The Polish Maritime Museum in Gdansk Poland Baltic Historic Ships- exhibition project Robert Domzal

The Monitoring Group on Cultural Heritage in the Baltic Sea States

In 1997 the ministers of culture in the

Baltic Sea Region agreed that special attention should be given to co-operation in cultural heritage. Four working groups were established to safeguard and develop common policies and to spread and exchange knowledge and expertise.

Responsible for the whole work is a working group of senior heritage experts called the Monitoring Group. The cooperation takes place under the umbrella of the Council of the Baltic Sea States. The respective Ministries of Culture have appointed the Monitoring Group members from all the Baltic Sea States, including Norway and Iceland, except Russia.

http://www.baltic heritage.net/index.html

Main activities

Every 3rd year meeting of culture ministers of the BSS

Every 2nd year Baltic Sea Cultural Heritage Forum

Monitoring and Working Groups meetings, exhibitions, common projects etc.

Working Group of Coastal

Culture and Maritime Heritage

Working Group initiated 1st Baltic Sea Cultural Heritage Forum under the title: “Common Sea – Common Culture?” in April 2003.

3rd 2nd Baltic Sea Cultural Heritage Forum, Helsinki, Finland 2005

3rd Baltic Sea Cultural Heritage Forum, Wilnius. Lithuania 2007

Working Groups

Building Preservation and Maintenance in Practise

• Coastal Culture and Maritime Heritage

• Sustainable Historic Towns

• Underwater Heritage able Historic Towns

Working Group of Coastal Culture

and Maritime Heritage

The working group deals with the challenges connected to how maritime heritage could and should be a resource in the contemporary development of our rural and urban landscapes. The working group works to raise awareness of these issues. It also suggests, promotes and initiates projects and actions for co-operation.

Working Group of Coastal

Culture and Maritime Heritage • During the forum in

Gdansk in 2003, the working group launched a poster exhibition on “Baltic Lights”. The twelve posters present a brief history of lighthouses and lightships in the region and show examples of good practice in preservation.http://www.cmm.pl/balticlights/index.html

Working Group of Coastal

Culture and Maritime Heritage

• During the 3rd Forum in Vilnius 26-27th Spetember 2007 the working group launched next poster exhibition on „Baltic Harbors”.

Working Group of Coastal

Culture and Maritime Heritage

Nowadays WG focuses on Historic Ships preseravation.Next Baltic Sea Cultural Heritage Forum is planed in Riga in 2010. During this Forum new poster exhibition about Historic Ships will be launched.

Working Group of Coastal Culture and Maritime Heritage

• THE LIST OF 100 • The Objectives • The intention of the list is: •  • to collect and present information on preserved historic vessels in

order to highlight the richness of the preserved ships in The Baltic Sea States.

• to promote the value and importance of historic ships to wider audience and to decision-makers

• to raise awareness and understanding of restoring and maintaining historic vessels

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Working Group of Coastal Culture and Maritime Heritage

• THE LIST OF 100

• The Criteria

• Each membership country can choose approximately 10 historical vessels either at the quayside or preserved on land.

• The minimum size of the vessel is circa 12 x 4 meters (length x breadth) or 20 BRT. The size of the vessel is not unconditional criteria. Exceptions can be made and smaller craft is well acceptable if having such character, that they can be regarded important, valuable or typical from maritime cultural historic point of view.

• The vessel is older than 50 years. Younger craft is acceptable if having such character, that they can be regarded important and valuable from maritime cultural historic point of view.

• The vessel is built in Baltic Sea region, or been used commercially in Baltic or North Sea trade, or is otherwise having significant importance for the history of seafaring in the Baltic or North Sea region.

• The outward appearance of the vessel is based on historical and technical documentation available from any chosen period of the vessels commercial life.

• No replicas or archaeological finds accepted.

Working Group of Coastal Culture and Maritime Heritage

Historic ships- What are they? Definitions/lyrics/cultural and historical importance

Connecting People- historic role of ships in society past and present –

Diversity I-sea and land based preservation i.e. preservation by use, on land in museums –

Ships and Harbours- historic ships in historic context examples of good practice

Preservation and Maintenance-people and yards e.g skills/professional yards/private activities

Sources of History

People Behind Historic Ships- individuals and associations good examples

Experiences- children i.e. educational activities, special projects e.g.

Cultural Tourism-links between tourism and historic vessels e.g steamers –

What has been lost? Smaller craft/shipwrecks links to underwater archaeology

Gallery – photos of ships’ sterns

Working Group of Coastal Culture and Maritime Heritage

Number of historic vessels in Poland

War ships: 5

Tug boats: 5

Ice breakers: 2

Cargo vessels :2

Passenger: 2

Fishing: 2

Trainig: 1

Other: 5

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Working Group of Coastal Culture and Maritime Heritage

Shipowners

Museums:6

Associacions:4

private: 11

Exhibited

afloat: 18

on land:6

Protection by law

protected: 9

not protected:15 .

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Thank You very much !

Robert Domzalr.domzal@cmm.plwww.cmm.pl