Child looks down through glass floor tiles.
Dutch museums request more support as visitor…

The Netherlands Museums Association urges the government to allocate additional emergency support and recovery plan to museums throughout 2022. Government support for sectors hit hard by the pandemic is due to finish at the end of…

 
 Two people have their backs to the camera as they both take a photo of a painting hanging on the wall. The person in the back is taking her photo of the painting through the phone screen of the person of the person standing in front of her.
Survey on new technologies and innovations in…

The Museum Innovation Barometer 2021 provides an overview of the current and planned implementation of technology enhanced tools​ and approaches among museums around the world. 

 
Webinar on quality digital content for museums

Watch the recording of the webinar, "Museums going digital: Why invest on quality digital content?" that took place on 29 April…

 Two people wearing face masks walk through an exhibition hall. There is plenty of space between them and the walls are covered with distance markings.
Latvian state museums earned only 4% of…

Shortly after museums in Latvia could reopen on 1 June 2021, the Ministry of Culture released figures stating 3.5 million euro revenue loss in the Latvian museum sector.

 
 Two people wearing face masks are looking at art hanging on the wall.
EU Commission guidelines on safe reopening of…

On 29 June 2021, the European Commission launched guidelines on the safe reopening and resumption of activities in the cultural and creative sectors in Europe.

 
 This images shows a map of Europe. The green dots represent the NEMO member states and indicate that the museums in these countries have all reopened.
NEMO map update shows that museums across all…

NEMO has updated its interactive map of museum reopenings and closings and is happy to confirm that all countries across Europe included in the map allow museums to be open. The last country to officially allow all museums to…

 
 The graphic is divided into two triangles. The upper left triangle is a painting of people holding hands and dancing against a blue background. The image on the lower right is a historic fresco of women holding hands and looking into the same direction. Between the two images a conference is announced.
NEMO spoke at conference about the new normal…

On 7 June 2021, the conference Visions and perspectives for museums and cultural institutions: six studies towards a new normal, organised by the Fondazione Scuola dei beni e delle attività culturali, the took place online. NEMO…

 
 Screenshot of a zoom meeting.
NEMO spoke at event supporting reopening of…

On 26 May 2021, NEMO was invited to the online event ‘Coming Back Stronger - Ways Forward for Culture’ organised in support of the reopening of the cultural sector in Europe. In connection to the event the 6 hosting political…

 
European Commission plans a common path to Europe’s safe re-opening

A Communication published by the European Commission on 17 March 2021 charts the way ahead for a safe re-opening with a balanced…