Not surprisingly, Olymbos' seclusion from the rest of the world has engendered a unique culture, and in recent times it has been labelled a living museum.

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The proposed centre is intended to preserve the heritage in a conscious effort of safeguarding in one specified area, such as in a living museum.

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Major topics of the workshop include: The city as a Living Museum, identifying cultural spaces, supporting grassroots living culture, revival and support of traditional skills, Sustainable development etc.

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The focus of the workshop goes beyond the traditional role of the museum and includes the concept of the entire historic city as a living museum, getting away from the definition of a museum as a physical structure with four walls and a door and includes the cultural spaces, traditional skills, community and other tangible and intangible cultural heritage.

UNESCO: CULTURE

"A year ago I was outraged, " said Jamie Bowers-Defino, 23, a recent graduate from Purchase and a museum administrator now living in Los Angeles.

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"This is a living house not a museum and so visitors are encouraged to touch, sit and explore the rooms which are decorated and furnished as they would have been when the Thomas family moved in, " said Geoff and Anne Haden, who restored the house.

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Committee deputy chairperson Declan O'Loan said Northern Ireland's first museum policy needed to be more open about "living in a complex and divided society".

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Now populated by a permanent workforce dressed in period costume, Skansen is part social experiment, part living museum.

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"He's not doing this to make a living, " said Liz Tullis, who lives around the corner from the Toilet Seat Art Museum.

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