A group of experienced experts and advisers, active in various sectors of the museum and heritage world, gravitates around EMA, and is always within our reach. They have proven experience in the field, European funding programmes, and national and local development projects. This growing network is reinforced by a solid group of national representatives and a circle of honorary commissioners, and supported by our own team of special projects and communication officers.
Annemies Broekgaarden – Head of Public & Education, Rijksmuseum (NL)
John Patrick Greene – Director, EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum, Dublin (IE)
Hermann Schäfer – Founding President, Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn. Former Vice Minister of Culture in Germany, (DE)
The experts contribute to the development of the Academy in terms of researching, lecturing, training, writing, consulting etc. In this way, EMA benefits of a wide range of skills developed during the years and is able to offer a comprehensive variety of services based on a sound knowledge of museums and heritage issues. We are happy to welcome new experts willing to reinforce our group on a regular basis.
Lars Amréus – Director General, Swedish Maritime Museums, Stockholm (SE)
Arno van Berge Henegouwen – Formerly curator at Museon, The Hague (NL)
Brynja Björk Birgisdóttir – Director, Sverresborg Trøndelag Folk Museum, Trondheim (NO)
Thomas Brune – Former Head German Ethnology, Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart (DE)
René Capovin – The Micheletti Foundation, Brescia (IT)
Jill Cousins – Director, The Hunt Museum, Limerick (IE)
Andrew Durham – Director, Artlab Australia, Adelaide (AU)
Kilian T. Elsasser – Museumsfabrik, Luzern (CH)
Guido Fackler – Professor in Museology,
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg (DE)
Christopher Grayson – Formerly of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg (FR)
Loukia Loizou Hadjigavriel – Director, A. G. Leventis Gallery, Nicosia (CY)
Andreja Hribernik – Director, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz (AT)
Gregor Isenbort – Director, DASA Arbeitswelt Ausstellung, Dortmund (DE)
Nils M Jensen – Director, Organisationen Danske Museer ODM, Copenhagen (DK)
Barbara Karl – Director, Textilmuseum St, Gallen, St. Gallen (CH)
Mette Killerich – Hans Christian Andersen House, Odense (DK)
Edouard de Laubrie – Musée des Civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée, Marseille (FR)
Mark Leslie – Narrative Architect, Dublin (IE)
Laura Longo – School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University (SG)
Margaret McColl – Senior Lecturer Museum Education, University of Glasgow School of Education, Glasgow (UK)
Cristina Menegazzi – Paris (FR)
Ann Nicholls – Museum researcher, Bristol (UK)
Virgil Stefan Nitulescu – Manager, National Museum of the Romanian Peasant, Bucharest (RO)
Kathrin Pabst – Vest-Agder Museum/Vest-Agder-Museet IKS, Kristiansand (NO)
Georgios Papaioannou – Athens (GR)
Margherita Sani – Istituto Beni Culturali della Regione Emilia Romagna, Bologna (IT)
HRH Sibilla de Luxembourg – Chairperson Advisory Board Guggenheim Venice, Luxembourg (LU)
Bojana Rogelj Skafar – Director, Slovene Ethnographical Museum, Ljubljana (SI)
Anne-Louise Sommer – Director, Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen (DK)
Elia Vlachou – Museologist-Cultural Manager, Athens (GR)
Danièle Wagener – Former Director, Les 2 Musées de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (LU)
Emek Yilmaz – Panorama 1326 Bursa Museum, Bursa (TR)
Temime Hazal Şahin – Rahmi M. Koç Museum, Istanbul (TR)
Katja Blaithin Cox – Textile and Industry Museum, Augsburg (DE)
Griet Claerhout, Berchem (BE)
Camila Gonzlez Gou, Barcelona (ES)
