Join ECHOES Webinar for German-Speaking Cultural Heritage Institutions

ECHOES invites German-speaking cultural heritage professionals to join an online webinar on 14 January 2026 hosted by the Austrian…

Become part of NEMO – Trial membership…

NEMO is offering 10 museums and museum-oriented organisations the chance to join its network through the 2026 Trial Membership programme. Five of these places are reserved exclusively for organisations based in Ukraine.…

 
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Archive or publish? An ethical approach to…

The Red Star Line Museum in Belgium has developed a practical tool to address how museums can responsibly handle personal stories that touch on sensitive themes. This resource outlines how the museum navigates questions of…

 
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UNESCO’s virtual museum displays stolen…

UNESCO invites online visits to its new initiative aimed at tackling the global challenge of stolen cultural objects. The project introduces a virtual museum dedicated to digitising and showcasing cultural property that is listed…

 
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UK museum closures: Insights from 25 years of…

A new report from the Mapping Museums Lab at Birkbeck, University of London looks into museum closures in the UK museum sector over the past 25 years. While the sector has grown overall, with 870 new museums opening since 2000,…

 
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ICOM and INTERPOL join forces to combat…

The 27th ICOM General Conference recently took place in Dubai, bringing together museum professionals and cultural heritage experts from around the world. Among the key outcomes were strengthened measures against the illicit…

 
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Organising the year sustainably with the…

As a new year is about to start, one might reflect on working practices and explore new approaches. For inspiration, creative freelancers can turn to a new resource by Julie’s Bicycle that brings together resources and offers a…

 
Revisit the NEMO European Museum Conference…

The NEMO European Museum Conference "Who cares? Museums, wellbeing, and resilience” brought together 327 participants from 37 countries in Horsens, Denmark, from 26-28 October 2025 to explore how museums can foster wellbeing and…

 
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Call for researcher: Help shape NEMO report…

NEMO will appoint a researcher to explore how AI is shaping museums and to compile findings into a report that will guide institutions through this time of rapid technological change. Overseen by the NEMO Working Group Digital…