Abstract
A conservation process usually generates new knowledge and an enormous amount of documentation during the inception and implementation of the project: the information collected from archives and other institutions; the information provided by the preliminary studies carried out prior to the intervention; the data provided in the field during the works and at the end of the process; and the final set of documentation delivered to the institution responsible for the maintenance and management of the monument. The challenge for conservation professionals and cultural heritage managers throughout this process once the works are over is to achieve and transmit this information to the public and specialists in order to raise awareness for better conservation of our built heritage. During the last few years, one of the actions that the Caja Madrid Foundation has activated with its restoration projects has been the opening of permanent on site museums or “Salas de Fábrica”, a place on site to understand the restoration works, to exhibit the remains that have being retrieved during the project and to permit the public to better understand the historical and artistic values of architectural and archaeological heritage as well as the importance of preserving our cultural legacy for the future.
Highlights
Intellectual, technical and financial efforts in heritage conservation have always, except for a few exceptions, focused on the restoration of the monument. In these projects communication and dissemination actions were considered as external activities apart from the restoration project and/or in any case, after the restoration process
Geoinformatics CTU FCE 2011 project should involve society and managers, with a sense of their responsibility after the works in terms of guaranteeing the feasibility and sustainability of public access to the monument, during the works and once these are over. It is fundamental in restoration projects promoted by the Caja Madrid Foundation, to consider Communication and Dissemination Plans as one important chapter of the intervention, being always defined and developed according to the magnitude of the intervention and the characteristics of the monument
Along with dissemination activities such as on-site communication, didactic workshops for young children and monthly video diffusion of the restoration progress on the internet, one of the most significant actions of these plans is being directed toward the installation of on-site museums, as a specific space inside the monument to promote the public familiarity with heritage sites and raise awareness about the importance of preserving them after these projects are finished
Summary
Intellectual, technical and financial efforts in heritage conservation have always, except for a few exceptions, focused on the restoration of the monument In these projects communication and dissemination actions were considered as external activities apart from the restoration project and/or in any case, after the restoration process. Geoinformatics CTU FCE 2011 project should involve society and managers, with a sense of their responsibility after the works in terms of guaranteeing the feasibility and sustainability of public access to the monument, during the works and once these are over To this end, it is fundamental in restoration projects promoted by the Caja Madrid Foundation, to consider Communication and Dissemination Plans as one important chapter of the intervention, being always defined and developed according to the magnitude of the intervention and the characteristics of the monument. Along with dissemination activities such as on-site communication, didactic workshops for young children and monthly video diffusion of the restoration progress on the internet, one of the most significant actions of these plans is being directed toward the installation of on-site museums, as a specific space inside the monument to promote the public familiarity with heritage sites and raise awareness about the importance of preserving them after these projects are finished
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