The collaboration
As per the agreement, the faculty will take on the coordination of a public event as part of the annual history festival TOEN, collaborating with various (heritage) partners. Het Huis will take on the project leadership of TOEN, both in terms of content and in terms of marketing and communication. The goal of the collaboration is to jointly develop innovative public programming and to involve new demographics in the city's historical and cultural heritage.
A continuation of practice
"In practice, various researchers and teachers of the Faculty of Arts had previously already been involved with TOEN and its predecessors," Mols said. "The fact that the festival is organised by a robust and well-established heritage centre like 'Het Huis', led us to formalise our involvement with the festival. This is also a way to express our faith in the festival. During the coming years, we hope the festival will allow more and more visitors to experience the history of Nijmegen in surprising ways, and that it also involves new audiences in the city's history."
