Curated Reading List March 2025

March brought several events and opportunities in heritage, here is our selection:

News

Heritage Alert: Ataköy Housing Estate (Phases I-II), Istanbul, Türkiye

Decolonisation/Conflict/Looting/Illicit Trafficking/Repatriation

ICOM Red List of Greek Cultural Objects at Risk

British Museum is right to keep Parthenon marbles, says new trustee.

Art Institute of Chicago to return 12th-century Buddha sculpture to Nepal

and more…

Interesting Reads

Tourist admission fees at UK national museums would be ‘ideologically at odds’ with their global collections, says new report

European Heritage Alliance meets in Brussels, urges stronger action and greater cultural integration in the new legislative EU term 

The Grand Egyptian Museum is due to finally open on 3 July, here’s a sneak peek

The Future of Museums in Rapidly Changing Communities

Guimarães’ District C: A model of sustainable urban development and cultural heritage preservation

DE-BIAS project supports more inclusive and diverse cultural heritage

Trump administration seeks to close 34 National Park Service offices, including at only Unesco World Heritage site in Texas

The second wave of immersive institutions has arrived—how can traditional museums and galleries harness their power?

A city built on coal, reborn through heritage: Zabrze’s transformation into a modern cultural hub

40 organisations and networks call on the European Commission to secure adequate funding for the data space

Understanding the New Technological Context for Craftsmanship

5DCulture – a transformative journey in unlocking the power of 3D cultural heritage

3DBigDataSpace – Unlocking the Potential of 3D Data for Cultural Heritage

2025 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers

AUTOMATA Survey

Papers

Common features of environmentally and socially engaged community programs addressing the intersecting challenges of planetary and human health: mixed methods analysis of survey and interview evidence from creative health practitioners

Fostering dialogue in divisive times – A guide for museums regarding engagement with community forums on climate action

Opportunities

Call for contributions – Conference: Commons and commoning in/for cultural production – 4-5 September 2025, Romantso Cultural Hub, Athens, Greece

First Call of the ECHOES Cascading Grants Programme

Call for Applications: Trainings in disaster risk management for cultural heritage

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

Heritage in Motion Award

Applications for inherit Fellowships 2026-7

ICOM-IMREC Offers Fully Funded Scholarships for Master’s Degrees in Cultural Heritage

Call for Participants: Baltic Manor Summer School 2025

GREENART’s Public Training in Paris

The legacy of ICCROM’s Stone Conservation Course

Training course on Structural Conservation of Built Heritage (phase II) Arabic Speakers

Inclusive European Heritage Residency 2025

Call for Participants – Creating Lessons with Cultural Heritage

Events

ICOM UK Student and Emerging Professionals Conference to explore the healing side of museums, and how we can heal museums.

Museums + Heritage Show

Paris Museum Week 2025

Digital Storytelling Festival

Cultural Heritage and Digital Citizenship Education

Future Chat: Managing Digital Risk

Europeana 2025 – Preserve, protect, reuse

Mastering EU Funding: A Quick Guide to Registration and Validation

Cultural Heritage Skills and Skills Strategies: Voices from the CHARTER Community

Recording of NEMO’s contribution to Culture Action Europe webinar

Hub to Host Third Forum in Budva, Montenegro, on cultural heritage as a key resource for social inclusion and sustainable development in the context of EU Enlargement

Datasheets for digital cultural heritage

 Introduction to collections, audiences and stories on Europeana.eu