• Evaluation!

• During August we are doing an evaluation of the project and the new exhibition concept. The evaluation report will be published at this website in the nearest month.
• On 30 September the project is presented at a seminar organized by The Portuguese Museums Network, as an example of cooperation between European museums, for information contact the Museum of Portimão

• Up until mid-July more than 30.000 people have visited the exhibition – only in Sweden
• During spring all museums have cooperated with schools. In Hungary a form teacher undertook a project in his class (13year-old pupils). The children visited the exhibition ' A Taste of Europe' in March and then began to work on their own project based on the topics of the exhibition. Their products are on display as a part of the exhibition in Hungary until the end of August. See below some pictures of the children’s work

Newsletter June 2011

• The exhibition has soon been shown for four months across Europe. During these months more than 20 000 people have visited the exhibition only in The Museum of Work in Sweden! Add eight more museums and imagine the total number of visitors across Europe
• During spring the museums have organized several activities in relation to the exhibition(s). For example Museum of Hungarian Agriculture in Budapest arranged a "Wheat Day", a family activity were the visitors was taught how to braid straw. In The Scottish Fisheries Museum ‘A Gastromic Gallimaufry of Fife' was arranged with a food competition for students and the public invited in to taste, judge and sample local produce. Please have a look at photos beside!
• We have also start preparing our Final report for EU.

• Pictures: Papp Tibor and Sean Dooley.

• Taste of Europe on TV in Iran. See report from National Museum of Agriculture in Prague. Press TV is a Tehran based television network, broadcasting in English round-the-clock.
   

• We can happily announce that the launchings went very well in all the eight countries that opened the exhibition in January!
• In Sweden we showed photos from all the countries at the opening and at our "Family Day" on Saturday. This slide show was very appreciated, and therefore we will arrange a permanent show in the exhibitions and at this website.
• We have already had a number of school classes in the exhibition and it seems to be very successful.
• Welcome to take part of the exhibition at the museum near You!
   

• Only 8 days until the opening!
• The extra exhibition parts found in Estonia belonged to Czech Republic. They were sent from Estonia yesterday.
• The photo slide with pictures of young people having meals, was sent to all museums last Friday. It is also published at this project website. See above right.
   

Newsletter 12 January 2011

• The exhibitions have now reached all the museums!

• The Museum of Work is collecting all nine posters and the texts for the local parts (in English, and some photos to illustrate them) to add to all exhibitions.

• We also collect photos of all exhibitions – when ready – to make a photo slide to show at the openings.
   

• Just in time for Christmas!
  The exhibition has arrived today to our the Museum, and as you can see on a beautiful day without snow and 14º celsius.
  With such weather what are you waiting to catch the 1st plane to Portimão?
  The Portimao Museum staff
  José Gameiro

16 December 2010

• The first exhibition (packed on three pallets) started its journey to Portugal! This is what it looked like:
  We wish it a pleasant journey!
  The rest of the exhibitions are sent on Monday.

• We need pictures of young people’s eating situations!
  Please send them to torsten.nilsson@arbetetsmuseum.se   So our exhibition contains pictures from all countries!
  Like this, from Sweden:

• The first exhibition will be sent to Portugal on the 16th December, and the rest of the exhibitions on the 20th December.

Newsletter 8 December 2010

• The discussion forum at our website is now open for everyone!
• Please send us photos of your eating situation (using cell phones or digital cameras). Send the pictures as JPG to torsten.nilsson@arbetetsmuseum.se    If you send your photo before 22 December, your picture can be included in the exhibition by the time of the opening . We need examples from all countries! The slide show will develop during the spring, as new pictures are sent to us.
• Templates for the exhibition poster will be sent to all museums in the nearest days.
• Instructions for text design will also be sent to all museums soon.

• Time 4 Forum! On Monday 6th of December, we launch a discussion forum on our project website. There will be a special area for schools that should be of good help for teachers who like to establish collaborations. The aim is to create a interactive website, where teachers and pupils use the discussion forum and to which they deliver material throughout the whole year of 2011.
   
• Time to SKYPE! During next week we will run a Skype-test with the educators. If this turns out well, collaborating schools can also use Skype, in order to communicate with each other. Skype is free to download at www.skype.com
  
  We are preparing the exhibition for transport to eight museums all over Europe.
   

• The work is progressing. The painting and the sawing is almost done. Among other things, we have ordered 2 kilometers of Velcro!
• During the week 6-10 December we will put together one of the exhibitions, as a test. Very exciting! From this test we will take photos and make the building instruction.
• The montage of the delivered exhibition will require approximately one weeks of work, for two technicians.
• The exhibition will be sent on 20 December to be delivered as soon as possible in the first week of January.
   

• Sketches of all stations has been sent.
• We are building and planning the packing and transports.
• We are preparing lists of objects for all museums to add to the exhibition.
• We are also coordinating the teacher’s collaborations, making an overview of the possibilities of collaborations to be able to connect the countries.
   

• On Monday, the corrected texts in English were sent to all museums together with new sketches and color codes.
• We are planning the transports.
• The planning of the openings on 26 January has started!
   

• The texts were sent to all museums on Monday 25th October. Corrections are being made during this week. A final version is sent to the museums on Monday 1st November.
• We keep on working with design and sketches, inc. color codes.
• The contact with schools continues. 18 year old pupils are out interviewing people about eating habits.

• We have been in contact with English teachers to create a discussion forum for teachers. Please contact us if you want to take part in this!
• We have carried on working with the texts and will send them to all museums on Monday 25 October, together with the color codes.
• Today we received the first deliverance of building material.

• We are working with the exhibition texts and the translation into English. The texts will be delivered to all museums in next week, for further translations.
• We are also working with the graphic design and text templates. They will be sent further on.
• On Friday next week we will also send the color codes so all museums can match their local exhibition parts.
• During the last weeks we have been visiting schools and started several collaborations with pupils, connected to the project.
• In Sweden Museum of Work participated in a large food fair this weekend, where we informed about the project.
• Tomorrow project leader Sofia Seifarth present A Taste of Europe at a meeting arranged by the Culture Contact Point-office in Sweden, informing about the Culture Programme.

16-18 September 2009
The whole project group, with representatives from all nine participating European museums, met in Slovenia for the first project meeting. The group discussed the project for three days in Ljubljana and in Bistra, hosted by the Technical Museum of Slovenia. Next project meeting will be in Scotland 10-12 February 2010. Pictures from the meeting.

17 April 2009
We are very happy to announce that the project A Taste of Europe is the number twelve best project among the 87 projects that has been selected for funding from the EU Culture Programme 2009! The project runs from the 1st of August 2009 until 31st of July 2011. Our common exhibition will be shown in all participating museum during the spring in 2011. We are all very much looking forward to work together to create an exciting and unexpected exhibition. On this website you will find updated information as the project runs along.