The House of European History tells the story of a continent, but those looking for a temple to EU propaganda will be disappointedIt begins with the Greek myth of Europa and the bull carved in stone and it ends with the Brexit promise of Vote Leave on an official campaign T-shirt. Both items find their place in the House of European History, an EU-funded museum that aims to tell the story of a continent.HEH, which opened a year ago at a cost of EUR55.4m (£47m), is probably the EU“s boldest cultural project. `There are tens of thousands of museums in Europe, but they all have a national, regional or local perspective,` says Constanze Itzel, the museum“s director. A museum dedicated to pan-European history, rather than individual countries, has never been done before, she adds. Continue reading...
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