Curated Reading List April 2025

I hope everyone had a wonderful month enjoying spring and a Happy Easter. Here are our picks for the month of April:

News

Nine museums to check out this Women’s History Month

Financial Support

New report explores global trends in public funding for museums

Apply now for the ECHOES Cascading Grants for cultural heritage institutions

European Commission seeks your views on future funding for culture

and more….

ICOM Launches EU-funded PRISM to Fight Trafficking of Cultural Objects

Revolutionising Museum Audio Guides: A Smarter, Faster Approach

Interesting Reads

How AI models are helping to reveal South America’s archaeological sites

How AI is transforming digital cultural heritage

The Secret Museum Director: My imposter syndrome

NEMO contributes museum sector perspective to European Commission AI workshop

Europeana celebrates partnership with the European Youth Parliament

The Europeana Initiative joins the TAROCH Coalition for Open Cultural Heritage

International Museum Day 2025 explore the future of museums in rapidly changing communities

Add your event to the IMD 2025 Interactive Map!

Letter to the EC calls for integration of culture into EU defence policies

The Future of Museums in Rapidly Changing Communities

2024 visitor numbers for Swedish museums: Strong growth onsite and online

Publications

Report on the Survey for the future Culture Compass

Publication of Museum International: Partnerships & Collaborations

NEMO report explores diversity and inclusion in European museums

Books

The Routledge Handbook of Museum and Heritage Education

Opportunities

GEM’s Case Studies

Call for new members: join the ENA Education Community Steering Group

READY track 1: Safeguarding Heritage Collections, Living Traditions and Practices in the face of Disasters, Extreme Weather Events and Complex Emergencies

International Training Course on Post Crisis Recovery of Cultural Heritage (PCR-2025)

Summer School on Sustainable conservation and management of archaeological sites

Call for contributions: Shape the future of AI and creativity in cultural rights

Jobs:

Head of Climate Change

ICOMOS Director General

Events

Secure your ticket for Europeana 2025 Preserve, Protect, Reuse

Museums & Schools Summit

Digital Storytelling Festival 2025

Call for participation – Travel grant for young (museum) professionals to NEMO European Museum Conference

Les replays des conférences du SITEM sont disponibles !

2025 AAM ANNUAL MEETING & MUSEUMEXPO Museums & Trust

LibrarIN International Conference 2025

Preparing image collections in the IIIF standard for Europeana

Cultural heritage and digital citizenship education

Datasheets for digital cultural heritage

NHSF Conference | Trends in Heritage Science

Join the Hub’s Sharing Local Stories webinar on cultural heritage, memory and decolonisation

NEMO’s European Museum Conference ‘Who cares? Museums, wellbeing, and resilience