The Importance of Investing in Small Museum Projects: Insights from Five Initiatives
We are pleased to announce that the five innovative projects have been successfully implemented and finalised, with the generous support of the Headley Trust UK distributed through the Balkan Museum Network’s Small Grants 2024 scheme. The common goal of the supported projects was to enrich cultural experiences, and make museums more accessible
Ars Aevi Video Art and video art screenings in permanent display at the Ars Aevi Collection
Ars Aevi Video Art is a project developed by the Museum of Contemporary Art Ars Aevi (part of the Sarajevo City Museums) with a special focus on its collection of video artworks. The project featured screenings of notable works such as So Much I Want to Say by Mona Hatoum,
Fostering Connection and Learning: Inclusive Botanical Workshops at the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina held a special Terrarium Workshop as part of its celebrations for European Night of Museums and International Museum Day 2024, observed on May 18th. This year’s theme, “Museums for Education and Research,” provided an inspiring backdrop for the event. The workshop took place
“Touching Heritage at the Museum of Mitrovica”: Braille Narratives for Inclusive Discoveries at the Museum of Mitrovica
The project “Touching Heritage at the Museum of Mitrovica” was created to enhance accessibility for visually impaired individuals at the Museum of Mitrovica. With visually impaired visitors often being among the most marginalized groups, this initiative aimed to create an inclusive museum experience by introducing Braille narratives for museum exhibits
Celebrating 25 Years of Discovery: Golemo Gradiste Archaeological Site Exhibition Opens
On June 24, 2024, the Archaeological Museum of the Republic of North Macedonia opened an exhibition marking the 25th anniversary of archaeological research at the Golemo Gradište site, near the village of Konjuh, Kratovo. The anniversary exhibition highlights the findings and significance of this lon g-term research project, making knowledge
Art workshop “Morska posla / Works of the Sea”
PI Museum and Gallery Tivat in cooperation with the NGO “Children of Tivat” – “Creative Corner”, and with the support of the “Balkan Museum Network” organized an art workshop for children and contributed by participating in this year’s 3rd Wind Festival organized by JK “Delfin”. in cooperation and with the
Heritage Touch
The “Heritage Touch” project was designed for blind individuals, who are among the most vulnerable and marginalized groups of museum visitors. In an effort to improve accessibility for blind people in Montenegrin museums, the Museum Society collaborated with the Natural History Museum of Montenegro, the Homeland Museum of Pljevlja, the
Winners of the Small Grants 2024 Call
After evaluating 8 received applications in line with evaluation criteria and available budget, we are happy to inform you that in the next period 5 museum members will implement their projects. We wish to thank the Headley Trust UK for their financial support and making this re-granting scheme to cultural
Youth Museum Theatre – a program for adolescents
In the National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, adolescents are common visitors during organized high-school visits, but we lack their self-motivated visits. With this program (implemented from September until December 2023) we wanted to make the contents of our museum’s collection more relevant to the life experiences of adolescents and
BMN Small Grants 2024: The Call for Proposals
The final call for small grants projects is out and we are inviting member museums to apply to a competitive public call under “Small grants 2024” scheme. Did you know that through the Balkan Museum Network more than 50 projects were supported since 2010? Member institutions can apply for project
