On the 20th anniversary of the Faro Convention, we presented the experience of the Museum of Madness and its associated heritage community at the 11th Symposium of Ethnologists and Conservators, entitled Challenges of Cultural Heritage Protection in Light of the Faro Convention.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society, also known as the Faro Convention. To mark this occasion, the Maribor Regional Unit of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia organised the 11th Symposium of Ethnologists and Conservationists from the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of North Macedonia, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Republic of Serbia, entitled Challenges of Cultural Heritage Protection in Light of the Faro Convention.
In the thematic section entitled Theory and Practical Experience of Implementing the Faro Convention in Everyday Conservation Practice, we presented the experiences of the Museum of Madness. In her presentation, The Museum of Madness: An Example of the Faro Convention in Practice, Sonja Bezjak described the long journey of the heritage community from the conception of the museum, aimed at preserving the cultural heritage and monuments of Trat, to the challenges of working with decision-makers and the subsequent search for solutions in the international arena. This process led to the discovery of the Faro Network and the eventual acceptance of the Museum of Madness into it.
The programme and summaries of the symposium are available at: https://www.zvkds.si/xi-mednarodni-simpozij-etnologov-konservatorjev-sek-8-10-10-10-2025-maribor/