Open letter to European Commission and Member States demands support for the Cultural and Creative Sectors affected by COVID-19

The open letter was initiated by the Greens of the European Parliament and 105 MEPs and 312 associations from the Cultural and…

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Mapping of the short and long term effect of…

The majority of museums in Europe are closed in order to contain the spread COVID-19. NEMO would like to map how museums are reacting to and coping with the closure through an in-depth survey.

 
Plan your museum’s COVID-19 response according to three scenarios

The American Alliance of Museums has created three potential scenarios of how the coronavirus pandemic might affect a museum. The…

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New museum award celebrates activist thinking…

The Climate Museum UK, the International Slavery Museum and Museum as Muck were awarded in the Activist Museum Award, which celebrates and fosters activist thinking and practice in the UK museum community.

 
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COVID-19's impact on the European museum…

It is clear that the European museum sector is heavily affected by the COVID-19 outbreak and the measures taken to contain it. According to a survey that NEMO carried out, the majority of museums in European countries are closed…

 
Help NEMO compile information of how European museums handle the coronavirus

Together with the rest of the world, NEMO is following the spread of COVID-19 closely. NEMO finds that it is important to gather…

Free toolkit for safeguarding intangible…

On 26 February 2020, the concluding symposium of IMP - The Intangible Cultural Heritage and Museums Project took place in Brussels, Belgium. Outcomes of the projects were presented together with a free toolkit that will help…

 
NEMO gave an expert training on the social…

From 3-5 March 2020 in Tbilisi, Georgia, NEMO Board Member Sofia Tsilidou gave an expert training in the course of the Be Museumer project. On the agenda: social value as a growing trend in policy making. The participants from…

 
 Graphic announcing new members to the Climate Heritage Network in February 2020.
NEMO is one of 45 new members of the Climate…

In a press release, the Climate Heritage Network announces its new members and NEMO is pleased to see that other organisations also realise the urgent need of joining forces to create a better future together. The Climate Heritage…