Merete Sanderhoff

Merete Sanderhoff is curator and senior advisor of digital museum practice at SMK, the National Gallery of Denmark. She is responsible for the museum’s open access policy and works to foster active re-use of the museum’s digitised collections for research, learning, knowledge sharing, and creativity.

Since 2011, she has organized the Sharing is Caring conferences to set an agenda for openness in the global GLAM community. She was the chair of the Europeana Network Association 2017-18, advisor to the European Commission’s Expert Group on Digital Cultural Heritage & Europeana 2019-2020 and is currently a member of Europeana Foundation’s Advisory Board.

At NEMO’s European Museum Conference 2022, Merete Sanderhoff will join the session "Inside the museum of the future" on Monday 10 October.

10% for experimentation, 50% for engagement

Presentation abstract

Since 2008, SMK – Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen has been developing digital museum practice in a dynamic exchange with the surrounding world. Being the national gallery of Denmark, we have a special obligation to spearhead the digital development and share experiences, failures and best practices with our colleagues. Since the onset, we set aside 10% of our time and resources in the digital team for experimentation. Being SMK's curator and senior advisor of digital, 50% of my time is dedicated to engagement with users, networks and communities. In this brief talk, I'll share a few highlights of what that means in practice.