Partners

• ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property)
• Committee for Education and Cultural Action of the International Council of Museums (ICOM-CECA)

Participants
Students age 15-18 from schools in cities across Europe.

Aim

• To encourage students to explore the common roots of European cultural identity;
• to raise cultural awareness among students and convince them of the importance of saving cultural heritage through preventive conservation;
• to establish an international policy regarding good quality educational publications in museums;
• to inventory and analyze all the didactic material published by museums with Roman art collections amongst the different partner countries, with a view to initiating a museum network concerned with the interpretation of Roman life;
• to disseminate information via the internet to reach a wide public audience.

Project description
Over the course of two years, the schools and cultural organizations created a wide variety of programmes to raise public awareness about the Roman roots of their culture. These projects included theatre productions, banquets, archaeological projects, creating mosaics, making clothes and shoes, writing and research projects, art exhibitions, and much more.

Main achievements
'All Roads Lead to Rome' culminated in a grand group meeting of all 400 student participants in Rome:

• students shared presentations of their projects in various historic Roman settings including Ostia Antica, Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli, the Roman Forum, and the Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant’Angelo;
• an exhibition of student works at the Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant’Angelo was open to the public;
• winning teams received prizes, such as t-shirts, hats, and other items commemorating the event.

updated on: 10 August, 2006