This article was first published by blooloop. Join blooloop on Thursday, 8 October at 3 pm BST to find out who has been named on the 2026 blooloop 50 Museum Influencer List. Now in its seventh year, the list is presented in partnership with our good friends at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia and MDSX, […]
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This article was first published by NACDI. Date October 15, 2026 Time 9:30am How can cultural diplomacy help navigate the shifting dynamics of North American relationships? As Canada, Mexico, and the United States confront an era of rising nationalism, transactional politics, and the fraying of the liberal international order, cultural diplomacy emerges as a powerful […]
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This article was first published by ICOM. The two latest issues of Museum International, ICOM’s academic journal, were dedicated to provenance research. To further discuss this topic and share best practices, ICOM is organising a webinar on 7 October 2026. The webinar will bring together the editors and several authors of the two issues to […]
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This article was first published by The British Library. Online event Monday 26 October 2026, 16:00-17:30pm (GMT) / 17:00-18:30pm (CET) This webinar will focus on how climate information and science can be demystified and made accessible. In a time of adverse weather events, libraries are working on ways they can support their users and local […]
ICOM UK’s Core Bursary Scheme is now open for its second round of 2026. Applications are welcome from 5 to 31 October. The Core Bursary offers ICOM UK members up to £1,250 towards the cost of international activity. It supports projects that align with ICOM UK’s strategic aims on heritage protection, decolonisation and environmental sustainability. […]
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This article was first published by the Museums Association. National museum directors and sector leaders have welcomed the government’s decision to rule out admission charges for overseas visitors to England’s national collections. At an event hosted by Art Fund and the Cultural Policy Unit at Tate Liverpool last night, the culture secretary Lisa Nandy announced […]
Renew your ICOM UK membership for 2027 Renewals for existing ICOM UK members open tomorrow, Thursday 1 October. Membership runs annually from 1 January to 31 December, so renewing early means you can enjoy the full year of benefits, including access to a global network of more than 60,000 museum professionals in nearly 140 countries […]
Call for Proposals: ICOM UK 2027 Annual Conference Gwydnwch/Resilience: Museums Adapting to Change in a Complex World 29-30 April 2027, National Museum Cardiff How are museums anticipating, absorbing and adapting to the pressures of a complex world? Next April, ICOM UK’s Annual Conference heads to Cardiff to find out, and we’re looking for practical stories, […]
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Claire Magill ACR, Regional Conservator for Northern Ireland at the National Trust, a recipient of ICOM UK’s Bursary Scheme, reflects on her time at the 21st ICOM-CC Triennial Conference in Oslo this year. ICOM UK’s Bursary Scheme is open to members who are interested in attending any international event or activity related to the museum […]
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