INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY_ 18th MAY 2016

Every year since 1977 International Museum Day is organised worldwide around May 18.

This day is an occasion to raise awareness on how important museums are in the development of society.

Each year’s International Museum Day theme is proposed by ICOM’s network and aims to promote museum issues within society.

In 2016, the event will celebrate the theme:Museums and Cultural Landscapes.

The theme Museums and Cultural Landscapes makes museums responsible for their landscapes, asking them to contribute knowledge and expertise and take an active role in their management and upkeep. The primary mission of museums is to oversee heritage, whether it be inside or outside their walls. Their natural vocation is to expand their mission and implement their own activities in the open field of cultural landscape and heritage that surrounds them and for which they can assume varying degrees of responsibility.  

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Highlighting the link between museums and cultural heritage enhances the idea of museums as territorial centres involved in actively protecting the cultural landscape.

Would you like to know more? Check the International Museum Day websitehttp://imd.icom.museum