Behind Open Bars: Experiential Museum and Cultural Center of Aegina

Abstract

Reusing and presenting the turbulent history of prisons, World War II concentration camps and memorial sites is a complex process, based on experience, memory and its impact on society. The purpose of this study is the presentation and reintegration of the Kapodistrian Orphanage- Political Prisons of Aegina in the society. The ''Behind Open Bars'' proposal aims, mainly, at the acceptance and promotion of the difficult cultural heritage and memory and at the positive re-registration of this landmark in the city of Aegina. At the same time, it aims at the preservation, reuse and promotion of the Kapodistrian Orphanage - Prisons of Aegina, through two parts, an experiential museum unit and a cultural center. The Experiential Museum of Aegina follows and connects the ancient and modern history of Aegina with the turbulent history of the Kapodistrian Orphanage. Undertakes to promote the History of Aegina Political Prisons, restoring and preserving some of the prisons cells and creating new ways of projecting the difficult memory.