Last year the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, cerebrated her two hundred years anniversary. During this time special collections have always been managed and used in scientific education and research. At the time these were called cabinets or museums. In the Netherlands the term ...

Museums are more than depositories of heritage. Management and conservation of cultural heritage requires constant care and attention. Cultural heritage is the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment and, depending on the viewer, something can be valued as such (or not). ...

Size and type of theatre audiences are predicted for 1990 in the Netherlands.

'Towards a Podium' is the title of the Advisory Service provided by a special committee for the national support of amateur dance in the Netherlands. The National Centre for Folk Dancing has built up experience and expertise which form a good basis for providing support for the whole amateur dance...

The Ministries of Welfare, Health and Culture in the Netherlands have recently signed an agreement with the northern provinces about tourism and the visual arts. A provincial counsellor from Groningen knows what the agreement contains but there is a need for more consultation with the other...

The book describes the Wayang puppet theate in Indonesia, and how this medium was used for propaganda purposes in a film promoting transmigration of the population of Java to the outer islands during 1941-65. The script of the film is included.

The effects of noise pollution caused by an additional motorbike event in May 2010 and 2011 on the breeding bird populations were investigated. This Natura 2000 area (481 ha) in the province of Drenthe, Netherlands, has as one of its aims 'maintaining the necessary rest for fauna'. Breeding...

An event can be understood as an occasion organized for a large number of visitors many of whom live some distance from an area. About 1150 such events occur in the Netherlands each year, ranging from barbecues, craft fairs, exhibitions, to evening walking excursions, music or theatre festivals. A...

The book is a general work about the duties of the authorities in the field of culture. The concept of culture is defined in its widest sense, as all of the development work done by the public services. The author examines the subject of culture in relation to technology, social development, youth...

This is a report of the development of popular drama as a means of communication for action programmes in rural development in Bangladesh, based on the theatre workshops and experiences in Koitta/Dhaka, during the conference "Popular theatre dialogue".