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Register to NEMO Webinar on Emotion Design and making museums meaningful

On 17 October from 11:00-12:00 CEST, the next NEMO Webinar will take place. Pepijn Wilbers, Studio Louter, will explain how to use Emotion Design to create well-crafted exhibitions that evoke meaningful emotions in museum…

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Now online: NEMO webinar on how museums can…

On 28 October, Maria Vlachou, Cultural Management and Communications consultant, facilitated an inspiring NEMO Webinar on how museums can help people make sense of our complex and nuanced world, which does not come with any simple…

 
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NEMO publishes Covid-19 follow-up survey

Six months after its first study on the impact of Covid-19 on the European museum sector, NEMO has published a follow-up survey. It is time to map where museums in Europe stand and how they deal with the issues that emerged during…

 
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Horizon 2020 funding opportunity: European…

The European Commission has released a 1 million Euro Horizon 2020 call to support the digital innovation and development of museums. Proposals are accepted until 12 January 2021.   

 
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Various museums forced to close to the public…

Upon learning that some museums in Europe are forced to close again, NEMO has released a statement urging decision makers to refrain from drastically closing museums in a time when they are needed more than ever. In the last…

 
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Erasmus+ calls to support digital education…

In response to the Coronavirus, two extraordinary Erasmus+ calls , which are of interest to the museum sector, have been released. Proposals are welcomed until 29 October 2020.

 
Statement on the role of museums in addressing the climate crisis

NEMO supports the Bremerhaven Declaration, which is one of the outcomes is the outcome of the international symposium “How To...?…

Culture x Climate 2020 inspires to a…

From 12 October to 27 November 2020, the virtual forum “Culture x Climate 2020” will unite leaders, practitioners, activists, researchers, and experts. They will exchange on and learn how arts, culture and heritage can help drive…

 
NEMO discussed intangible cultural heritage in a webinar

On 20 October 2020, NEMO participated in the webinar ”Nordic Museums and Intangible Cultural Heritage”, organised in connection to…

Finnish museums 2019: Facts and figures

The Finnish Heritage Agency recently published statistics from 2019 and Finnish had a record-breaking year with 7,6 million visits (2018: 7,1 million). The total expenditure on museum activities was about 265 million euros (2018:…