With a small grant from the Balkan Museum Network, cultural heritage in the museum of Bitola is presented in a new way, taking into account that the website of the Bitola Museum is already designed as “responsive”, suitable for viewing…
One of the first steps to create an accessible cultural space is the language we use to reach disabled people who visit or plan to visit it. How can we adopt a human-centered language that is free of stereotypical perceptions…
Dina Walters, Milena Milosevic Micic and Aida Vezic held one hour session titled “Building with the broken” at the UK Museum Association conference in Belfast that was held on 08-10 November 2018. The objectives of the session were to outline…
BMN conference “Meet, See, Do” is postponed. Unfortunately we are not able to hold a conference in 2019 and are working toward having it in 2020 with the aim to have bi-annual conference. We are also inviting all members interested…
For the third time the craftspersons met with the museum professionals, disabled people and disabled people’s’ associations. The third “Crafting Access” workshop took part in the City Museum Zenica (after the workshops in Gjirokastra and Knjaževac) gathering members of the…
The Macedonian National Committee of the International Council of Museums (MNC ICOM), in cooperation with the Balkan Network of Museums and the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle organized a seminar on June 22, 2018. The idea behind this seminar was…
International two day conference around access and inclusion took place in the Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews in Macedonia on 20 – 21 June 2018, gathering 40 museum professionals and disabled people from more than 20 towns of the…
After inspiring and stimulating Meet, See, Do conferences in Sarajevo, Tirana, Novi Sad, Shkoder and Prishtina, we were very excited to hold sixth Meet, See, Do conference in Thessaloniki, yet another great Balkan cultural setting. Annual Balkan Museum Network conference “Meet,…
During BMN annual conference Meet, See, Do in Thessaloniki “The Best Crafts-based Souvenir” award was presented. After receiving eleven (11) applications through an open call and after the selection process, the first place has been awarded to the Bosniak Institute…
Museum of the Macedonian Struggle – Skopje implemented “Open museums – Improving access and inclusion of blind and visually impaired visitors”. The museum built on the exhibiting catalogue for the permanent exhibition printed in Braille to produce additional results such…