Association of Masonic Museums, Libraries and Archives (AMMLA) – Congress 2008 BUCHAREST

2008 AMMLA CONGRESS BUCHAREST

22th – 25th May

PROGRAMM

Thursday, May 22snd
Afternoon : arrival
Evening : reception committee

Friday, May 23th
Main theme: handling of libraries and archives
Morning
– opening of the 2008 Congress – welcoming address by Viorel DANACU ?
– presentation by the different institutions of their 2007/2008 activities
– conference : Hungaria – Austria – Romania
12.00 h. : lunch.
Afternoon
– AMMLA Administration ?
– Report treasurer etc…
– AMMLA business and election of the board due to the statutes
– Conference :
– Waldmann: report on the translated book from Ralph Melzer about the position of German freemasonry during the Weimar Republic
– Hanke and every institution.: final discussion about the AMMLAexhibition: table lodges
– All members: presentation and comparing of the different software used by their organizations for digitalization of archives, libraries andartifacts
Evening : free

Saturday May 24th
Morning
– Conferences :
– Mollier Pierre : dossier about the archives of the Romanian freemasonry in France
– All members: presentation of documents about the Romanian freemasonry in their archives
– Dat : lecture about masonic buildings in France
– Fondu / Brachot: Report about the realisation of the transformation of the Belgium Masonic Museum
– Hanke Roland : Report about the realization of the transformation of the German Masonic Museum
12.00 h. lunch in the restaurant of the Grande Loge de France
– Closing of the Congress – selection of items for next year
Afternoon
– visit in Bucharest : Parliament Palace ? Built by Communist Party leader, Nicolae Ceausescu, the colossal Parliament Palace (formerly known as the People’s Palace) is the second largest administrative building in the world after the Pentagon.
Evening
Dinner party

Sunday May 25th
Nothing is planned for the moment – departure

PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS

Deutsches Freimaurermuseum GERMANY
Museum of the Norwegian Order of Freemasons NORWAY
Suprème Conseil de FRANCE
CEDOM – MADOC Brussels BELGIUM
National Museum of HUNGARY
Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania USA
Musée-archives-bibliothèque Grande Loge de FRANCE
Belgian Museum of Freemasonry BELGIUM
Centro Ibérico de Estudios Masonicos (CIEM) SPAIN
Musée-archives-bibliothèque Grand Orient de FRANCE
Library Reg.Grand Lodge of ITALY

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