Italy Open Day 19th June 2021

The new App, Kidscorner and video open a new era at the Living Insects Museum Esapolis
Esapolis reopens its doors in great style, with new visiting experiences for kids and adults
The Province of Padova website reporting about the 1st Open Day promoted by the Province of Padova and Butterfly Arc with the special guest, Maria Luisa Cocozza, Canale 5 anchorwoman
Press clip from the online news magazine Padovanews
Europe Direct Venezia Veneto website communication
>From the web channel Informazione.it
Google pages

Open Day Photo Gallery and Video click here

Poland Open Day 9th June 2021

June 9th Award ceremony of the “From the pocket to the head”contest announced in May. Twenty-two school children took part in the contest. The award took place within the framework of the MUS.NET. Open Day. The awards and diplomas were handed out by Mariola Pruska – director Museum in Lębork and Witold Namyślak- the mayor of Lębork.
From the beginning of June the Museum in Lębork and the Water Tower were visited by over 1400 visitors.

Local newspaper article about the winners of the contest
The announcement of the award of the prize to the participants to the contest in the City of Lebork website
Lebork’s school website announcing the award of their students

Slovenia Open Day 18th June 2021

The Open Day took place on the premises of Mansion Rakičan, from 17.00 to 23.00 p.m. CET. The idea behind this event was to present the project MUS.NET along with other project, current implemented in Research and Education Center Mansion Rakičan in general, distribute promotional material created so far in the project, test Museum in the pocket application and test Draw Alive Tool with our target groups. Different activities were set up inside and outside the mansion. There were 4 main points:

  • Info point
  • Draw Alive corner
  • Creative workshops corner
  • Pottery workshop corner

Outside of the mansion, a pottery and creative workshops were set up 17.00 to 20.00 p.m. CET. Visitors were able to make their own beaker out of clay. In addition, creative workshops offered a chance for the visitors to make their own historical map of Mansion Rakičan and its surroundings.
The total number of visitors was estimated at 50.

Children absolutely loved the kidscorner and Colour to animate was a big hit!

Spain Open Day 25th June 2021

Coinciding with the San Juan Festivities in Aguilar de Campoo, Rom Museum: Románico y Territorio Exhibition Center yesterday organized an open day to present to the public the new spaces and technological tools that the center has introduced “to improve the visitor experience and attract new audiences ”.

César del Valle, coordinator of the Rom, has valued the experience as very positive, since the museum has received 140 visits in a single day, meeting the objectives set. “The people of the area have learned about the news that we have introduced in recent months in the museum thanks to the MUS.net project and how they contribute to us continuing to discover history and heritage from emotion, entertainment and education.”

Furthermore, del Valle continues to explain, “interesting contacts” have been established with local associations and institutions that have competencies in matters such as culture, education or tourism; so important to a museum. Yesterday, representatives of the Aguilar de Campoo and La Pernía town councils, the Palencia Provincial Council and ARCO, the Association of Friends of the Aguilar de Campoo Heritage, passed through the Rom.

Radio Aguilar, Norte de Castilla (Newspaper), Diario Palentino (Newspaper), Onda Cero Radio, SER Radio, TV Palencia, and the newspaper La Vanguardia covered the Openday.

The screen of the kidscorner with the Draw Alive installation
Kids and parents are welcome at the kidscorner!
The museum facilitators assisting the children




Friends of the ROM and visitors posing at the entrance against the backdrop of MUS.NET. rollup
The announcement of the Open Day on Instagram

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Slovenia

Italy Open Day 10th October 2021

Italy Open Day 10th October 2021

Facebook campaign

Slovenia Open Day 29th and 30th October 2021

The second Open Day at the Dvorec Rakičan center in Slovenia was scheduled on the 29th and 30th of October within the Halloween celebrations. Families and kids were the target group for this special day. Each year Halloween at RIS attracts visitors from the city as well as from other regions and abroad. The programme included presentations of MUS.NET. of the Draw Alive and the App Museum in the Pocket. The entire staff of the Research and Education Center Mansion Rakičan was involved in the planning and implementation stage of the programme.

Communication of the event featured on the websites of SOBOŠKE NOVINE and Vestnik. Radio Murski Val advertised the opening as well as RADIO MAXI, R1 PREKMURJE, ROCK-MB according to a media plan implemented by RIS.

Articles about the Day featured on the websites Pomurec and Sobotainfo.

Sobotainfo offers an insight into what is going on in town
Pomurec is a local web newspaper covering the regional events.
A day at the museum for the population of Murska Sobota and the surrounding cities

Spain Open Day 12th November 2021

More than 150 people attended in Aguilar de Campoo, on November 12th, the Open Day organized by the Fundacion Santa Maria la Réal.

Among the audience there were children of school age. Infact, this Day was focused on families, to whom it was dedicated. During the Day, they could test the new technological initiatives of the centre, such as the the Draw Alive interactive game and the “Museum in the Pocket” Application.

Entranced children at the kidscorner installation
Local broadcaster interviewing Managing Director Cesar del Valle Barreda about the second Open Day Video available Here

Poland Open Day 19th November 2021

The second Open Day at the Lebork Muzeum was organized in connection with the promotion of the book “From the Depth of Time, a Tale about a Fish”. This ancient artefact is among the most prized possession of the Polish museum.

Guests among them, many families with young kids, toured the museum and stopped at the Draw Alive corner that drew a lot of interest from children and parents alike. On the screen many lively drawings took life and fluctuated against the backdrop, consisting in  a  paddock and a farm.

Each guest received an entrance ticket with instructions about the navigation of the Mus.net. App “Museum in the Pocket”.

Draw Alive and children
Children having fun at the new installation
mum with kid
An adult explains to the child the functioning of the Draw Alive
Lebork Entrance ticket
the ticket back side has instructions about the use of the app

Italy Open Day 19th February 2022

The third Italian Open Day unfolded from 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. of February 19th, 2022. 170 participants visited the Esapolis Museum in Padova, but many other requests could not be satisfied because the maximum number of attendees was reached within two days from the launch. As a consequence of the communication, 90 participants visited the museum, beyond the 170 covered by the reservation. The purpose for the Open day was the engagement of the participants in the activities made possible by the MUS.NET. installations. The large majority of visitors belonged to the target of families with young kids. The audience were admitted to the museums in groups of 15 persons. Each group was given a free tour consisting of: delivery of information material, brief explanation of the MUS.NET. Project, tour of the museums, ,the video presentation. Visitors were invited to test the application Museum in the Pocket that has around 100 descriptions on as many museum exhibits. In the case of the visitors not joining the guided tour the App was a useful tool. The third OD tested a new museum experience created by visually impaired people for regular visitors.

Welcoming visitors and explaining the tour and the installations of the Open Day

A visitor framing the QR code to gain access to the explanations of the cabinet both in Italian and English, this is one of the 100 descriptions available throughout the tour

The blind tour was tested with kids and adults both with 3D models and live insects

The Draw Alive corner explained to the provincial councillor Vera Sodero, is part of a campaign to engage decision makers in the MUS.NET. objectives.

Social networks and online newspapers have proved once again a powerful tool to disseminate the project