Museum Conference that makes the Difference “Meet, See, Do 2021” in Skopje

Hosted by the Museum of Macedonian Struggle “Meet, See, Do” 2021 conference will take place on September, 29-30 2021. Registration link and more information will be published soon.  

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Five new museum projects

Small Grants 2021 are granted to five member museums. Read summaries of their projects that will be implemented with the financial support of Headley Trust UK.Our colleagues are very excited to be starting with these activities. We will bring news about the projects in the following months. National Institution Museum

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Doll’s talks – exciting puppet show in Museum of Vojvodina

Museum of Vojvodina implemented the project Doll’s talks, a breakthrough in interpreting the heritage in the museum. For the first time, the elements of the puppet theater are used as a means to make a visit to the Museum more dynamic and interesting. The basic idea of ​​the project is

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Applications For Small Grants 2021

We are inviting member museums to apply to a competitive public call under “Small grants 2021” scheme. Up to 1.100 EUR will be granted to up to 5 member museums in one or more thematic areas: Audience engagement Collection care Heritage interpretation To qualify for funding, a project must: Be

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A Touch of Art

“National Institute and Museums – Bitola” invites you to the international webinar “A Touch of Art – the inclusion of visually impaired and blind people in museums” which will be held on 21 Jan 12021 in the period from 10:00 to 12:00, via the Zoom platform. The event consists of

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Increasing museum access

Archaeological Museum of Republic of North Macedonia produced ten tactile images with Braille, displayed in the exhibition area near the original artifacts, with one main reason – increasing the inclusiveness. Taking an advantage of the Covid-19 situation the museum has published educational videos in sign language on museum’s social media

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Videos of museum educators on inclusive methods

Check our BMN You Tube channel to view the videos of (1) Lejla Agić from Zenica City Museum, (2) Aida Šarac from Art Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, (3) Ivana Grujić, Simo Radić and Dražen Milić from Museum of Herzegovina Trebinje. Each video is on a specific workshop topic presenting 

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Examples of inclusive museum practices in BiH

The Balkans Museum Network has collected some of the examples of museum work in Bosnia and Herzegovina around inclusion of disabled people. Examples differ in their scope, frequency, thematic focus, number of partners, participants and other characteristics, but all have in common heartfelt the effort and desires of museum pedagogues,

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Who are Kulenovic brothers?

Travnik Homeland Museum is one of two museums implementing the project funded through the Small Grants 2020 scheme. The first stage in the realization of the project “Art and Sports against totalitarianism: the Kulenovic brothers in the fight against fascism” has been marked by two events that took place on

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Sharing and learning on inclusion

Inclusive museum practices in BiH were presented at the History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina on September 24 and 25, 2020 as the final conference of the project “Tinkering and Making for Human Rights – Improving Cultural Participation of Children with Disabilities”. “Museums around the world are increasingly striving to

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