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Ammunition PouchAmmunition Pouch x 3. German equipment
The Highlanders' Museum
Taigh Chearsabhagh Trust
Welcome and Agenda for CUPIDO kick off Meeting
HIE - Digital Heritage - Tomintoul and Glenlivet Discovery CentreCUPIDO logo
The jury´s motivation was; an incredibly strong ”micro” documentary tells the story of a child’s desperate desire to be free. The filmfestival Cine 15…
Cupido 360° DanceChoreographer Ana Strandberg created this electrifying performance together with André Forsström and Theresa Gustavsson. They teamed up with Joakim…
Culture Power: Inspire to Develop Rural AreaThe Interreg North Sea CUPIDO project presented by the partners.
St Andrews from the SkyDrone footage of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.
Wireless batteryCommunication sped up throughout the twentieth century, but news wasn’t that new by the time it got to Shetland by sea. The wireless meant islanders…
A cure for jaundice: Bone BowlJaundice is a symptom, rather than a disease. Shetlanders used folk-remedies to try to cure the condition. One way was to drink water from a stream…
Box for a voyageWhen off on a boat trip, people used this kind of box, known in Shetland as a bøst, to carry food or fishing flies. These boxes were made around…
Corncrake birdCorncrake birds lived in Shetland for thousands of years, nesting in cornfields. However, they have nearly disappered from the islands for over thirty…
Emigrants dollAround 1900 hundreds of Shetlanders left their native home. It was a time of hardship but also opportunity. People settled elsewhere in Britain, or…
Fishing sinkerTraditional fishing gear had two main parts – a baited hook to catch the fish, and a weight to sink the line into the sea. This is a specialised…
Byre lanternTradional Shetland farmsteads had outbuildings connected to the house, so people could go through to the byre to tend to the cattle, even in the…
Prehistoric cupWhales are common in the North Atlantic, and since ancient times people have used their meat and oil. In regions with no trees, bones were fashioned…
Fisherman's hatShetlanders wore knitted hats when off fishing, and the the multicoloured patterns contrasted with the brown oilskins and boots they wore. Visitors to…
Historical Society of North UistThe Comann Eachdraidh Uibhist a Tuath (Historical Society of North Uist) heritage collection. Known as CEUT, this dynamic local history society was…
Shetland Museum and ArchiveOur award winning Museum and Archives is a multifunctional visitor attraction in the heart of Shetland's capital town of Lerwick. Begin your journey…
Shetland Museum and ArchiveShetland Museum & Archives sits on the restored historic Hay's Dock in Lerwick, providing a gateway from which to explore Shetland's rich heritage and…
Morsø MunicipalityMorsø municipality builds further on the cultural heritage as a fishing community, in particular the (native European flat) oyster and mussel fishery.…
Kulturmødet is a festival in North Denmark gathering an audience from artists, politicians, media, employees of cultural institutions to a general…
St Andrews CathedralToday the remains of the St Andrews Cathedral, overlooking the north sea at the edge of Fife only hint at a historic past. 700 years ago the building…
St Andrews CastleSt Andrew's Castle is a ruin located in the coastal Royal Burgh of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. The castle sits on a rocky promontory overlooking a…
SkywardA study in Flight. Fife-based photographer Kit Martin and University of St Andrews students exhibition. Exploring the idea of flight, Let’s Take…
School of Classics, Swallowgate, St AndrewsVibrant research community with wide expertise: literature, archaeology, reception, philosophy, ancient slavery and imperialism. University of St…
MUSAThe Museum of the University of St Andrews (MUSA) displays to the public some of the treasures from the University's collection of over 115,000…
Bell PettigrewThe Bell Pettigrew Museum is the University of St Andrews zoology museum. It is a rare survival of a Victorian teaching museum, and wonderfully…
Chimpanzee skullChimpanzee skull from Bell Pettigrew Natural History Museum handling collection for mammology studies
Black Bear SkullBlack Bear Skull - The Bell Pettigrew Museum Teaching Collection
PorpoisePorpoise Skull - Bell Pettigrew Museum Teaching Collection
Polar bear skullPossible panther skull - Bell Pettigrew Museum Teaching Collection
