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On International Transgender Day of Visibility #TDOV, we support the work of @M_O_T_H_A in stimulating critical thinking on the (visual) history of trans people, still too little considered and repre...

Waiting for International Museum Day 2020, we are focusing this week on LGBTQAI rights and the role museums can play to promote inclusion and representation 👐 #Museums4Equality #IMD2020

During the ICOMxPechakucha night at #ICOMKyoto2019, @museoq shared with us its journey to become an ephemeral, ever-changing place reaching out to queer communities in Colombia, allowing them to re-wr...

Museums have a huge role in challenging narratives and educating the public to #FightRacism.👐 📸Last October, the ICOM training programme “Museums for reconciliation: communities, pedagogies and memori...

🌠International Museum Day 2020 is in 2 months! In these difficult times that have lead to museum closures and quarantines - how can museums use social media and digital technologies to reach their aud...

There is now an opportunity to consider restitution in a larger, more holistic context and understand how claims of restitution could provide the basis for relationship building that could support oth...

#tbt to #IMD2017 when @museowurthlarioja in Spain encouraged visitors to bring used shoes, a symbol of their personal journey and their experiences, to create a collaborative exhibit that was later do...

Los museos de base comunitaria tienen un gran valor en materia de derechos humanos, y paz, y desarrollo comunitario sostenible, especialmente en los contextos de #comunidadesindígenas y de minorías ét...

What is the role of city #museums in making arrival cities more resilient and inclusive? What can museums do to support #refugees and local communities alike? Discover the @migrationcities.project of ...

Happy International #WomensDay! How can museums and cultural institutions boost #GenderEquality? The ICOM Gender Mainstreaming Resolution gives some recommendations to include #GenderEquality in the ...

Did you know that the oldest photograph of ICOM's archives shows a group of women? Margaret M. Brayton, Chair of the Children's Museum Committee of ICOM, was among the speakers of the first ICOM Gener...

This week ahead of International Women's Day 2020 we are celebrating #WomenInMuseums ✨ Use the hashtag on social media to tell us about the women who make your museums thrive, from remarkable women o...

#TBT #IMD2019 The future of rich and diverse traditions at Uhuru Gardens @museumsofkenya Are you getting ready for #IMD2020?

Brass Ife head, Wumunije (Osun State) 14th – early 15th c. AD, NCMM Nigeria This head, which was created using the lost wax technique, is one of thirteen copper alloy "heads" discoverer in 1938 at Wu...

Museums provide opportunities for the appreciation, understanding and management of the natural and cultural heritage. #ICOMCodeOfEthics 📘 ℹ️ https://ecs.page.link/yF7jQ

Los museos pueden desempeñar un papel generador para forjar conexiones transversales entre diferentes ámbitos y nos pueden ayudar a descubrir las relaciones integrales que existen entre las humanidade...

#IMD2020 is in 3 months! What is your museum planning? 🎥 Visit our website to find materials and ideas to prepare for International Museum Day 2020. #Museums4Equality

🔴 Where to find an #ICOMRedList ? #HeritageProtection Discover more on 👉 link in bio

#TBT during #IMD2019 serbian @narodnimuzej took it one step further with @muzejiza10, a week-long manifestation that invites all serbian museums to enrich their programs and reach out to the local com...

Hematite cylinder seal and impression Ugarit, ca. 2000 – 1190 BC DGAM Damascus Carved cylinder seals, invented in the fourth millennium B.C. in Mesopotamia, where impressed on clay as a mark of owner...