The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems, the thoughts, the reviews, the photos, the paintings and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Thursday May 18th, 2023 – International Day of Museums
18 May is the UNESCO-designated International Day of Museums. Each year, there is an overall theme but presented in many different ways by museums throughout the world. This year, the theme title is “Museums as Cultural Hubs”. The role of museums in society are changing. Museums keep reinventing themselves in their quest for becoming ever more interactive and community oriented. As institutions at the heart of society, museums have the capacity to establish dialogue among cultures and to build bridges.
Protecting Cultural Heritage in Time of War by Rene Wadlow
War and armed violence is highly destructive of the lives of persons but also of works of art and elements of cultural heritage. The war in Ukraine has highlighted the destructive power of war in a dramatic way. Thus, this 18 May, “International Museum Day” we outline some of the ways in which UNESCO is working to protect the cultural heritage in Ukraine in time of war.
18 May has been designated by UNESCO as the International Day of Museums to highlight the role that museums play in preserving beauty, culture, and history. Museums come in all sizes and are often related to institutions of learning and libraries. Increasingly, churches and centres of worship have taken on the character of museums as people visit them for their artistic value even they do not share the faith of those who built them.
Knowledge and understanding of a people’s past can help current inhabitants to develop and sustain identity and to appreciate the value of their own culture and heritage. This knowledge and understanding enriches their lives and enables them to manage contemporary problems more successfully.
It is widely believed in Ukraine that one of the chief aims of the Russian armed intervention is to eliminate all traces of a separate Ukrainian culture, to highlight a common Russian motherland. In order to do this, there is a deliberate destruction of cultural heritage and a looting of museums, churches, and libraries in areas when under Russian military control. Museums, libraries and churches elsewhere in Ukraine have been targeted by Russian artillery attacks.
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Collected Moments #poem & #painting by Nikos Laios
“The clouds are misty
And hang low over the harbour,
There’s a coolness in the air
And a soft breeze blows across the water”
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AntySaurus Prick #66 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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