Beastly good?

Beastly good?
Registration of Participation
Conference at the Fränkisches Freilandmuseum Bad
Windsheim
7th to 9th April 2016
phone: 0049/9841/6680-0
[email protected]
Animal husbandry in open-air museums
We can hardly imagine open-air museums without farm
animals. This has not always been the case: only a few decades
ago German ethnologists had lively discussions to what extent
animal husbandry in open-air museums would contribute to
romanticisation and a distorted idea of former rural life. Openair museums worried that they would be perceived primarily as
a “petting zoo” and as a location for “cute” photo scenes with
animals.
What is the purpose of livestock farming in open-air museums
nowadays? Is it mainly for education? Is the conservation of old
and rare livestock breeds through breeding a task for open-air
museums? Should we strive for the certification of open-air
museums as “Ark Parks” for the conservation of old and
endangered breeds? What is the significance of the marketing
of our own meat and sausage products? These questions will be
discussed at the conference. The ethical aspects of the keeping
of animals are also important: is the demonstration of animal
husbandry and use in the past consistent with animal welfare and
ethical treatment according to today’s animal protection laws
and standards?
The first day of the conference will be devoted to reports from
open-air museums about their work with animals, including
practical aspects such as livestock housing, staff organisation,
animal welfare and feeding. Saturday morning will be devoted
to the old and endangered breeds that are kept in open-air
museums, and conclude with a discussion of the future of animal
husbandry in open-air museums.
cover picture: Fränkisches Freilandmuseum Bad Windsheim
Fränkisches Freilandmuseum
Bad Windsheim
Please register via e-mail, phone or telefax.
Registration deadline: 15th March 2016.
Telefax: 0049/9841/6680-99
www.freilandmuseum.de
Fränkisches Freilandmuseum
des Bezirks Mittelfranken in Bad Windsheim
Eisweiherweg 1
91438 Bad Windsheim
DEUTSCHLAND
Conference fee
85 €/60 € (for students). The conference fee includes the common
buffet dinner incl. beverage on Friday evening, lunch break incl.
beverage on Friday and Saturday as well as all hot and cold drinks
and cakes at the coffee breaks. The conference fee is payable at the
museum.
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Conference language
German and English. Simultaneous translation of all conference
presentations and contributions will be provided.
Accommodation
Bad Windsheim offers plenty of hotel or guest house rooms which
will be booked by the conference participants themselves online or
via the tourist office. ([email protected])
How to get to the Fränkisches Freilandmuseum
You reach Bad Windsheim via train within an hour from the
main stations in Nuremberg and Wuerzburg (change trains in
Neustadt/Aisch or Steinach). It is a 15-minute walk from the Bad
Windsheim train station to the museum area. If needed and on
telephone request we would arrange a pick-up service from the
Bad Windsheim train station.
Wuerzburg has an Intercity Express connection to the
International Airport in Frankfurt/Main, Nuremberg has its own
regional airport.
Conference
7th - 9th April 2016
Schedule
Thursday, 7th April
Arrival
19.00 Common dinner at the Gasthaus zum Hirschen
Friday, 8th April
8.30 Welcome
Dr. Herbert May, director of the Fränkisches
Freilandmuseum Bad Windsheim
Agnes Sternschulte, LWL-Freilichtmuseum, Detmold
Local livestock breeds as a significant cultural heritage
10.45 - 11.15 Coffee break
presentations Elin Rynger, Vallby Friluftsmuseum, Västerås, Sweden
A live Collection of rare domestic breeds and a
national Gene bank. Collaboration in Sweden to
preserve older breeds of livestock.
Dr. Josef Mangold, LVR-Freilichtmuseum, Kommern
Sheep, goats, chick and horse
Animals in the LVR-Freilichtmuseum Kommern
9.00 Antje Feldmann, Society for the Conservation of
presentations Old and Endangered Livestock Breeds e.V.
Aims and concerns of the Society for the
Conservation of Old and Endangered Livestock
Breeds e.V.
Prof. Dr. Richard A. Herrmann, Society for the
Conservation of the Ansbach-Triesdorfer Rind
Margrave and cattle - The Ansbach-Triesdorfer
“Tiger”
Agnes Sternschulte, LWL-Freilichtmuseum,
Detmold
Senner-Pferde and Lippegans
12.45 - 14.15 Lunch break
Introduction
Renate Bärnthol, Fränkisches Freilandmuseum,
Bad Windsheim
A useful supplement or a needless enlivenment?
About the history of animal husbandry in German
open-air museums
Section 1: Between idyll and everyday life - animal
husbandry in open-air museums
presentations Keynote
Prof. Dr. Mieke Roscher, University of Kassel
The musealization of animals: Some theoretical
impulses from the human-animals studies perspective
Prof. Dr. Uwe Meiners, Museumsdorf Cloppenburg,
Niedersächsisches Freilichtmuseum
The pig in the village. Paradigm shift in open-air
museums?
Dr. Birgit Angerer, Oberpfälzer Freilandmuseum
Neusath-Perschen
Museum animals between educational purpose
and pet zoo. Farm animals in the Oberpfälzer
Freilandmuseum Neusath-Perschen
Richard Harris, Weald and Downland Open Air
Museum, Sussex
Animal husbandry in the Weald and Downland Open
Air Museum
presentations Volker Weber, Freilichtmuseum Hessenpark,
and discussion Neu-Anspach
Farm animals in the Freilichtmuseum Hessenpark
Lorenz Burger, Oberpfälzer Freilandmuseum
Neusath-Perschen
“Meißner Widder“ – Rabbits as “the poor man’s pig”
10.45 - 11.15 Coffee break
Rob Plomp, Nederlands Openluchtmuseum, Arnhem
Open Air Museum: from cattle towards cats
presentations Gerd Linden LVR-Freilichtmuseum, Kommern
From battle boar to Kommernschwein
Closing discussion of section 1
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 - 18.00 Museum animals in action: tour through the museum
– team of oxen and horses in the field. Visit to the
museum’s farm from Seubersdorf and its animal
husbandry
19.30 Common dinner at the Wirtshaus am Freilandmuseum
Saturday, 9th April
7.00 Birdsong Identification Hike through the Fränkisches
Freilandmuseum with Hans Seitz, Fränkisches
Freilandmuseum Bad Windsheim
Section 2: Open air museums as “Noah’s Ark”? - old
livestock breeds and their conservation
Volker Weber, Freilichtmuseum Hessenpark
Rotes Höhenvieh and Sattelschwein
Ark-Park. A home for endangered breeds in the
Freilichtmuseum Hessenpark
final round Final round
and
summary Gefion Apel M.A., LWL-Freilichtmuseum, Detmold
Conclusion and outlook – summary of the
conference and thoughts on the future of animal
husbandry in open-air museums
conclusion Overall conclusion
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch break at the Wirtshaus am Freilandmuseum
End of conference

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