Black Ceramic JugThrough a Glass Darkly - Digitisation of the Bridges Collection (a collection of Cypriot antiquities held at the University of St Andrews). Funded by…
WardlawThe Museum of the University of St Andrews (MUSA) displays to the public some of the treasures from the University's collection of over 112,000…
The Bridges CollectionThrough a Glass Darkly - Digitisation of the Bridges Collection (a collection of Cypriot antiquities held at the University of St Andrews). Funded…
Shetland Bus Friendship Society'The Shetland Bus', was a Shetland based boat operation to and from Norway, that took place during the Second World War (1939 - 1945). The website is…
Shetland Amenities TrustShetland Amenity Trust constantly strives to preserve and enhance everything that is distinctive about Shetland's cultural and natural heritage,…
Ionad HiortChaidh am buidheann againn, Buidheann Leasachaidh Ionad Hiort, a stèidheachadh aig coinneamh phoblach far an robh àireamh mhath de mhuinntir na sgìre…
Highlanders MuseumThe Highlanders’ Museum (Queen’s Own Highlanders Collection) covers three floors of Fort George’s former Lieutenant Governors’ House. The museum has…
Aros CentreAros is a popular visitor attraction and community cultural centre offering exhibitions, cinema, live music, comedy, dance, drama, theatre, galleries…
Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Arts CentreTaigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre is a hub for people to meet, share ideas, learn new skills and experience exhibitions and events that are…
Scapa Flow Visitor CentreScapa Flow Visitor Centre and Museum. The main site is closed for major renovations until 2020, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, Orkney Islands…
North Isles Landscape PartnershipThe NILPS has been specially created to support life in Orkney’s North Isles, while conserving and raising awareness of their distinctive identities,…
Learning the language of film is a fundamental entitlement for people to enable them to understand how meaning is made and stories are told; to…
The CUPIDO partners officially kicked off the project in Värmland, 15th to 17th of October. All the partners were represented and everyone that…
University of St AndrewsOpenVirtualWorlds is an interdisciplinary group of researchers with expertise in computing, digital design, history and museology; and with 10 years…
Highland and Islands EnterpriseHighlands and Islands Enterprise is an economic & community development agency that promotes cultural activities in rural communities. Provide…
Høgskolen i Sørøst NorgeUSN has sustainable regional development as a priority and offers programs of study from undergraduate to PhD in business management and marketing as…
Creative FoundationThe Creative Foundation is an arts charity, which has spent 15 years using creative activity to make Folkestone a better place to live, work, play,…
Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen HOWESTThe university has been stimulating entrepreneurship and an entrepreneurial spirit, due to working for many years with students, teachers as well as…
Vereniging zonder Winstoogmerk Festival DranouterVZW Festival Dranouter has a 44 year tradition of using culture and local heritage as a lever for economic activities in its own (rural) areas. As…
Gemeente HeuvellandThe municipality has experience of developing the area for a.o. tourism, often connected to WW 1. We try to push other values that promote the area,…
Gemeente MiddelburgMiddelburg is experienced in encouraging (young) people to start new companies, to stimulate cross-sectoral cooperation and explore new product and…
Landkreis WesermarschWesermarsch with a tradition in cultural heritage (North Sea spirit as a typical coastal zone region) has a strong record of museums and local arts…
Nome KommuneThe municipality has been working with commercialisation of culture businesses & cultural heritage. The project manager is experienced,…
Rottneros Park Trädgård ABRottneros Park, from early 1900, is now long-term leased by a semi-public company, owned by Sunne municipality. The sculpture park - with a large area…
Sunne kommunSunne is a cultural hub with its regional Västanå Teater, culture heritage foundation of Selma Lagerlöf, garden & sculpture park Rottneros and its…
Region VärmlandRegion Värmland has arranged and facilitated regional and international events to develop technological innovations, based upon virtual reality for…
Länsstyrelsen VärmlandVärmland County Administrative Board (VCAB) is a regional authority and a link between people and local authorities, and the parliament and central…