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🌍 As 2025 comes to a close, we look back with pride on a year of milestones for ICOM: from the General Conference in Dubai to worldwide commitments that strengthened our advocacy, renewed partnerships, and the collective celebration of International Museum Day. ✨ 2025 has been a successful year for ICOM, marked by collaboration, impact, and shared vision. As we look ahead to 2026, we do so with ambition, confidence, and renewed energy for the work ahead. 🤝 A heartfelt thank you to all ICOM members for your continued engagement, dedication, and commitment to museums worldwide. 🌟 We send you our warmest season’s greetings and best wishes for a happy New Year!

On 11-12 December 2025, ICOM hosted the 1st expert meeting of ICOM International Observatory on Illicit Traffic in Cultural Goods. 👉Developing a tool that makes expertise available, easily accessible, and trans-national is the first objective of the PRISM project. This involves the upgrading of the International Observatory on Illicit Traffic in Cultural Goods online platform, as well as regular meetings to facilitate the active exchange of information, knowledge and best practices between experts. ℹ️Funded by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, PRISM (Prevention, Research, Investigation and Security in Museums) is a three-year initiative led by ICOM’s Heritage Protection Department located at the International Secretariat in Paris. Find out more via the link in bio👆

🏛️ This article presents the work of ICOM experts in the context of discussions on Priority 2, “Integrating Cultural Policies with Socio-Economic Strategies to Ensure Holistic and Inclusive Development”, during the G20 Culture Working Group meetings. 💡 #ICOMVoices is an editorial space on the ICOM website that allows #museum and heritage professionals and researchers to share their experiences and reflections. 👉 Read the full ICOM Voices at icom.museum and via the link in bio

💡Museum International: Youth, Intangible Heritage and New Technologies in Museums - Article in its original language 📌We invite you to discover the Spanish version of the article written by Carla Pinochet Cobos and Claudia Chamorro Levine, entitled ‘Comunidades en movimiento: patrimonio vivo y participación comunitaria en tres museos sudamericanos’. 🤝In order to make Museum International articles accessible to as many people as possible, we are sharing the original versions of articles written in French and Spanish. Read the article via the link in bio and at icom.museum

📢ICOM and the International Museum Research and Exchange Centre (IMREC), in partnership with Shanghai University, are pleased to announce the launch of the 2026 call for applications for the ICOM–IMREC Master’s Scholarship Programme. Up to 10 fully funded scholarships are available for ICOM members wishing to pursue a three-year Master’s Degree in Museum Studies at the School of Cultural Heritage and Information Management, Shanghai University. ⚡Apply for the scholarship at icom.museum and via the link in bio 📌Deadline for applications: 15 February 2026

📖 Read the full article in ICOM’s journal - Museum International - Youth, Intangible Heritage and New Technologies in Museums. 💡 This issue of Museum International is aligned with the sub-themes of the 2025 ICOM General Conference in Dubai: Intangible Heritage, Youth Power and New Technologies. 💡 #Museum International is ICOM’s peer-reviewed journal, which promotes the exchange of expertise and knowledge in the museums and heritage field on an international level. 💻 ICOM members can access all current online issues of #MuseumInternational free of charge through their member space on the ICOM website. More information at icom.museum and via the link in bio

🏛️ By addressing legal, Indigenous, and community-based perspectives on the return and restitution of cultural property and belongings, this article illustrates the complex and interconnected dimensions of these processes for museums. ICOM’s participation in the G20 Culture Working Group provided an opportunity to reflect on how museums can actively contribute to these guiding principles and to highlight the diverse expertise within the ICOM network. 💡 #ICOMVoices is an editorial space on the ICOM website that allows #museum and heritage professionals and researchers to share their experiences and reflections. 👉 Read the full ICOM Voices at icom.museum and via the link in bio

📖 We are pleased to announce the publication of the Museum Definition Handbook: Words Inspiring Action, an ICOM Define publication by Bruno Brulon Soares and Lauran Bonilla-Merchav. 🔍 The new museum definition, adopted by ICOM in 2022, is a valuable professional tool used by museum workers, policymakers and communities. The Museum Definition Handbook addresses and analyses each term that appears within the definition, building on reflections surrounding their meanings and significances that emerged during the participatory ICOM Define process. 🔗The publication is available in ICOM’s three official languages via the link in bio

With an autumn 2025 exhibition season whose title bluntly asks Can We Stop Killing Each Other?, the Sainsbury Centre (UK) is confronting politically explosive issues of migration, displacement, human violence and ‘othering’ in the past and present – and asking how arts and culture can either foster empathy or fuel violence. 💡 #ICOMVoices is an editorial space on the ICOM website that allows #museum and heritage professionals and researchers to share their experiences and reflections. 👉 Read the full ICOM Voices at icom.museum and via the link in bio

The 27th ICOM General Conference in Dubai hosted a dedicated ICOM Illicit Trafficking Panel, spotlighting global efforts to fight the illicit trafficking of cultural property with the support of innovative digital tools. Introduced by ICOM Director General Medea S. Ekner, the session featured key contributions from INTERPOL’s Tiziano Coiro on the ID-Art application; UNESCO’s Krista Pikkat on the Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects; and UNIDROIT’s Marina Schneider, who underscored the essential role of due diligence in protecting cultural heritage. The programme also included a presentation from the Dubai Police, represented by Ahmed Khalifa Al Mohairi, offering regional perspectives and local innovations in safeguarding cultural property. The panel was moderated by Sophie Delepierre, ICOM Head of Heritage Protection. The panel underscored the urgent need for stronger international cooperation, smarter technology, and shared responsibility in protecting the world’s cultural heritage, reinforcing ICOM’s commitment to supporting more secure, transparent, and responsible museum and heritage practices. #ICOM #UNESCO #INTERPOL #UNIDROIT #icomdubai2025 #culture #culturalheritage

During the 40th General Assembly at the 27th ICOM General Conference in Dubai, ICOM awarded honorary membership to three esteemed members in recognition of their extraordinary contributions to the museum community as ICOM members, with achievements that demonstrate both excellence and international recognition. The honorary memberships session was presented by outgoing ICOM Vice-Presidents Inkyung Chang (ICOM South Korea) and Terry Simioti Niambe (ICOM Zambia). The first honorary membership was awarded posthumously to Madame Christine Boël, former President of the ICOM Foundation, who passed away in July 2025. In honour of her work, Alberto Garlandini, President of the ICOM Foundation, accepted the award on behalf of Boël’s family. The second honorary membership was awarded to Beatriz Espinoza, a prominent figure in museology and heritage with a groundbreaking legacy in Latin America and the Caribbean. The third honorary membership was presented to ICOM’s outgoing President Emma Nardi, in recognition of her leadership and contributions to ICOM over nearly two decades. More information on icom.museum

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