Registration now open for the NEMO European Museum Conference 2026

NEMO is pleased to announce that registration is now open to all for the NEMO European Museum Conference 2026: Human after all – Museums in the wake of AI, taking place in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 11–13 October 2026.

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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…

 
Call for participation: Spring of Critical Thinking 2026

From 19 March to 5 April 2026, Universcience will host the fifth edition of the “Spring of Critical Thinking”, an event dedicated…

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NEMO Members’ Meetup: Critical Thinking for…

How can museums nurture critical thinking - for their audiences, their teams, and the wider public - and why is this skill essential in today’s cultural landscape? These questions shaped the latest NEMO Members’ Meetup, held…

 
Queering the Museum: NEMO contributes to…

On 7 November 2025, the one‑day conference Queering the Museum took place in Bologna, Italy, bringing together museum and cultural professionals, researchers and community representatives for a day of reflection, training and…

 
NEMO at the Lithuanian Museums Association Forum: Museums and the Power of Change

On 27 November 2025, the Lithuanian Museums Association convened its annual forum ‘Museums: The Power of Change’ in Kaunas,…

NEMO Participates in ECHOES Workshop in…

From 21–22 November, NEMO took part in an ECHOES project workshop hosted by the Cyprus Institute in Nicosia, Cyprus. The two-day meeting fostered collaboration across multiple work streams and provided a productive space to…

 
NEMO Members’ Meetup: Wellbeing in museums

On 11 November 2025, NEMO members were invited to a NEMO Members’ Meetup to explore how museums can strengthen wellbeing for…

Research proves that viewing art benefits the…

A study led by King’s College London, initiated by Art Fund and co-funded by the Psychiatry Research Trust, has shown that viewing original art has immediate, measurable benefits for the human body.