Open-air museum

The findings unearthed in the Aşağıpınar archeological excavations in the northwestern province of Kırklareli will be passed down to future generations in an open-air time tunnel on the site.

Started in 1993, the studies on the site revealed the traces of the region's oldest farming communities which brought agriculture and village settlement from Anatolia to Thrace.

The participants in the May 9 European People's Party Summit in Sibiu will have the opportunity to see over one hundred traditional craftsmen show their mastery at the Dumbrava Sibiului Open-air Museum, as the institution marks Europe Day with an action called "Rural Europe," ASTRA Museum said in a release.

A spoon-shaped bench, a rug made out of pine logs, a door that "guarded" one home in the village of Bozhentsi one century ago?These plastic arts and several more "send" messages to the tourists that have set off for the craftsmen's street of "Etar" open-air museum to see the by-gone reality.

Over 100 researchers from 23 countries will participate between June 6 and 14 in the 14th edition of the International Molinological Society (TIMS) Symposium, an event organised as a nationwide first at ASTRA Museum of Sibiu, the main theme being "the preservation and restoration of mills in museums," the organisers announced on Wednesday.

ZLATIBOR - Well-positioned cultural institutions and enhancement of cultural tourism can be an important segment of Serbia's economic development, Serbian Minister of Culture and Information Ivan Tasovac told a regional conference of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) on Mt. Zlatibor, a tourism hub and climatic resort in western Serbia.