Author Archives: European Order

The Kenneth Hudson Award
This is a new award in honour of the internationally reknowned museologist and journalist, founder of the European Museum Forum. The first Kenneth Hudson Award went to the Museum of Contraception and Abortion in Vienna, Austria. It was felt that the achievement of this museum contributed significantly to the development of the public quality of museums . Continue reading →

This book showcases contemporary museums as spaces of dialogue, collaboration, reclamation and storytelling. It acknowledges the radical efforts many museums and communities make to actively engage with and overthrow existing misconceptions, on the important subject of race and ethnicity. Continue reading →

Transformational experiences seem to happen if we discard old ways of thinking and provide new opportunities for individuals to invent personal knowledge and explore new ideas and concepts. Creating challenges in which people can discover the interconnectedness of ideas are important to personal change Continue reading →

This summer, the beautiful city of Vienna welcomes us to its most prestigious art centers. Come and join us to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Communicating the Museum.
AGENDA has recently launched a new blog into the blogosphere which we’re really excited about. It’s called Museum Strategy and is designed to keep you connected with the latest trends in cultural communication in the areas of marketing, branding, sponsorship, new media and Web 2.0. Continue reading →

The organisers, Turret Middle East, today issued a Call for Papers inviting speakers and companies to put forward topics for presentation at the Future Museums Congress. “Our objective is to create the largest exchange of knowledge for all those involved in museum creation and management” says Event Director Bob Denton.
At the core of Abu Dhabi’s twenty-one-year plan is the intent to become the cultural hub of the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region, and to this end major new museums are being built over the next few years. The Etihad national airline connects Abu Dhabi with fifty destinations and it is also served by thirty other companies, making the city a hub for the region – a region that boasts many other newly-built or refurbished museums and heritage centres. Continue reading →

Ultural diversity is becoming increasingly important for museums, usually operating in an urban context. From this point of view, a museum is seen as a meeting place for different cultures and population segments in which debate and discussion can take place. Therefore, the summer school questions how these new insights can be implemented in the museum management. An ‘old’ museology, in which objects were preserved for their intrinsic historic and aesthetic values, must make room for a ‘new’ museology, which puts forward the dissemination of values and meanings of heritage for society. Museums evolve into places of experience. How can we pinpoint this evolution, and how is it being translated into the museum management and management functions as marketing, HRM, education and collection management? The question how to deal with cultural diversity is a responsibility of the museum sector as a whole. Therefore, this summer school is of interest to all students in cultural management, museology, cultural policies, conservation as well as to professionals. Continue reading →