On International Museum Day 2020 celebrating “Museums for Equality: Diversity and Inclusion,” we introduce a year-long transmedia program of activities and encounters (interviews) rooted in the spirit of one of the earliest global networks that embodied diversity and inclusion for five millennia: the Old Silk Roads. The Silk Road (or Silk Routes) connected millions of […]
Inspired by our recent partnership with Global Sports Heritage Association (GSHA – /’ɡeeʃə/), we are reminded that sports are of critical importance to our emotional, spiritual, physical, communal, and societal well-being. International Museum Workers Day is excited to announce ‘Sports Heritage’ as the theme for the 6th IMWD2020 to be marked on the last Thursday in […]
GLOBAL SPORTS HERITAGE ASSOCIATION promotes sporting heritage in various fields, across generations, and around the globe. GSHA’s VISION is to serve as the unifying global & cross-generational voice of sports heritage. GSHA is committed to help promote sports heritage at all levels, from grassroots engagement to academic research. GSHA’s MISSION is grounded in the belief […]
On behalf of International Museum Workers Day, we would like to thank all who participated in the 5th IMWD2019 on Thursday, October 24, 2019. We invite you to view our (pdf) REPORT for IMWD 2015-2019. Remember to mark your calendars for #IMWD2020, Thursday, October 22, 2020! Mark your calendars for the 6th International Museum Workers […]
ICOM International Council of Museums which has retained its original English acronym for half a century, was the brainchild of an American, Chauncey J. Hamlin, President of the Trustees of the Science Museum in Buffalo. This is how Hamlin remembered the circumstances in which the adventure began: “In 1945, when I met Georges Salles, who […]
Creatives have the power to influence humanity in way in which we don’t often think! Our Economy generates: Nearly 30 million jobs worldwideJobs for more people aged 15−29 than any other sectorAnnual revenues of US$2.25 TrillionGlobal exports of over US$250 Billion Last year, IMWD2018 was marked in 21 languages, across 12 platforms, in 170+ countries. […]
To all culture, heritage and museum colleagues who participated in the 4th Int’l Museum Workers Day #IMWD2018, there is still time to engage with IMWD Q&A, across various social media. It is a great pleasure to have had colleagues from around the world contribute to the translation of these questions into 21 languages! Head over […]
#IMWD2018 un día sin museos by Delia Bolaños in Mexican Times El pasado jueves 28 de junio pasó casi desapercibido para la mayor parte del público mexicano. Y no, sabrán que obviamente no me refiero a la última jornada de la fase de grupos del mundial de futbol. Este 2018, por cuarto año consecutivo y a […]
