A message from Emma Nardi,
President of the International Council of Museums – ICOM.

The museum is no longer just a place for specialists, but an element of communication and progress for all citizens. Museums exhibit collections, but also establish a dialogue on sustainable development, preserve tradition, and open new debates regarding diversity and decolonisation

https://icom.museum/en/news/international-museum-day-2025-a-message-from-the-president/

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They tell me it is international museum day, so I figured I'd celebrate by posting this essay from May of 2020. The Philadelphia Museum of art had reopened its new galleries of European Art in March. I'd popped in for a quick look, figuring I'd be back for a leisurely visit, but then the pandemic hit and the city closed down

By May I was desperate for something to write about, but I remembered the new galleries. So I interviewed the curator over the phone from my memory of a 20 minute visit two months earlier. Years later, we chatted again about Mary Cassatt, but that first interview was a highlight in sad times.

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#Philadelphia #Art

https://www.broadstreetreview.com/articles/a-curators-tour-of-the-new-european-galleries-at-the-philadelphia-museum-of

Día internacional de los museos | International Museum Day.

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Whether you're exploring ancient Egypt or modern art, these 10 activities will help kids discover the joy of museums—at home or in person. #InternationalMuseumDay #Parenting

https://thrivinginparenting.com/10-ways-to-celebrate-international-museum-day-with-kids/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Practical parenting tips for thriving families @practical-parenting-tips-for-thriving-families-ThrivingInP

See thon raws o flint arraheids
in oor gret museums o antiquities
awful grand in Embro –
Dae’ye near’n daur wunner at wur histrie?
Weel then, Bewaur!
The museums of Scotland are wrang…

—Kathleen Jamie, “Arraheids”
published in SELECTED POEMS (Picador, 2018)

Today, 18 May, is International Museum Day

https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/kathleen-jamie/selected-poems/9781509882953

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