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New start for museum trade fair MUTEC in Leipzig parallel to denkmal
MUTEC - International Trade Fair for Museum Technology is being added to the Leipzig calendar of trade fair events in 2010.
MUNICH, GERMANY, May 13, 2009 /Museums PR News/ -- It will be held next year parallel to denkmal, the European Trade Fair for Conservation, Restoration and Old Building Renovation which is scheduled from 18 to 20 November.This has now been agreed by the Leipziger Messe GmbH, the denkmal organisers, and Albrecht Gesellschaft für Fachausstellungen und Kongresse mbH from Munich as the organiser of the MUTEC.
"Museums and historical monuments are the guardians of our past and reflect our contemporary culture. It is the intention of both events to show cultural tradition as a living legacy", says Wolfgang Marzin, CEO at Leipziger Messe GmbH. "MUTEC and denkmal complement one another in the best possible way in terms of the sections on display and crossovers in visitor target groups such as restorers and museum experts."
Angelika Albrecht, managing director of the fair and exhibition organisers of the same name: "Stability in visitor numbers attending German museums in recent years makes it obvious: art, cultural assets and heritage attract maximum attention. Together with denkmal, the MUTEC will show how material evidence of people and their environment is collected, researched, looked after and made known."
It is true: the Germans love their museums, as shown by the number of annual visits to museums which in the last ten years have always held up at more than 100 million. Up to 2007, the year of the most recent survey carried out by the Berlin Institut für Museumsforschung (Institute of Museum Research), the figure rose to around 110 million (based on a survey of 6,197 museums which qualify as being under academic and scientific management). "A good reason therefore to continue in future to invest in the preservation of cultural assets and museums", explains Angelika Albrecht. By comparison: in Germany, six times as many people go to museums as to football matches. During the 2007/2008 season, 17.4 million people attended games in the German 1st and 2nd football league stadiums (Source: Bundesliga Report 2009).
About denkmal
Since 1994, denkmal, the European Trade Fair for Conservation, Restoration and Old Building Renovation, has been providing the sector's experts such as architects, planners, skilled craftsmen, heritage conservationists and restorers, as well as investors and building owners, with a three-day forum for active, hands-on experience. As a platform for national and international exchange of experience, the fair provides its visitors with first-hand information. The product areas include building materials, chemical construction features, traditional and historical building materials, a range of artisan crafts and restoration achievements.
MUTEC
The International Trade Fair for Museum Technology MUTEC is intended for operators of museums, collections and exhibition houses, for non-profit foundations, asssociations and cultural institutions, but also for restorers, as well as architectural practices and consultancies. Its central topics are museum buildings, museum technology and fittings, visitor services, media presentation, museum infrastructure, conservation and restoration, and museum management.
Contacts for the press:
denkmal
Stefan Luig, Press Officer
Phone: +49 (0)3 41 / 678 81 94
Fax: +49 (0)3 41 / 678 81 82
E-mail: s.luig@leipziger-messe.de
MUTEC
Gesellschaft für Fachausstellungen und Kongresse mbH
Angelika Albrecht, Managing Director
Phone: +49 (0) 89 / 27 29 48 20
Fax: +49 (0) 89 / 27 29 48 22
E-mail: info@albrechtexpo.de
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