The piloting activities in Cyprus, “Experience the life of Ancient Cypriots” took place in May and June 2023, and were envisioned as a revival of everyday life of ancient Cypriots. Through innovative tools such as augmented reality, but also those more ‘usual’ such as culinary activities, both based on historical and archaeological references regarding daily […]

The Serbian pilot workshops took place in June 2023, across several regions and sites managed by archaeological parks, museums, institutes for the protection of cultural heritage, galleries, and tourist organizations. Eight institutions, 30 youngsters and 14 heritage managers were included in pilots implementation. To see more information about the pilot and our partners from Serbia, […]

Following a bottom-up, collaborative approach, the Hungarian partner organised the national pilot through the open call titled “Heritage Together”, published in order to find out what Budapestians consider as their heritage. To find out which sites were included, what was the methodology & more, please download our CoolTour Newsletter No. 7.  

The Croatian pilot workshop took place on June 5th, 2023, in the Archeological Museum in Zagreb Gallery. The pilot was organised as a public event in the form of moderated discussion and roundtable to collect good practices from local museums and heritage institutions, under the title “Youth and Cultural Heritage – what interests Millennials?” To […]

Throughout May, June, and July 2023, piloting activities are being carried out in all participating countries, in order to test and validate the draft version of the COOLTOUR platform and the toolkit for heritage managers. Italy is no exception. The Italian pilot workshops took place throughout June 2023, in four heritage sites in the southern […]

Over 60 students from Slovenia, Croatia, Cyprus, Italy, Hungary, and Serbia, along with several teachers, tutors, professionals, and educators, participated in COOLTOUR mobility of young people in the Viminacium Archaeological Park, Serbia, from March 27 to April 1, 2023. They joined the programme in order to discuss and promote cultural heritage with a particular focus […]

Research on best practices on the use of digital tools in heritage management The aim of the present preliminary research is to facilitate a better understanding of the relation between millennials and cultural heritage, as well as to analyze best practices of managing cultural heritage from partner countries. The findings of this research will be […]

Cooltour – Joint Staff Training Event in Zagreb We started our year productively – Brodoto and KÖME organized a staff training event (C2) in Zagreb with 12 participants (2 per project partner) from January 24-26, 2023. The event aimed to assess the training methodology developed in the first part of the project and review real […]

Research Summary on the Relationship of Millennials and Heritage Sites Millennials, born between 1981 and 1996, are known for being the first generation to grow up in a digital world. They have a unique perspective on heritage sites and museums, and engaging them is crucial to ensuring the sustainability of these sites in the long […]

Second Project Meeting in Budapest Cooltour partners gathered in Budapest from 5th to 7th December 2022 for their second project meeting, held at the KOME office. The main focus of the meeting was to discuss various project themes, including management, communication, platform assessment, learning mobility, and the development of a toolkit for heritage managers. The […]