On December 2, Palazzo Falson hosted the International Council of Museums for Malta Christmas Get-Together, where we discussed “The impact of religious illiteracy on museum communication”
In recent years, we have witnessed a general decline in the religious knowledge of the population, compounded by an increasingly secularised, multicultural and multi-religious society and a strong influx of tourists from countries far from European traditions. This translates into an increasingly heterogeneous and diverse audience visiting our museums and engaging with our historical, artistic and cultural heritage. Museum professionals today must therefore address this complex audience. Starting from the idea that European art is rooted in religion and that it is not possible to separate the history of Europe from Christianity, this presentation will offer some reflections on how we are now faced with the problem of communicating heritage and its religious implications in a new way, in order to meet the needs of the new audiences that populate our museums. How we talk about heritage today will soon no longer be enough to explain the full complexity of our cultural assets, so we need to think together to find new ways.
Catacombs rediscovery 