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Coming Up: Annual General Meeting 2025
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Coming Up: International Museum Day – 18, May 2025
International Museum Day Each year since 1977, ICOM has organised International Museum Day, which represents a unique moment for the international museum community. The objective of International Museum Day (IMD) is to raise awareness about the fact that, “Museums are an important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace among peoples.” Organised on 18 May each year or around this date, the events and activities planned to celebrate International Museum Day can last a day, a weekend or an entire week. IMD was celebrated for the first time 40 years ago. All around the world, more and more museums participate in International Museum Day. Last year, more than 37,000 museums participated in the event in about 158 countries and territories. International Museum Day 2025: The Future of Museums in Rapidly Changing Communities In an era marked by constant transformation, museums find themselves at [...]
IRAPFM Report: Decrease in public funding, a world wide answer from museums
ICOM-IMREC is proud to announce the publication of the final report on the research project examining public funding for museums. Conducted by the International Research Alliance on Public Funding for Museums (IRAPFM), the study Decrease in public funding ? A worldwide answer from museums, highlights the persistent decline of public funding world-wide and makes a significant contribution to the global understanding of funding models for museums and their adaptation to diverse regional and cultural contexts. In July 2022, the ICOM-IMREC Academic and Programming Board selected the IRAPFM project, led by the University of Québec at Montreal (UQAM), as the winning proposal for the Targeted Research Call on Public Funding for Museums. The IRAPFM team is comprised of leading researchers and institutions from around the world, including: UQAM, Canada (Pr. Yves Bergeron, Pr. Lisa Baillargeon, and Me Michèle Rivet, C.M.) Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada (Me Marc Lajoie) Te Herenga [...]
CLOSED: ICOM Canada Travel Bursary for participation in ICOM Dubai 2025 Now Open!
We are happy to announce the Travel Bursary for participation in ICOM Dubai 2025. As one of the 120 National Committees around the world and as a way to help emerging museum professionals in building network and lasting connections, ICOM Canada provides a Travel Bursary every three years to support the participation of an emerging museum professional (with fewer than 5 years of work experience, which includes student employment, such as internships) to the ICOM General Conference. ICOM Canada will provide up to CAD $2000 to cover costs related to conference registration, travel, accommodation, and local transportation, as well as a per diem allowance for meals. It is expected that applicants will seek additional funding through their employer or other sources (e.g. Canadian Museum Association, ICOM International Committees). The bursary will be awarded by an adjudication committee formed by the board of ICOM Canada. To be Eligible: The applicant must [...]
CLOSED: International Achievement Award Nominations 2025 Now Open!
We are pleased to announce that nominations for the ICOM Canada International Achievement Award are now open until March 15, 2025. We look forward to honoring a distinguished member from our Canadian ICOM community for their persistent and successful globally-engaged career. This award honours a Canadian museum professional who has demonstrated and promoted excellence in Canadian museology on an international scale. This award recognizes the outstanding contribution of knowledge and expertise towards the advancement and support of museology worldwide. If you would like to nominate someone, please go ahead and fill out the nomination form here and submit the completed form via email to icomcanada@gmail.com. The nomination deadline is March 15, 2025. Questions? email us at icomcanada@gmail.com. We will present the International Achievement Award for 2025 at our AGM in June. We look forward to your nominations!
International Achievement Award Winner 2024 – Claude Faubert
We are happy to announce the winner of the 2024 ICOM Canada International Achievement Award: Claude Faubert. Throughout his museum career, Claude has made lasting and meaningful contributions to advance many aspects of the museum field, particularly in science museums. During his career at Ingenium, Canada’s National Museum of Science and Innovation, his leadership at all levels in collections, research, education, and exhibition programming was shared with communities around the world. Claude’s efforts in creating partnerships and engaging with important organizations such as ICOM greatly benefited the museums in which he worked. Among the many examples of his international work and accomplishments, Claude was instrumental in the development of the ICOM International Training Centre (ICOM-ITC) established in 2013 in Beijing, China, that attracted museum practitioners worldwide. After more than 30 years of working in museums, Claude entered retirement with the same energy and willingness to make global connections, and to [...]