NEMO’s Working Group LEM – The Learning Museum examines the growing intersection between museums, mental health, and care in its new publication “Art, healing and museums. Exploring museum‑based art psychotherapy Practices with a…
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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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
From 19 March to 5 April 2026, Universcience will host the fifth edition of the “Spring of Critical Thinking”, an event dedicated…
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…
On 27 November 2025, the Lithuanian Museums Association convened its annual forum ‘Museums: The Power of Change’ in Kaunas,…
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…