Promotion and support of the transfer of scientific touring exhibitions at European level

Project Information

E-CASTEX

Grant agreement ID: 36656

Project closed

Start date 1 January 2007

End date 31 December 2008

Funded under

• Science and society: specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration : "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006

Total cost € 348 600,00

EU contribution € 272 000,00

Coordinated by

ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES
Belgium

Objective

Among the popular products that offer a reliable and attractive presentation of the scientific knowledge to audiences unfamiliar with science, the Scientific Touring Exhibitions (STEX) represent a rich potential to be valorised at European level. Four well-experienced scientific institutions and the European Network for Science Centres and Museum (ECSITE) will create and promote the system (an on-line database) needed to stimulate the international transfer of STEX between Natural History Museums, Science Centres and museums at large.

By promoting the best practices in transfer and raising membership to a system dedicated to professionals, e-CASTEX will set up in two years a system able to run on the long term thanks to the neutral organisation that is ECSITE. Hundreds of professionals are expected to get access to the European STEX production and consequently hire/rent more frequently these popular products.

Keywords

• Natural History Museum
• database
• promotion
• scientific exhibition
• transfer

Programme(s)

• FP6-SOCIETY - Science and society: specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration : "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006

Topic(s)

• SOCIETY-WP2005-4.3.4.1(a) - Interchange of products

Call for proposal

FP6-2005-SCIENCE-AND-SOCIETY-15
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Funding Scheme

SSA - Specific Support Action

Coordinator

ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Vautier Street, 29 ; BRUSSELS ; Belgium
• Total cost: No data

Participants (4)

MUSEU DE CIENCIES NATURALS DE LA CIUTADELLA, INSTITUT DE CULTURA

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Passeig Picasso s/n ; BARCELONA
• Total cost: No data

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, AARHUS

Denmark

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Wilhelm Meyers Allé 210 ; AARHUS C
• Total cost: No data

ASSOCIATION EUROPÉENNE DES EXPOSITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES, TECHNIQUES ET INDUSTRIELLES

Belgium

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Coudenberg 70/5 ; BRUSSELS
• Total cost: No data

HUNGARIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM - MAGYAR TERMÉSZETTUDOMÁNYI MÚZEUM

Hungary

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Baross u. 13. ; BUDAPEST
• Total cost: No data