Next board- and coordinators’ meeting At Museum Lolland-Falster, Tuesday 15- 16 April 2013

Next network-meeting and conference in Tallinn 2013 Next year is the national year of heritage in Estonia. 18th -20th September the 5th heritage forum will be held in Tallinn with the theme Sea and coastal culture. The network-meeting will take place 17th September, excursion 16th or 20th September. For those interested there will be an Eco-mess the following weekend, focusing on sustainable restoration and eco-building. The topic of the network-meeting could be the legislation of the museums, planning and conservation of monuments and buildings. Presentations should be based upon problems and how they are solved. Elo sends us more information in due course.

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Day 3: October 4th 2012: Visit to Malbork Castle The history of the castle – the Teutonic era1 On September 14th 1309, Grand Master Siegfried von Feuchtwangen moved his office to Malbork. (Marienburg). The castle was promoted to the status of being the capital of one of the most powerful states on the southern coast of the Baltic. It soon became apparent that it could not fulfill its new functions in its current form. The nearly forty-year-long expansion transformed a convent house into a strongly fortified High Castle. Surrounded by deep moats and several rings of defensive walls, it housed several representative rooms. Apart from living quarters, the Grand Refectory – the largest hall in the castle – was also located here. It was topped with a beautiful fan vault. There was also an Infirmary for the older and sicker brothers, as well as the Palace of the Grand Masters. In the 14th and first half of the 15th century, a third part of the stronghold was established and expanded respectively – the Low Castle, known later as the Outer Castle. Among other buildings, the Karwan – a large armory for cannons and war carts, a granary on the shore of the Nogat river, as well as a number of outbuildings were all located there. St. Lawrence’s chapel, intended for the castle’s servants, and is located next to one of them. The whole complex was surrounded by moats and defensive walls with countless towers, connected with the fortifications of the city of Malbork.

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The Malbork Castle Museum http://www.zamek.malbork.pl/index.php?p=muzeum&a=historia&aid=1

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Demolishment and reconstruction in the 20th century The city and castle suffered terribly during the military operations of 1945. As a result of heavy fighting of the Marienburg Combat Group with units of the 2nd Russian Offensive Army, almost 80 percent of the buildings in the Old Town were destroyed. The eastern parts of the Castle complex were also seriously damaged – the chancel of the church of the Blessed Virgin Mary with the mosaic figure of the Madonna with Child, the main tower, the east wing of the Middle Castle, the buildings of the Outer Castle. On March 8th, retreating German units destroyed the bridges on the Nogat River.

The Castle in ruins in the 1940's

During the first post-war years, the ruined stronghold was left under the supervision of the Museum of the Polish Army in Warsaw. To this end, the first strengthening and cleaning work was begun, the castle grounds were demined and the gates were fixed. A very important enterprise at the time was the repairing of the large areas of damaged roofs, which protected the monument against the damaging effects of the weather until the planned rebuilding. During the next decade, the Polish Tourist Society looked after the castle. The ever-increasing number of tourists caused the undertaking of further cleaning and renovation work. By the end of the 1950s, the initiator of actions aimed at protecting and cleaning the monument, was the Public Committee for the Rebuilding of Malbork Castle – set up by local cultural activists. The castle has been mostly reconstructed, with restoration ongoing since 1962 following a fire in 1959 which caused further damage. The main cathedral in the castle, restored just before World War II and then destroyed in battle, is still in ruins. Nevertheless, Malbork Castle is the largest brick building in Europe.

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The Malbork Castle Museum Starting with the 1st of January 1961, the newly created Castle Museum, a central institution answering only to the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in Warsaw, became the host of the monument. It is a multi-departmental museum of a historical-artistic nature, the organization of which was subordinated chiefly to the matters of reconstruction, conservation and correct management of the castle. Parallel to these activities, the Museum also conducts archaeological activities in Lower Powiśle, as well as researching the history, art and culture of Royal Prussia, mainly based on collections in its possession. The accumulation, conservation, scientific description and making available of both modern and old art, are the other tasks of the Malbork institution.

The group entering into the lower castle and exploring all the marvelous halls of the castle. Of big interest was the reconstructed heating system; the hypocaust. Polychrome portals and elaborate traceries were also highly admired.

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The newly opened Amber exposition was also highly interesting, and we got a good introduction to the history of amber from Grzegorz and Piotr. But the group might by now have been a bit exhausted after 3 hours intense guided tour in the castle, not to mention the previous evening’s good food, drinks and company…

The Amber exhibition hall at Malbork Castle

In addition to the visit we had the great pleasure to meet with Deputy Director for Research and Restoration Works Dr. Hab. Janusz Hochleitner and with Curator and Head of Architecture Conservation Mirosław Jonakowski, which led to an interesting discussion about museum-management and restoration principles. It was also suggested that the Malbork Castle Museum might join the Network of Museums in the Baltic.

Conclusion All in all the days in Elblag were highly interesting and beneficial. The spirit was very good and the work with the network took a big step ahead. The more we share the common idea of the network and communicate it, the more we all benefit from it. It was obvious that there are many possibilities by this way of collaborating. As the present coordinator, Gotlands Museum wishes to thank all involved in the work and especially the Muzeum Archeologiczno-Historyczne w Elblągu for their professional and friendly arrangements. See you all in Tallinn next year! Ulrika Mebus, Gotlands Museum who wrote this report

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