2nd of June (Thursday)

Arrival

from 19:00 informal meeting in Tallinn City Museum, 17 Vene St (possibility to visit the permanent exhibition on Tallinnś history and the temporary exhibition “Under Stalin´s Sun”; snacks)

3rd of June (Friday)

8:30 – 9:15 Registration at Hopner´s House (Raekoja plats 18).

9:15 – 9:30 A hearty welcome to the participants.  Maruta Varrak, director of Tallinn City Museum

Opening of the conference. Anu Kivilo, Head of Cultural Heritage Department of Tallinn

9:30 – 10:15 Introduction. Ebbe Westergren (Bridging Ages)

10:15 – 11:15 Keynote: From the ”cradle of mankind” to the defeat of apartheid. Gulshera Khan, Port Shepstone, Twinning Association, South Africa

11:15  Coffee break

11:45 – 12:45 Turning points in the past and the role of the museum today. Agrita Ozola, Tukums Museum, Latvia

Time Travel – a powerful tool for learning. Helen Eklund, Kalmar County Museum, Sweden

12:45 Lunch

14:00 Keynote: Regaining independence of Estonia as a turning point – through the changes in history teaching. Mare Oja, Tallinn University, Estonia

Museums as study environments in teacher training in the University of Tartu. Igne Lembinen, University of Tartu, Estonia

15:30 Coffee break

16:00 – 18:15  Visit to Estonian History Museum in Maarjamäe; watching documentary shots and discussion

20:00 – 22:00  Dinner at Olde Hansa

4th of June (Saturday)

09:00 – 14:30  Time travel (including transportation, lunch +  discussion afterwards)

16:30 – 18:00 Parallel sessions in Kiek in de Kök tower

I session:

HAMN – a local and regional development arena in Fisksätra 2010-2013. Sirje Miller, HAMN, Sweden

Turning to the past. Jon Hunner, New Mexico State University, USA

II session:

Sustainable tourism works in Bornova – “From the Neolithic Period up to Today”. Ümit Tunçağ, Bornova Municipality, Turkey

Finding balance between the stories we tell and how we tell them at a small historic site. Terry Swanson, Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life, USA

18:00 – 19:30 Evening program: a tour in the armoury of Kiek in de Kök tower or in the passages under the bastions (permanent exhibition Time Travel: Tallinn 1219 – 2219)

19:30 light meal in Kiek in de Kök tower

5th of June (Sunday)

09:00 Keynote: Turning points and lifestyle of the samburus and other people in Northern Kenya. Steven Labarakwe, education officer, Laisamis district, Kenya

Turning points and the preservation of memory using Time Travels; a museum´s perspective. Dolly Khumalo, KwaZulu-Natal Department of Arts and Culture, South Africa

10:30 Coffee break

11:00 Parallel sessions and workshops:

I session (Hopners House):

Turning points from the grave: Can funeral services serve as a yardstick to measure the turning points in the socio-economic and political history of South Africa? Radikobo Ntsimane, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Turning points in Italian history: the invasion of the Lombards in Northern Italy in AD 568. Eugenia Bolognesi, Associazione Palatina-Istanbul, Italy

Presentation of Stundars Virtual Time Travel. Gunilla Sand, Stundars, Finland

II session (Photo Museum):

Venice, born of diplomacy. Cecile Franchetti, Associazione Palatina-Istanbul, Italy

The picture of a civil war – 90 years later. Annina Ylikoski, Ostrobothnian children’s network BARK, Finland

Building blocks of democracy. Disebo Lerefolo, Tlokwe City Council, South Africa

12:30 Lunch

13:45 Panel discussion

15:45 Closing the conference

6th of June (Monday)

8:30 – 16:00 Additional program: A tour in North Estonia (visiting the Palmse Manor and the Rakvere Castle, sightseeing; lunch included)