2024 was a year with normal business and activities for the European Museum Academy. But it was also the first year without our friend, mentor and founding colleague Wim van der Weiden among us. 2024 became a year where we gathered new strength needed for bringing our business forward.
The European Museum Academy is proud to present for the seventh year in a row
the following more subjective inside views about how museums are doing and what
the museums’ current challenges are, be it political, financial, in legislation,
organisational or something else.
This EMA Newsletter is dedicated to the 2424 EMA Awards, a new book by EMA Chair Karl B. Murr, and the projects in which EMA participates.
We share with you the news from the Heritage in Motion 2024 Award Ceremony, which took place on September 26 at the Regional Ethnographic Open-Air Museum ETAR in Gabrovo, Bulgaria.
Christian Formosa (b. 1982, Malta) is a museum educator working with Heritage Malta. He began his career in 2004 as a state school educator, teaching ICT, Geography, and History, after completing his Bachelor of Education (Hons) at the University of Malta.
EMA publishes details of its current activities in an occasional Newsletter. Its Press Releases will continue to focus on individual announcements and events. A European Museum Expertise Foundation A dynamic and forward-looking organisation to stimulate
On May 31, the Portuguese Museum Association (Associação Portuguesa de Museologia — APOM) organized, in Porto, Portugal, its annual award ceremony. In the presence of an audience of museologists, the European Museum Academy was granted the award in the category of International Organisation.
EMA publishes details of its current activities in an occasional Newsletter. Its Press Releases will continue to focus on individual announcements and events.
The European Museum Academy has developed a Gender Equality Plan to address gender disparities in the museum sector across Europe. The plan aims to promote diversity and inclusivity by implementing strategies such as ensuring gender balance in leadership positions, offering gender sensitivity training, advocating for gender equality, and promoting diverse representation in exhibitions and programs.
EMA continues interviewing experts in their field. For our current issue we have been speaking to Dr. Andreja Rihter, President of EMA about her career, experiences, projects, role in EMA.
The European Museum Academy is a volunteer society of museum experts from different national and cultural backgrounds, united for the advancement of knowledge in museology.
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