June 12th in the Women's Museum Merano
I. International Women's Museum Congress: Women among themselves.
After the inauguration day - which lasted until nearly 11:00 p.m. in the Kurhaus together with the patroness Shirin Ebadi - it goes on today and tomorrow with workshops in closed sessions.„ At the moment it’s like a Picadilly circus here“, says the manager of the Women's Museum of Merano Sissi Prader. These days 23 women's museums are represented in Merano, about half of worldwide 40 women's museums and women's initiatives: about 100 participants from five continents, a colored group of women. The single delegations come from Argentina, Mexico, Australia, from China and Vietnam, the USA, from Norway, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain and of course from Italy, but also from Sudan and from Senegal. English is the language spoken at the congress.
Today and tomorrow exchange and mediation of specialist knowledge dictate the rhythm of the schedule: analysis of strengths and weaknesses, and network work. Under the direction of Astrid Schönweger and Heidi Hintner the single women's museums introduce themselves all day long. Besides, the expectations of the single women's museums are also coming up regarding the network, and also all the expectations they have from the collaboration with other museums.
