Museums teaching children human rights
Toolkit with best museum practices in teaching human rights to children in an inclusive workshops is being made as part of the project “Tinkering and Making for Human Rights– improving cultural participation of children with disabilities”. The focus is on Bosnia and Herzegovina, but examples coming from other Balkan regions
Museum Archaeology in Serbia and the Myth of Museum Neutrality
Aiming to start conversations on different topics relevant to museums and heritage community, we bring you the English translation of an article which was published in Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology 13 (3), 575–594 by Tatjana Cvjetićanin (National Museum, Belgrade) titled “Museum Archaeology in Serbia and the Myth of Museum
ALBUM – innovative museum programme
The project Album was carried out in fall 2017 by three partner museums from the city of Zagreb and financed by the Ministry of Culture. It was initiated by Željka Sušić, a museum educator adviser from the Typhlological Museum in cooperation with the Ethnographic Museum and the Technical Museum Nikola
Tactile Exhibition travels from Northern Macedonia to Serbia
At the National Museum of Leskovac, on December 24, 2019, visiting tactile exhibition from the collection of the National Institute and the Bitola Museum, Republic of Northern Macedonia, opened. The exhibition shows 20 tactile images of objects from the rich collections of the Museum in Bitola, as well as tactile
Fifth member museum conducts Access Survey
The Archeological Museum of the Republic of North Macedonia is the fifth member of the BMN to undergo the process of access survey. Two access consultants from BMAG (Bakan Museums Access Group) Irena Ruzin and Milena Milosevic Micic conducted a field visit to the museum interviewing the management and the
Practical and inclusive museum workshops for children
The first inclusive workshop for children with and without disability has been held in the Herzegovina Museum Trebinje on 29th November. Twelve (12) children took part in the workshop titled “Pigeon Post Station Trebinje”. The workshop presented traditional and for today’s standards, unusual way of communication. The origins of “pigeon
European project for individuals with sensory disabilities
BMN takes part in a European project on inclusion of disabled people in museums. “Towards a Multisensory and Inclusive Museum for Individuals with Sensory Disabilities” ( ToMiMEUs) is supported by the Erasmus + programme (KA202 – Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training) and led by the Transylvanian Museum of
Cultural operators pair up to design innovative and experimental cooperation
Twenty-three participants from the six Western Balkan countries met in Belgrade (12-16 November 2019) in the Center for Cultural Decontamination for the Partner Forum for the first Tandem Western Balkans programme. Representatives of associations and public institutions from different artistic, cultural and heritage disciplines in their focus, got acquainted with
#MuseumsforFuture – Join the campaign!
#MuseumsforFuture is a global movement of museum workers, cultural heritage professionals, and many others to support the #FridaysForFuture movement with positive actions. It is time to put museums’ potential into action! SHOW THAT YOU ARE PART OF THE MOVEMENT AND COMMUNITY BY ALSO TWEETING OR POSTING SOMETHING WITH #MUSEUMSFORFUTURE. The
Tactile Exhibition in Institute and Museum Bitola
BMN member N.I. Institute and Museum Bitola presented additional 16 exhibits from the contemporary art permanent exhibition (14 art paintings and 2 sculptures) which have been selected to become accessible for disabled visitors. Paintings were presented on tactile exhibition, texts on Braille, audio narration and sign language videos. Access to