Talk at conference: Exhibition Inhibition: The Museum In the Modern World. 2nd International Scientific Conference at the MuCEM, Marseille. December 5 - 7 2013.

1. Homeless
in Den Gamle By
Le cas d’Ulrik Szkobel : un SDF au musée
Anneken Appel Laursen, Den Gamle By
2nd International Scientific Meeting of the MuCEM
December 5th-7th, 2013

2. About Den Gamle By
Homeless in Den Gamle By
How the project was initiated
Building the dwelling and exhibition
Involving the whole museum, staff reactions
Visitors reactions
Learnings
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www.dengamleby.dk
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4. 17/1800
1927
1974
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5. Facts on Den Gamle By #1
National Open Air Museum of
Urban History and Culture in Denmark
Self-governing non-profit
institution since 1909
The world’s first open-air museum
for urban cultural history
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6. Facts on Den Gamle By #2
75 historic houses from towns and
cities across Denmark
Portraying life at Hans Christian
Andersen’s time, 1927 and 1974
Living history museum from
Easter to New Year
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7. Facts on Den Gamle By #3
Modern exhibition halls
400.000 visitors a year
Since 2011 museum for Aarhus County,
with local responsibilities
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19. Mission statement
Museum for people
– now and in the future!
It is enjoyable to visit
the museum!
Reaching out to as many
as possible!
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20. Homeless in the museum
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32. “
...It’s just damn’ weird here.
With a strange, awkward feeling
we are “enjoying” seeing this.
Wish you all the best.
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33. “
…a teacher of recycling in a
throw-away society.
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34. “
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A big thing
”
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Just love this place!
If I was homeless,
I would live here!
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36. Learnings
Partnerships means giving up sole authority
Being a museum, and nothing but
The museum is a safe setting for difficult topics
The museums are
part of society
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37. Thank you
Anneken Appel Laursen,
MA History and Communications, Curator
aal@dengamleby.dk
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38. Additional reading
• Brown, Pete. May 2011. “Us and them: Who benefits from experimental exhibition
making?” Museum Management and Curatorship volume 26, issue 2: 129-148.
• Castro, Thomas. 2012. “Hyldest til stodderne 2 (film).” [Tribute to the tramps].
YouTube. http://goo.gl/8leVcT (only in Danish)
• Crooke, Elisabeth. 2007. Museums and Community. Ideas, Issues and Challenges.
New York: Routledge.
• Gurian, Elaine Heumann. 2006. Civilizing the museum. New York: Routledge.
• Gurian, Elaine Heumann. March 2013. “The Essential Museum.”
MiD Magasin #28 - Museums across Borders: 8-10.
• Laursen, Anneken Appel, 2013. Visitor Involvement as a Strategy: A Museum
Transmitting a Message for Social Outcasts. The International Journal of the Inclusive
Museum volume 6.
• Simon, Nina. 2010. The Participatory Museum. Santa Cruz: Museum 2.0.
• Weil, Stephen E. 2002. Making museums matter. Smithsonian Institution Press
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