The exhibition From Museum to Theater presents the results of an interdisciplinary educational project dedicated to reinterpreting European cultural heritage associated with masks, through emerging technologies and collaborative creative processes.

The project brought together students and teachers from the fields of architecture, graphic design, and interior design, in dialogue with experts in ethnography, archaeology, anthropology, philology, history, and performing arts. The work developed explores new ways of presenting masks from Ancient Greece, as well as traditional Portuguese and Polish masks, bringing together different cultural contexts and research methods.

The exhibition, on display until December 31, brings together a selection of projects that resulted from three workshops held in Italy, Poland, and Portugal. Each stage included study visits, sessions with researchers, debates, and public presentations, in a process that combined artistic practice, research, and reflection on ways of communicating heritage.

Workshops

• Lipari, Italy — May 2024
• Krakow–Warsaw, Poland — November 2024
• Porto–Matosinhos, Portugal — 10.11 — 14.11.2025

This project was developed within the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Program and involved the following partner institutions:

Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria (Italy)
Participating lecturers: Paola Raffa, Francesca Fatta, Sonia Mollica and Maria Trombetta.

Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology (Poland)
Participating lecturers: Ewa Satalecka, Jan Piechota and Marcin Wichrowski.

ESAD 
Participating lecturers: Maria Milano and Antonino Jorge.

Democritus University of Thrace (Greece)
Participating students from the Department of History and Ethnology: Elena Kouirouxi & Evangelos Pamoutzakis

The program also involved guest researchers, technical teams, and various collaborating entities, including museums, cultural centers, and institutions dedicated to theater and heritage preservation.

The project also received support from the Camões Institute in Warsaw, through its director, José Carlos Costa Dias.