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ABOUT

Championing the role of theatre and performance in heritage interpretation

Heterotopia is a non-profit creative research studio based in Athens. We are working to raise the profile of theatre, performance and hybrid creative arts practice across the Greek heritage sector by promoting their value as research, interpretation, and engagement tools for museums, archives, historic environments, and sites of memory.

*Heterotopia: a space of otherness, outside of time, where dual or multiple meanings coexist – Michel Foucault 1967

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What is museum theatre? Find out more

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Research

Museum theatre is our principal research area.

In addition to being an established form of live interpretation it is also a valuable tool in practice-based archives & heritage research due to its ability to create space for the exploration of behaviours, ideas, and moral values of the past in a way that invites analysis and critical reflection. Find out more about our research interests here:
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Digital Transition

The Digital Transition

© Heterotopia / MIET / Museotek (GR)

Museum Learning

Museum Learning

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Heritage Interpretation

Heritage Interpretation

© BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts (BE)

NEW REPLACE Intangible Cultural Heritage

Intangible Heritage

© Archeon Museum Park (NL)

NEW REPLACE Historical Thinking

Historical Thinking

© Colonial Williamsburg (USA)

Our Work

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Training & Advocacy

Our latest training programmes, talks and events:

24 January 2025 Book Launch – Museum Theatre: History, Theory and Applications – Athens, Greece

Organised by the Hellenic National Committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) and Disigma Publications (event held in Greek)

4-7 December 2024 – Conference: Museum Communications at a Crossroads – Tbilisi, Georgia

Organised by ICOM Marketing and Public Relations with ICOM Georgia, the Union of Tbilisi Museums, Academia Europaea Tbilisi Regional Hub and the Georgian Museum of

18-22 November 2024 – ICOM CECA Annual Conference: “Delicate topics, challenging audiences” – Athens, Greece

Organized by the Hellenic National Committee of ICOM (International Council of Museums), in collaboration with the Hellenic Ministry of Culture -Directorate of Archaeological Museums, Exhibitions

Our news

Read our news, views and announcements here:

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Happy New Year!

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Renewing History Education to Uphold Democracy – New Publication!

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Tools to Improve Museum Education – New Publication!