CIDOC Conference 2020

The CIDOC Conference 2020 will address an important societal theme that cannot be ignored nowadays: digital transformation in cultural heritage institutions. This Conference is looking to collect first-hand experiences, bring […]

Museums+Tech 2020

The 2020 conference asks what role digital can play for museums in a crisis. How can museums and other cultural organisations respond to crisis, both in terms of their collections, […]

Making History Together: Public Participation in Museums

The international online symposium will bring together scholars, museum professionals and heritage practitioners to discuss how participatory history is constructed, developed, and implemented in museums. We invite you to register […]

What is a Museum? Part 2: The Function of Collecting

The defining essential unity in museums are the functions of collecting, preserving, documenting, researching, exhibiting and in other ways, communicating and interpreting evidence of human culture and history for the benefit of everyone. Should our collections shift as our communities do? In a world aimed towards political correctness, how do we address collections as a […]

(Asia) Virtual Event: 2021 Culture + Trends Report: Happiness Reset

What defines the post-2020 consumer? 2020 has been eventful to say the least, but amidst the crises we’ve witnessed, there is a silver lining. Confronted with a global pandemic we collectively opened our doors to new attitudes, behaviors and values, changing how we seek and attain happiness, a happiness reset you could say. Happiness has […]

VRAR Chicago: The Next Evolution in Arts & Culture

Even during travel restrictions, augmented and virtual reality allow us to experience arts & culture from far away places. While it will never be a replacement for seeing the Mona Lisa or the Great Wall of China in person, VR and AR can bring these masterpieces right into your home. Programs like “Let's Create! Pottery […]

The Art Museum in the Digital Age – 2021

The Belvedere Research Center organizes its third international conference on the digital transformation of the art museum. The 2021 edition will focus on online collections and the re-contextualization of the museum object in the digital universe. During the COVID lock down, the call for online availability of museum objects became louder. Many museums responded immediately […]

New_ Public Live Festival

Join an extraordinary, carefully crafted group of designers, urbanists, technologists, builders, artists, and civic futurists -- with Krista Tippett, Cory Doctorow, Danielle Allen, Tristan Harris, Esra'a Al Shafei, Gabriella Gomez-Mont, […]