Football Makes History

The project Football Makes History Schools and football club museums unlocking local heritage education started in May 2022 and is financed with the Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnerships grant. The project is led by Erasmus University Rotterdam and is part of the international platform Football Makes History. The Reinwardt Academy is one of the partners.

International research workshop Football makes History

A mixed group of educators, museum and heritage professionals, researchers and civil society organizers, asking ourselves: How does football “do heritage”? How can this sport, which mobilizes entire villages, towns, cities, continents and the world as a whole, generate so much passion for objects, memories and stories? And: What can people in the heritage field learn from this culture and – vice versa – what can be improved in the football world with support of the heritage and education sectors? Is there more to the Football museum than trophies?

These questions fed our three day research workshop, organized by the Reinwardt Academy in Amsterdam on 11-14 January 2023, a collaboration between the Master Applied Heritage and Museum Studies and the Cultural heritage research group, and powered by the Erasmus+ funded project Football Makes History. Schools and Football Club Museums unlocking the potential of local heritage education.

Read the report of this workshop here

For questions about this project, please contact Jonathan Even-Zohar: jonathan.even-zohar@ahk.nl.