AR&PA, Bienal Ibérica de Patrimonio Cultural, 11-13 October 2019
The Iberian Biennial of Cultural Heritage resulted from the merger of Bienal de la Restauración y Gestión del Patrimonio AR&PA, which is held in Valladolid since 1998, with Feira do Património, which was created in Portugal in 2013. The location of the Iberian Biennial alternates between Portugal (where it occurs in a different city in odd years) and Spain (in Valladolid, each even year). In 2017, the first year of this Iberian format, Amarante was chosen as the location for both Portuguese and Spanish representatives.
MONUMENTO Salzburg, 5-7 March 2020
The MONUMENTO Salzburg is an international trade fair for Cultural Heritage and Preservation of Monuments. Founded in 2012 the MONUMENTO takes place every second year at the Exhibition Center in the World Heritage City of Salzburg. Next edition from the 5th to 7th of March 2020. What makes the fair special is it’s international platform for the care of monuments, restoration and conservation, old buildings renovation and craftwork. Experts from every section from all countries surrounding Austria and farther like as an example Romania.
MONUMENTO Salzburg:
- A forum for national offices for the conservation of monuments
- A network that brings together service providers and clients
- The contact hub for markets in southern and south-eastern Europa
- A member of the European Cultural Heritage expo group
Florence Art and Restoration Fair, 13-15 MAY 2020
The Florence Art and Restoration Fair is an international event which takes place every two years in Florence. It aims to stimulate synergies between Italian companies and ester on the latest research. It puts the attention on the importance to invest in the cultural sector, to promote excellence artistic, craft and Italian production on foreign markets. Significant importance is given to the usability of the culture for the young population groups and specialization in the management of Cultural Heritage. The fair, inaugurated in 2009, in its 6th edition, held in May 2018, it hosted 160 exhibitors in the 920 m2 of surface with a public response of about 19,000 visitors. The fair is an opportunity to establish relationships with professional figures national and international organizations to undertake collaborations on the subject of technological evolution, restoration of works, greater usability of culture for all visitors and promotion of artistic, craft and production excellences Italian.
AR&PA, Bienal Ibérica de Patrimonio Cultural Spain, November 2020
AR&PA is one of the main European fairs in this sector and is the most important of the Iberian Peninsula. Precisely for this is held every other year in Spain and Portugal. The Spanish edition is organized by the Regional Government of Castilla y León in the city of Valladolid. It has an exhibition space of approximately 10,000 m2 and at each edition the set-up is changed to base to the chosen theme. The last edition hosted 285 exhibitors divided into 121 stands with about 20,000 visitors. The fair turns out be an important moment of meeting and discussion between professionals and institutions involved in protection and management of cultural heritage. Since 2008, the fair has been carrying out the AR&PA for program Everyone to ensure greater accessibility for people with different disabilities.