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Workshops at NEMO's European Museum Conference 2024

At this year's NEMO European Museum Conference, we want you to get talking and have inspiring, insightful and sometimes challenging conversations. So next to presentations and panels, we have organised several workshop…

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Trust in Swedish museums at record high

According to a study by the SOM institute at Gothenburg University in Sweden, the public’s trust in museums remains high. The 2023 trust survey shows an increase from +59 to +72 in trust balance compared to last year's figures.

 
Cultural Creators Friendship Group expresses concerns about further cuts of…

On 20 July 2023, the Cultural Creators Friendship Group (CCFG) sent a letter of concern to the European Council regarding the…

Report on link between democracy and culture

The European Commission has published the report “Culture and Democracy, the evidence - how citizens’ participation in cultural…

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New public funding demand requires museums in…

Museums and galleries in Scotland must pay all of their workers at least the real Living Wage (£10.90 per hour) to apply for grants, following changes to funding criteria introduced by Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS).

 
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New project aims to rethink the role of…

The Sensational Museum project has recently been launched in the United Kingdom and aims to challenge the hierarchical split between museum provision for people with and without disabilities and create a museum that "works for…

 
Spain takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union

On 1 July 2023, Sweden handed over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union to Spain. The Spanish Presidency, running…

NEMO Training boosted participants’…

On 30 June 2023, 20 persons connected to NEMO member organisations participated in a 3-hour online workshop with the special title “Overcome your data practise monsters”, which aimed to help participants feel more confident when…

 
Toolkit on ethical transfer, reuse and disposal of museum collections

The UK Museums Association has published a toolkit to help museums ensure that their collections are well managed, sustainable,…

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NEMO spoke about EU cooperation opportunities…

Upon invitation, NEMO spoke at the conference “Filling Blind Spots. Placing Ukraine on Europe’s Cultural Map”, which was organised by OBMIN from 3-6 July 2023 in Warsaw, Poland. NEMO digitally joined a panel on setting up museum…