How are European Museums really doing?

The European Museum Academy has put together a report with insights written by EMA National Representatives from across Europe. The report gives a more subjective view of the current challenges and opportunities that museums are…

 
NEMO Executive Board meets in Berlin

The NEMO Executive Board has gathered in Berlin, Germany, to discuss the network’s upcoming activities and actions.

 
NEMO will present its Activities in a Lab…

NEMO’s Secretary General Julia Pagel will give a presentation about NEMO and the network’s upcoming activities during a lab session focusing on European Cultural Networks, organised by the Arts Council Malta on 12 February 2019 in…

 
Be Part of Creating a new Museum Definition

Over the past decades, museums have rapidly transformed, adjusted and reinvented themselves to the point where the current ICOM museum definition no longer reflects reality. Therefore ICOM invites people to submit their…

 
Articulate and Measure Museums’ Social Impact

The Oakland Museum of California, USA, is in the process of investigating what kind of impact the museum has on the local community. The research is still on-going and as part of understanding the museum’s potential social impact,…

 
Benefits and Disadvantages of the new…

The user benefits and disadvantages of the new Copyright Directive's effects on nine different issue areas are analysed on the website Communia. Museums and other cultural heritage institutions are deemed to benefit from the new…

 
How to Maximise the Impact of Museum, Culture…

A recent guide by ICOM and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) advises policymakers, both at the local and national level, on how to design efficient local development strategies that leverage culture…

 
First Call for Applicants of BE MUSEUMER has…

The Creative Europe funded project BE MUSEUMER, led by the Georgian Museums Association together with NEMO and the Academy of Cultural Management, is officially kicked off with a first call for applicants. It aims to empower…

 
Young People like to Unwind at the Museum

The recent study "Calm and collected Museums and galleries: the UK’s untapped wellbeing resource?" finds that people under 30 like to de-stress by going to the museum.