Gerhard Kilger, Wilhelmsfeld (DE)
Lola Mitjans, Barcelona (ES)
Franco Niccolucci, Nicosia (CY)
Ioanna Papantoniou,Nafplion (GR)
Maritta Pitkänen, Järvenpää (FI)
Jana Souckov, Prague (CZ)
Tamas Vasarhlyi, Budapest (HU)
Albania
Dorian Koi, Director, National Historical Museum of Albania, Tirana
Austria
Nikola Khler-Kroath, Head of Learning, KIMUS Kindermuseum Gaz, FRida & freD
Belgium
Hilde Schoefs, Conservator, Open Air Museum Bokrijk, Genk
Peter Carpreau, Head of Old Masters, M-Museum Leuven, Leuven
Bulgaria
Nikolay Nenov, Director, Rousse Regional Museum of History, Rousse
Croatia
Lidija Nikocevic, Director, Ethnographic Museum of Istia, Pazin
Cyprus
Demetra Theodotou Anagnostopoulou, Deputy Director, A. G. Leventis Gallery, Nicosia
Czech Republic
Martina Lehmannova, Managing Director, ICOM Czech Republic – ICOM Prague 2022, Brno
Denmark
Martin Brandt Djupdræt, Senior Curator, Den Gamle By, Aarhus
Estonia
Triin Vaaro, Director, Tartu Toy Museum, Tartu
France
Samuel Cordier, Conservateur du Patrimoine, Chef dEtablissement, Muse Zoologique, Strasbourg
Georgia
Lana Karaia, Geo Art Portal-Curator, National Gallery of Art, Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi
Nana Meparishhvili, Chair ICOM-ICAMT, Tbilisi
Germany
Dietmar Osses, Museumsleiter, LWL-Industriemuseum Zeche Hannover in Bochum
Greece
Nadia Macha, Assistant Professor of Folklore, Democritus University of Thrace
Hungary
Balint Havasi, Director, Balaton Museum, Keszthely
Zsolt Sri, Deputy Director General, Skanzen Hungarian Open Air Museum, Szentendre
Iceland
Anita Elefsen, Curator The Herring Era Museum, Siglufjrdur
Ireland
Marie Bourke, Member of the Board of the Heritage Council, Dublin
Lithuania
Gita Sapranauskaité, Director, Lithuanian Open-Air Museum, Rumsiskés
Luxembourg
Julia Kohl, Chargée de mission, Ministère de la Culture, Luxembourg
Malta
Sandro Debono, Consultant for Culture in the Office of the President of the Republic of Malta – The Malta National-Community Art Museum, Valetta
Moldova
Elena Plosnita, National Museum of Archaeology and History of Moldova, Chisinau
Montenegro
Isidora Kovacevic, Head of Njegos’s Museum, Cetinge
Netherlands
Maritte Frederiks-Van Rij, Schiedam
North Macedonia
Gordan Nikolov, Curator Adviser, Museum of the Republic of North Macedonia, Skopje
Norway
Ann Siri Hegseth Garberg, Museene i Sør Trøndelag, Trondheim
Poland
Piotr Majewski, Department of Culture Management, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Warsaw
Portugal
Emilia Ferreira, Director, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Lisbon
Paulo Gama Mota, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra
Romania
Valer Rus, Manager, Romanian National Anthem Museum, Braov
Russia
Anna Permilovskaya, Head, Researcher Center of Traditional Culture & Museum Preservation, N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research, Arkangelsk
Serbia
Tijana Palkovijevic Bijarski, Gallery of Matica srpska, Novi Sad
Spain
Antoni Laporte, Director of ARTImetria, Manager of the Observatory of Audiences of Cultural Heritage of Catalonia, Barcelona
Sweden
Anna Hansen, Director, The Regional Museum of Skane, Kristianstad
Republic of Turkey
Ahmet Ö. Erdönmez, Secretary General, Bursa Culture Art and Tourism Foundation Açik Hava Tiyatrosu Alti, Kültürpark, Bursa
Dilek Yildiz Karakas, Museums Coordinator, Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Directorate of Museums, Bursa
Ukraine
Anastasiia Haidukevych, Head of Museum Department, Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance, Kyiv
Yuliya Lytvynets, National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv
United Kingdom
Tim Bryan, Director of the Brunel Institute, SS Great Britain, Bristol
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