10-25-2006, 03:36 PM
Quote:Viroviacum:11v0t5p1 Wrote:The museum is not a succes because it's not very attractive. Our Gallo-Roman Weekend on the other hand is a real hit (with visitors from all over Belgium, France, Holland, Germany, UK...). I think it's because our Gallo-Roman Weekend makes ancient Gallo-Roman live more "alive" then the pottery in the museum.There certainly is quite a difference between the two, isn't there? Still, there are many of us who can even be inspired by modest displays of familiar Roman materials such as pottery and common bronze coinage... Welcome to RAT.
Those people realy interested in roman history can be pleased with modest dsplays, but I'm thinking in a broader way. Comic books like "Asterix" and "Alex" aren't always historical correct (real historicans often shudder if they read those commics), but they can inspire people - like me - to learn more about Roman history. Our Gallo-Roman Weekend (with the reconstructions and more popular approach of roman history) reach a lot op people who would never go to that small city-museum, with the real roman materials in modest displays. The city council will never invest in a museum with only a few visitors. So I want to reach out for those visitors by making the museum more attractive with historical correct reconstruction of daily Gallo-Roman live and Roman military live. I hope that will bring the museum more visitors, so the city council will invest in it.
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Viroviacum Romanum (Wervik - Belgium) [url:2hhvemuv]http://www.viroviacum.be[/url]
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(Jo Vansteenkiste)
Viroviacum Romanum (Wervik - Belgium) [url:2hhvemuv]http://www.viroviacum.be[/url]
legionair of Legio XI CFP [url:2hhvemuv]http://www.legioxi.be[/url]
"Nunc est bibendum!"