CEMEC: Crossroads. Travelling through the Middle Ages
From 15 September 2017 to 11 February 2018, the Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam, is hosting an exhibition entitled Crossroads. Travelling through the Middle Ages. The CROSSROADS exhibition is an initiative of the European CEMEC project, an EU-funded digital collaboration between eight European museum collections, seven universities and six technical partners that aims to examine the connectivity between Early Medieval objects and the objects’ regions of origin with the aid of innovative digital technologies.
Associate Professor Lynda Mulvin of UCD School of Art History & Cultural Policy is the CEMEC project leader in Ireland, and with Postdoctoral Researcher, Dr Anna Kadzik, led the collaboration between the School, the National Museum of Ireland, Waterford Museum of Treasures, Noho and the wider CEMEC community. Associate Professor Mulvin was also on the editorial board of and contributed essays to Crossroads. Reizen door de middeleeuwen / Crossroads. Travelling through the Middle Ages. Published in Dutch and English this book accompanies the CROSSROADS exhibition. Following Amsterdam, CROSSROADS will travel to the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens and the LVR-LandesMuseum in Bonn. |