The article provides a general insight into the role of heritage sites in cultural education.

What is it about?

Scholars involved in the H2020 Programme’s Cultural Heritage and Identities of Europe’s Future (CHIEF) Project which was funded by the European Commission, have researched how young people learn about cultural heritage in families, formal and informal educational institutions, as well as at cultural heritage preservation sites/heritage sites. The issue of the contribution of museums in the cultural education of young people has been placed at the focus of attention in looking at heritage sites as spaces for cultural participation. The researchers have focussed on the modes of engagement with young people that are practised in mainstream and alternative heritage sites. Respectively, an analysis has been made of what is offered by mainstream cultural heritage sites and alternative cultural spaces.

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Why is it important?

The paper briefly describs museum cultural policy, as well as analyses the work with young people of two heritage sites: the National History Museum of Latvia in Riga and the Mark Rothko Art Centre in Daugavpils. During the course of the research, it was concluded that the connection between culture and the economy, i.e., the creative economy, has become topical in contemporary Latvia. This has substantially changed the understanding of the nation’s competitive potential.

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