International Museum Day 2024
Join the International Council of Museums (ICOM) in celebrating International Museum Day on May 18th. The Wikimedia movement is invited to take part at any time across the whole month of May.
This year’s theme, Museums for Education and Research underscores the pivotal role of cultural institutions in providing a holistic educational experience. This day pushes for a more conscious, sustainable and inclusive world.
Museums serve as dynamic educational hubs, fostering curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking. In 2024, we acknowledge their contribution to research, providing a platform for exploration and the dissemination of new ideas. From art and history to science and technology, museums are vital spaces where education and research converge to shape our understanding of the world.
Each year since 2020, the International Museum Day supports a set of Goals from the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. In 2024, the aim is to explore the innovative potential of museums in education and research through two goals:
- Goal 4: Quality Education – Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
- Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, an Infrastructure – Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.
For IMD 2024, we want to invite people to rethink education and imagine a future where knowledge sharing transcends barriers, where innovation unites with tradition. On May 18th, join us as we explore the wealth of knowledge museums have to offer and, together, build a more informed and inclusive world!
With our Wiki projects we support the International Council of Museums.
We thank all the volunteers engaging and contributing to free cultural knowledge by adding and completing the Wikimedia projects on topics related to the theme of International Museum Day 2024: Museums for Education and Research.
The objective of International Museum Day (IMD) is to raise awareness of the fact that, “Museums are an important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace among peoples.”
In keeping with Museum Day and this year's focus, we invite you to help us in completing and improving the presence of museums on the Wikimedia projects.
Thank you for participating!
The International Council of Museums (ICOM) is an international organization of museums and museum professionals, which is committed to the research, conservation, continuation and communication to society of the world’s natural and cultural heritage, present and future, tangible and intangible.
ICOM establishes professional and ethical standards for museums and makes recommendations on issues related to cultural heritage, promoting capacity building, and advancing knowledge. ICOM is the voice of museum professionals on the international stage and raises public cultural awareness through global networks and co-operation programmes.
ICOM has a membership of 45.493 professionals in over 138 countries. Formed in 1946, it is a non-governmental organization. It maintains formal relations with UNESCO, and it is the only global organization in the museum field.
You can find out more about the Council, its history, strategy, aim and activities at the ICOM website.
| Date | 1 TO 31 MAY 2024 |
| General Contact | cultureandheritage wikimedia org
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- Learn more about the International Council of Museums (ICOM).
- Discover how to participate and organize an activity.
- Add your organization to our directory of Wikimedia contacts.