Bringing Vikings Back to the East Midlands

维京人和维京时代目前在流行文化中非常显眼，通常以各种形式继续强调古老的观点，即他们是迷人的，暴力的，有些比生活更重要。维京时代和今天一样，是一个移民、散居、维京人与英格兰各个地区之间文化和宗教接触的时代，这一观点通常不被大众所接受。一千多年前，东米德兰兹正是维京人入侵的地方，他们不仅是入侵者，而且是商人、农民和定居者。他们在该地区的地名上留下了清晰的印记，而通过考古发掘、金属探测器等发现，以及对该地区中世纪早期雕塑的更好理解，他们存在的物质痕迹也逐渐显现出来。总之，这些证据表明移民如何在当时的社会中找到自己的位置，以及这两个群体如何协商他们的宗教、文化和语言差异，最终形成新的社区。将维京人带回东米德兰兹将以与该地区现代居民的经历产生共鸣的方式探索这些问题，通过与学校的现有和广泛的接触接触到不同的社区（使父母和照顾者能够接触到博物馆/展览），社区团体和整个地区的博物馆合作伙伴。利用大英博物馆“维京人”巡回展览（2017年11月至2018年3月在诺丁汉大学博物馆举行）的高调活动，我们将为该地区的维京遗产建立新的用户社区、观众和遗产部门能力。为了实现这一目标，我们将与大学博物馆密切合作，塑造展览及其公共计划，以吸引我们的观众：1)大英博物馆展览中的地区文物，以及在当地和地区博物馆展出的文物。博物馆级别的复制品，以及当地博物馆相关藏品的在线画廊，将为了解东米德兰兹的维京时代提供直接和方便的途径。与Blueaxe Reproductions合作，一项工艺活动和讲座计划将使创意从业者和更广泛的公众探索维京时代的设计。2)维京人在地名、碑文和诗歌中隐藏的遗产，这些遗产详细阐述了东米德兰兹的历史。KE合作伙伴的公开演讲和实地考察将展示维京人在该地区的遗产，以及可能被用来向游客重述其历史的资产。诺丁汉作为联合国教科文组织文学之城的新地位为地方、国家和国际推广提供了一个平台。3)该地区的维京遗产吸引博物馆和该地区新观众的潜力。与KE合作伙伴一起，我们将探索如何将维京遗产作为该地区文化提供的一部分。该项目的长期遗产将是确保维京人和他们的时代将继续激励东米德兰兹的居民和游客的关键资源。这些将包括：一个来自东米德兰兹各博物馆的维京时代物品的网上插图清单，将免费供公众使用，并将为遗产专业人员、研究人员、学校教师和学生以及对维京时期感兴趣的更广泛的公众等用户提供重要的资源。一个基于网络的基于维京时代文物的设计画廊，在公共领域提供可扩展的模板，通过历史准确性实现创造力。一个由该地区的遗产和旅游专业人士和研究人员组成的社区，他们对该地区的维京遗产潜力有了新的认识，包括他们自己的收藏和遗址，以及他们在更广泛的收藏和遗址网络中的地位。

Vikings and the Viking Age are currently highly visible in popular culture, generally in forms which continue to emphasise the age-old views of them as glamorous, violent and somewhat larger than life. What does not often find its way into the popular view is that the Viking Age was a time, like today, of migration, diaspora, and cultural and religious encounters between the Vikings and various regions of England.Over 1000 years ago, the East Midlands was the site of just such encounters as Vikings came into the region, not only as invaders, but also as traders, farmers and settlers. They left a clear mark in the place-names of the region, while material traces of their existence are gradually emerging through archaeological excavation, metal detectorist and other finds, and a better understanding of early medieval sculpture in the region. Put together, the evidence demonstrates how the immigrants found their place in the society of the time, and how the two groups negotiated their religious, cultural and linguistic differences, ultimately to form new communities.Bringing Vikings Back to the East Midlands will explore these issues in ways which resonate with the experiences of the modern inhabitants of the region, reaching out to different communities through existing and extensive engagement with schools (enabling access to parents and carers who might not otherwise engage with museums/exhibitions), community groups and museum partners across the region. Using the high profile event of the British Museum's travelling exhibition 'Vikings' (at the University of Nottingham Museum from November 2017 to March 2018) we will build new user communities, audiences and heritage sector capability for the region's Viking heritage.To achieve this, working closely with the University Museum, we will shape the exhibition and its public programme to engage our audiences with: 1) The regional artefacts in the British Museum's exhibition, as well as artefacts held in local and regional museums. Handling sessions with museum-quality replicas, and an online gallery of the relevant holdings of local museums, will provide direct and easy access to an understanding of the Viking Age in the East Midlands. In partnership with Blueaxe Reproductions, a programme of craft events and talks will enable creative practitioners and the wider public to explore Viking Age designs. 2) The hidden legacy of the Vikings in place-names, inscriptions, poetry to elaborate the history of the East Midlands. Public talks and field trips for KE partners will demonstrate the legacy of the Vikings in the region and the assets that might be drawn on to retell its history to visitors. Nottingham's new status as a UNESCO City of Literature provides a platform for local, national and international outreach.3) The potential of the region's Viking heritage to attract new audiences for museums and to the region. Working with KE partners we will explore how Viking heritage might be used as part of the region's cultural offer.The long term legacy of the project will be key resources which ensure that Vikings and their Age will continue to inspire inhabitants of and visitors to the East Midlands. These will include:A web-based illustrated inventory of Viking Age objects from the various museums of the East Midlands which will be available free of charge for public use and which will provide an important resource for users such as heritage professionals, researchers, school teachers and pupils and the wider public interested in the Viking period.A web-based gallery of designs based on Viking Age artefacts, provided as scalable templates in the public domain, enabling creativity through historical accuracy.A community of heritage and tourism professionals and researchers in the region with a new awareness of the region's Viking heritage potential in terms of their own collections and sites, and their place in a wider network of collections and sites.