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Asia-Europe museum education grant programme
The ASEMUS Educational Exchange and Outreach Programme funds two-week exchanges of museum educators between Asian and European mem…
CECA Best Practice Award in Museum Education: 2016 Winners
At ICOM's General Conference in Milan (3-9 July), the International Committee for Education and Cultural Action (CECA) announced i…
Ecsite Conference 2017: Call for Proposals Open | Portugal
The Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto and Ciência Viva will host Ecsite's 28th annual conference, 15-1…
European Museum of the Year & Council of Europe Prize 2017: Call Open
Launched in 1977 under the Council of Europe, the European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA) and Council of Europe Museum Prize reco…
Faculty Position in Museum Studies & Heritage Studies | Singapore
Nanyang Technological University's School of Art, Design and Media (ADM) sought an Assistant/Associate Professor in Museum Studies…
Free Online Course: Behind the Scenes at the 21st Century Museum
A free 6-week FutureLearn course, "Behind the Scenes at the 21st Century Museum," launched 1 June (2015), exploring how modern mus…
Impact Playbook: A Guide to Impact Assessment for Heritage Professionals
The Europeana Foundation released the Impact Playbook for Museums, Libraries, Archives and Galleries, a practical guide helping he…
International Forum of Young Museum Professionals: Call for grant applications
ICOM and ICOM China organized the 2018 Young Museum Professionals Forum, "Museums as cutting-edge spaces," in Fuzhou, China, 23-26…
Myanmar: National Museum Nay Pyi Taw Hosts Workshop
A three-day collection conservation and management workshop ran 30 January-1 February 2017 at the National Museum, Nay Pyi Taw, an…
New OECD Publications on Museums, Culture and Local Development
Following an OECD conference on culture and local development in Venice (December 2017/18, OECD's first major event on the topic, …
New UNESCO Report on the Implementation of the 2015 Recommendation on Museums
UNESCO published a report assessing progress on its 2015 Recommendation Concerning the Protection and Promotion of Museums and Col…
Photographer Nick Út Donates "Napalm Girl" Photo and Camera to the Vietnamese Women's Museum
Nick Út, who retired in March 2017 after 51 years with the Associated Press, donated his iconic "Napalm Girl" photograph of Phan T…
Report: "Museum of the Future: Insights and Reflections from 10 International Museums"
The Erasmus+ funded Mu.SA (Museum Sector Alliance) project, involving 12 partners across 4 European countries, addresses gaps in d…
The Art Newspaper: Most Visited Museums and Exhibitions in 2016
The Art Newspaper's annual rankings covered the most-visited museums, exhibitions and Asian-art shows of 2016. The Louvre again to…
UNESCO: Countries share good practices to combat illicit trafficking of cultural property
UNESCO hosted the Fifth Meeting of States Parties and Seventh Session of the Subsidiary Committee of the 1970 Convention against i…
Video: Views from Participants at the 6th ASEMUS General Conference
A video captures participant reactions from ASEMUS member museums in Poland, the Netherlands, China and Slovenia at the 6th ASEMUS…
World's top 100 museums and galleries
The Art Newspaper's annual attendance survey for 2012 put the Louvre first with almost 10 million visitors. Seven ASEMUS member mu…
[UK] What are Museums for?
UK Collections Trust CEO Nick Poole analysed the mission statements of 40 randomly chosen UK museums and galleries as an informal …