The Akershus Building Conservation Center / MiA - Museums in Akershus in cooperation with the Latvian partner NGO "Coordination Center of Cultural Projects" from Kuldiga will implement the project Promoting the Experience of Preserving Historical Buildings in Latvia and Norway "Old house, the new story" from January this year to April 2024.
Within the framework of the project, it is intended to promote the experience of preserving historical buildings in both countries, drawing public attention to the importance of preserving cultural heritage. The aim of the project is to ensure the continuity and sustainability of cooperation between Kuldīga and Drøbak in the field of cultural heritage preservation and conservation, expanding the scale of dissemination of good practice and exchange of experience in the wider territory of Latvia.
Within the project, three international restoration workshops will be organized in Zalenieki, Kuldiga, and Drøbak, during which practical restoration works will be carried out, restoring historical wooden construction details in various objects, as well as educational lectures will be held. Specialists from the Akershus Building Conservation Center will lead all three workshops and give lectures about the good historical buildings’ conservation examples. The participants from Norway will be invited to join one of the proposed workshops to improve practical skills in wooden building conservation and learn more about historical buildings – wooden houses, and manors in Latvia.
These restoration workshops will promote the inheritance of ancient woodworking crafts and contribute to preventing the complete disappearance of ancient methods, which is considered a major threat. The partners involved in the project believe that the ancient craft skills are essential to ensure the preservation of the authenticity of the historical buildings, because if the ancient craft skills disappear, the ancient buildings will also be lost, as it will no longer be possible to restore them correctly. The lectures held as part of the workshops will be open and accessible to everyone, giving anyone interested the opportunity to deepen their knowledge and understanding of the value of ancient buildings and their conservation process.
An experience exchange visit will be organized to Norway for specialists from Latvia involved in the field of cultural heritage preservation, in order to take over the experience of good practice, to get to know the principles of heritage preservation, the principles of conservation of historical buildings, as well as to visit museums, getting inspiration for improving their organized activities. On the other hand, to promote young people's interest in heritage preservation, it is planned to organize a heritage forum, within the framework of which the participants will get to know the values of the old town of Kuldīga in the form of a walking game.
The project is implemented with the financial support of instrument of the European Economic Area and the Norwegian financial instrument 2014-2021 within the Bilateral Cooperation Fund.
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