Contribute to NEMO mapping of climate action by European museums 

Knowing that many museums across Europe already actively contribute with climate action for sustainability, NEMO has launched a new interactive map that collects and shows how museums are acting on the climate crisis. The map…

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Be Part of Creating a new Museum Definition

Over the past decades, museums have rapidly transformed, adjusted and reinvented themselves to the point where the current ICOM museum definition no longer reflects reality. Therefore ICOM invites people to submit their…

 
Articulate and Measure Museums’ Social Impact

The Oakland Museum of California, USA, is in the process of investigating what kind of impact the museum has on the local community. The research is still on-going and as part of understanding the museum’s potential social impact,…

 
Benefits and Disadvantages of the new…

The user benefits and disadvantages of the new Copyright Directive's effects on nine different issue areas are analysed on the website Communia. Museums and other cultural heritage institutions are deemed to benefit from the new…

 
How to Maximise the Impact of Museum, Culture…

A recent guide by ICOM and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) advises policymakers, both at the local and national level, on how to design efficient local development strategies that leverage culture…

 
First Call for Applicants of BE MUSEUMER has…

The Creative Europe funded project BE MUSEUMER, led by the Georgian Museums Association together with NEMO and the Academy of Cultural Management, is officially kicked off with a first call for applicants. It aims to empower…

 
Young People like to Unwind at the Museum

The recent study "Calm and collected Museums and galleries: the UK’s untapped wellbeing resource?" finds that people under 30 like to de-stress by going to the museum.

 
Applications for the European Museum of the…

Museums are welcome to send their applications to Europe’s oldest museum prize until 26 April 2019. The applications are overseen by the European Museum Forum and all museums no matter size or location that opened or have been…

 
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Apply to the Children in Museums Award

Children museums as well as education, children and youth departments in museums and science museums are welcomed to send their application by 15 February 2019.

 
Culture Action Europe puts Culture on the…

"No Europe without culture” sets the tone for Culture Action Europe’s European Parliament elections campaign. NEMO has already pushed for museums needs in a statement of museum recommendations and priorities, issued in April last…