Strengthening inclusive museum education

September is full of activities towards strengthening inclusive museum education! We are inviting you to apply to two webinars that will be given by very experienced and knowledgeable regional experts. It is great honor to announce the webinars by Dragan and Zeljka! On Sep 16th at 3 p.m. Dragan Kiurski

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How accessible your social media channels are?

In the times of physical distancing your social media channels have never been more important and more active. But have you considered how accessible your communication is in different social media channels? Aiming to support digital skills of museum members and enabling them to work with diverse audiences, the Balkan Museum Network

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Creating Together – Learning Together

The workshop titled “Creating Together – Learning Together” is the third inclusive workshop within the project “Tinkering and Making for Human Rights – improving cultural participation of children”. The workshop is designed by the project partner “Zenica Vity Museum” and it will be held at the Public Institution Centre for

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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

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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

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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

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Access Survey 2019

The first round of Access Survey was conducted in 2018 in four member museums: The National Museum of Leskovac, NI Institute and Museum Bitola, Museum of Secret Surveillance: House of Leaves in Tirana and Museum of Vojvodina in Novi Sad. The pilot process was supported with the grant from the Headley

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National Museum of Leskovac improves inclusion thanks to access surveying process

“Thanks to taking part in the Access Survey process the National Museum of Leskovac was able to fulfill the basic human rights of disabled people who are now actively involved in the social and cultural life of the city, as creators and individuals that also realize the museums’ programme.” Suzana

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Crafting Access training in Zenica, 09 – 13 July 2018

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 Balkan Museum Network from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo. The

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“Museum for all”, a seminar for the museum staff in Macedonia

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 to assess the current conditions and technical solutions for accessibility

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