Julia Pagel

Julia Pagel is secretary general of NEMO, the Network of European Museum Organisations. NEMO acts as European umbrella for all national museum organisations and thus speaks for over 30.000 museums in Europe. 

Julia graduated with a master’s degree in Art History and Latin American Studies from Freie Universität Berlin in 2004. After her graduation, she worked at the Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia. Before she started to work for NEMO, Julia worked at the Film Market for the Berlinale Film Festival and the German Museums Association. From 2013-2017 Julia was member and Vice-President of the Executive Committee of Culture Action Europe. Since 2019 she is a member of the EU Commission expert group on Cultural Heritage. Julia has initiated and led various EU funded cooperation projects and she has edited several museum related publications.

At NEMO's European Museum Conference 2022, Julia will moderate the NEMO Director's Meeting as well as several sessions of the general conference.