EUROPEAN MUSEUM CONFERENCE “Europe of Museums: New definition, new perspectives Identity, Credibility, Sustainability” will take place on 12-13 December 2023 at the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece.

Conference organizer: ICOM Hellenic National Committee

Partrners: ICOM Europe, ICOM France, ICOM Cyprus

Associated partners: ICOM Belgium, ICOM Georgia, ICOM Germany, ICOM Italy, ICOM Moldova, ICOM Romania, ICOM CECA.

Preliminary programme:

Monday, 11 December – Arrival of participants / ICOM-GR Headquarters
17.00 ICOM Europe Board Meeting
19.00 Cocktail

Tuesday, 12 December / The Acropolis Museum
09.00 – Registration
09.45 – Opening Welcome addresses: Emma Nardi ICOM President; Lina Mendoni, Minister of Culture; ICOM Espagne/European Union Catherine Magnant
10.30 – Opening speech – Nikos Stampolidis, Director General of the Acropolis Museum
11.00 – Coffee break
11.30 – Session on Identity
Keynote speech
Round table Contributors: Anastasiia Cherednychenko, Ukraine, Cyprus (TBC), Alexandre Chevalier, Belgium, Giuliana Ericani, Italy, Giorgos Maginis Greece
14.00 Light lunch
15.30 Guided tour to the Acropolis Museum
19.00 – Dinner

Wednesday, 13 December / The Acropolis Museum
9.30 Session on Credibility
Keynote speech: Alberto Garlandini
Round table Contributors: Juliette Raoul-Duval, ICOM-Europe, Syrago Tsiara Greece, Romania (TBC), Caren Brown ICOFOM.
12.00 – Light lunch
13.30 Session on Sustainability
Keynote speech – Stefan Simon, Germany
Round table: Emilie Girard, France, Marie Clarté O’Neill, CECA, Valeria Suruceanu, Moldova, Lana Karaia, Georgia, Felicia Sternfeld, Germany, Andreas Giakoumakatos.
16.00 – Closing Session
17.30 – Guided tour to the National Gallery
18.30 – Dinner

Thursday, 14 December /  Museum visits
10.00 – National Archeological Museum, Museum of Cycladic Art, Benaki Museum
14.00 – Lunch at Benaki Museum
Departure of Participants

 

The project of Europen Museum Conference is supported by ICOM SAREC.