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🌐✨ Happy International Museum Day, 18 May. #IMD2024 Museums are gateways to cultural exchange and mutual understanding. At Creative Commons, we're on a mission to move museums to open, making cultural heritage accessible, equitable, and impactful. This year's theme, "Museums for Education and Research," highlights the crucial role of museums education and research. By celebrating International Museum Day, we honor museums as vital spaces for learning, innovation, and creativity. 🔍 Researchers can explore content in new ways. 📚 Teachers and learners can create high-quality educational materials. 💻 Digital technologies bring museum experiences to life. Join us in championing #OpenCulture for #education and #research! 🌟📖💡 Learn more about the Benefits of Open Culture in our latest report: https://loom.ly/0NKUVjY

Your voice matters to imagine the future of touring exhibitions. As part of Culture Connect's Cultural Dialogue Surveys series exploring the appetite for cross-cultural dialogues, we are thrilled to be collaborating again with Touring Exhibitions Organisation (Teo) and invite the global touring exhibition community to answer our "Cultural Dialogue Survey 2025: The Future of Touring Exhibitions". The first two editions explored the impact of major contemporary crises and revealed key trends, questioning the power of the object in exhibitions, unveiling tested sustainability practices, and highlighting the resilience and optimism of the sector. Four years on, what long-term trends have emerged, and what challenges are expected for the future? Click below to answer the survey before it closes on 10 February 2025. https://lnkd.in/eXFejtEy

The advent of online technologies has changed the way museums manage collections, shape exhibitions, and build communities. This double Special Issue, co-edited by Karin de Wild (Leiden University) and Nadezhda Povroznik (HDSM, Technische Universität Darmstadt), provides new perspectives on the histories of museums online. It features papers on a wide range of topics, including the history of virtual museums and online exhibitions, museums’ responses to the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, digital openness, and the development of museums’ digital identities. This Special Issue is published in the journal 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑡 𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠: 𝐷𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑇𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦, 𝐶𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦, an international journal dedicated to research on the histories of the internet and related digital cultures. 𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐛: 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 ➡https://lnkd.in/ekJ8R9cC 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥: 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐛 ➡ https://lnkd.in/eQTqrG8y

Announcing the 2025 Conscious Cities Festival! We're excited to once again bring together designers, researchers, technologists, decision makers and local communities to explore the intricate relationship between the built environment and human flourishing. The global festival, to be held 21-25 March 2025 will unveil and explore the concept of “Regrounding” – the deliberate practice of reconnecting with time and place. How can we consciously design places that counter society’s rush into the digital and abstract? How can science inform the emergence of healthy environments for people, communities, and ecologies? Events focusing on three related themes will drive collective imagination, strengthen connections, and inspire collaborations. Read more about the themes in the festival page. Would you like to organise an event and/or open a city chapter? We’re now in preparations for the festival and welcome existing and prospective CCD Members to get in touch and discuss collaborations. Anyone is able to organise a local event during the festival, more information through the link. https://lnkd.in/dRKA-9NV

Call for Papers: The peer-reviewed journal Nordisk Museologi invites submissions of articles that shed light on cultural sustainability in the museum sector. Cultural sustainability complements the three classical pillars of sustainability — economic, social, and environmental — by introducing a fourth dimension that emphasizes the importance of cultural heritage and identity in sustainable development. However, the term is by no means unambiguous. For instance, some advocate for cultural sustainability as an independent concept, focusing on the preservation and revitalization of both tangible and intangible cultural heritage. Others argue that culture plays a significant role in shaping understanding and attitudes toward sustainability in a broad sense, i.e., culture is decisive for/in sustainable development. In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the role that culture plays in fostering community resilience and social cohesion, particularly in the face of global challenges such as climate change and social inequality. Despite this increasing awareness, there is limited empirical research on cultural sustainability within museology, and notably, there are no existing studies from Nordic museums. This gap highlights the need for a deeper understanding of how museums can contribute to cultural sustainability through their practices. Read more here about the call her: https://lnkd.in/dHV-wRTb

🤝 Fonds Soziokultur Joins the World Broadband Association: A Shared Vision for Bridging the Digital Divide Fonds Soziokultur joining the World Broadband Association speaks to a shared mission to close the digital divide, an issue that still impacts communities across the globe. Together, we aim to address gaps not only in technological access but also in digital knowledge and cultural integration. In this partnership, we envision the potential for broadband technology to amplify the reach and impact of cultural institutions, from local museums and galleries to larger cultural centres. By connecting these institutions with businesses, local authorities, and academic institutions, we can foster partnerships that support local communities while promoting digital equity on a global scale. 🔗 Read more on this recent partnership: https://lnkd.in/gHuqHP8Y 🌐 For more information, contact Silvia Bonadiman or Merchthild Eickhoff

Don’t miss the chance to explore what role museums play in the world of tomorrow. In our Inside Views we talked to Deborah Nas and together we explored how museums can shape more equitable, sustainable, and thriving futures. Deborah, innovation strategist and professor at TU Delft, dives deep into this question in this exclusive interview with MuseoSpace Foundation. With her vast experience in shaping future-focused strategies, she highlights how museums can embrace emerging technologies and become key players in societal transformation. If you feel like you want to dive deeper into what role museums play in the future you should read the full interview and discover Deborah’s perspective on how museums can drive societal transformation. The whole interview is accessible on our website 👉 https://lnkd.in/eV-yh_4q 📸 © William Rutten #museospace #insideviews #museums #societaltransformation #innovation #interview #experts #visionsforthefuture #museum #museums

Museums face a world shaped by rapid technological advances, shifting social priorities, and a growing focus on well-being - https://lnkd.in/g4fYyRrj

Looking forward to chatting all things automation and innovation tomorrow! Will be good to see how others are using their Tecan robots to streamline processes and maximise efficiency #Tecan #Automation #Innovation #Biology

Collaboration inspires change when people come together for one common goal - opening access to important research. 54 global societies, museums, and research organizations have committed to our S2O pilot for broader access and discovery. https://lnkd.in/eVbvhwag