International Museum Day

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The International Museum Day ( English International Museum Day ) has been an annual event since 1978 , on the third or second Sunday in May, attention is drawn to the diversity and importance of museums . In Germany, the day is under the patronage of the incumbent Federal Council President . The International Museum Day in Germany is proclaimed by the German National Committee of the International Museum Council ( ICOM Germany ) and organized by the German Museum Association in cooperation with the numerous regional museum associations and offices of the federal states. The German Museum Association has taken on the central coordination of Museum Day. The major event has been supported nationwide for years by the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe and other foundations.

Numerous museums - from local and regional museums to large state institutions - present themselves on this day with special activities such as special tours, a look behind the scenes, workshops, museum festivals and long museum nights with free admission.

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Between 1977 and 1989 this day was also celebrated in the GDR , during which museum employees were often honored. In the old Federal Republic of Germany, this day was not used until the end of the 1990s, on the initiative of the Museum Association of Saxony-Anhalt, to present the German museum landscape to a large audience nationwide.

Since 1992 the motto of the Museum Day has been adopted by the International Council of Museums ( ICOM) and which is intended to clearly highlight the international community of museums.

The International Museum Day wants to bring the diverse museum landscape into the public eye and draw attention to the broad spectrum of museum work and the thematic diversity of the more than 6000 museums in Germany . He wants to give museums and their employees around the world the opportunity to jointly point out the importance of their work as a contribution to cultural and social life and to encourage a visit to the museum.

Often, during the museum day, otherwise inaccessible depots are opened for interested visitors. Some museums offer museum festivals the evening before, in order to be able to celebrate the International Museum Day.

In Germany, this museum day increasingly developed into a family Sunday with a wide range of offers for every age group. Many of the events are free of charge.

Topics (motto)

  • 1999: Pleasure of Discovery - the joy of discovering (May 18; first German museum day)
  • 2000: Museums for Peace and Harmony in Society (May 21)
  • 2001: Museums promote community (May 20)
  • 2002: Museums and Globalization (May 12)
  • 2003: Museums have friends (May 18)
  • 2004: Cultural Tradition as a Living Heritage (May 16)
  • 2005: Museums build bridges (May 8)
  • 2006: Museums and Young Visitors (May 21)
  • 2007: Museums and Universal Heritage (May 20)
  • 2008: Museums and Social Change (May 18)
  • 2009: Museums and Tourism (May 17)
  • 2010: Museums for Social Coexistence (May 16)
  • 2011: Museums, our memory! (May 15th)
  • 2012: World in Transition - Museums in Transition (May 20)
  • 2013: Remembering the past - shaping the future: Museums join in (12th of May)
  • 2014: Collecting connects - Museum collections make Connections (May 18)
  • 2015: Museum. Society. Future (May 17th)
  • 2016: Museums in the cultural landscape (May 22)
  • 2017: Searching for traces. Courage to take responsibility! (May 21)
  • 2018: Netzwerk Museum: New Paths, New Visitors (May 13)
  • 2019: Museums - Future of Living Traditions (May 19)
  • 2020: The Museum for Everyone - Museums for Diversity and Inclusion (May 17)
  • 2021: Museums: Inspiring the Future (May 16)

Quotes

Federal Council President Harald Ringstorff in his welcoming address for the 30th International Museum Day in: Deutscher Museumsbund (Ed.): Das MuseumsMagazin. People | Treasuries | Stories . 2007, p. 5

“Museums are the guardians of the past, the reflection of our cultural present and the visionaries of the future. All of this is to be discovered on International Museum Day. "

York Langenstein, President of ICOM Germany , in an interview with Alexa von der Brelje in: see above p. 46 "Interview"

“Already behind the founding of the International Council of Museums ICOM in 1946 was the 'late enlightenment' idea that museums, as cultural institutions, make a contribution to human education. ICOM sees museums as active centers of cultural exchange. They should contribute to enriching cultures, developing mutual understanding and ultimately also to promoting peace among peoples. The International Museum Day is the day of the museums for the visitors and marks a counter position to the museum in the ivory tower. The impetus for the International Museum Day came from America, where the visitor-oriented museum was called for very early on under the motto put the visitors first. The International Museum Day not only wants to bring people to the museum, but also to bring the museums to the people. "

Susanne Kopp-Sievers, managing director of the Museumsverband Sachsen-Anhalt e. V., in an interview with Alexa von der Brelje in: see above p. 46 "Interview". When asked: The museums enjoy a very high number of visitors. Do we even need International Museum Day?

“Absolutely yes! The day gives the museums the chance to draw attention to themselves nationwide on a special day and to advertise themselves. The museums in the region, which are otherwise not in the focus of the general public, benefit from this in particular. All visitors have the opportunity to get to know the museums from a different perspective than 'just' through the exhibition. With their active participation and variety of programs on the International Museum Day, the museums in Germany also give the signal to belong to the international museum community and to see themselves as places of cultural exchange in a worldwide network. "

See also

literature

(in chronological order)

  • Deutscher Museumsbund (Ed.): The Museum Magazine. People, treasuries, stories. Deutscher Sparkassenverlag, Stuttgart 2004–2010, ZDB -ID 2144942-9 ( online ).
  • Deutscher Museumsbund (Ed.): Brochure for the International Museum Day 2013. Remembering the past - shaping the future: Museums join in! Berlin 2013 ( PDF ).
  • Deutscher Museumsbund (Ed.): Brochure for the International Museum Day 2015. Museum. Society. Future. Berlin 2015 ( PDF ).
  • Deutscher Museumsbund (Ed.): Brochure for the International Museum Day 2016. Museums in the cultural landscape. Berlin 2016 ( PDF ).
  • Deutscher Museumsbund (Ed.): Brochure for the International Museum Day 2017. Search for traces. Courage to take responsibility! Berlin 2017 ( PDF ).
  • Deutscher Museumsbund (Ed.): Brochure for the International Museum Day 2018. Network Museum: New ways, new visitors. Berlin 2018 ( PDF ).
  • Deutscher Museumsbund (Ed.): Brochure for the International Museum Day 2019. Museums - future of living traditions. Berlin 2019 ( PDF ).
  • Deutscher Museumsbund (Ed.): Brochure for the International Museum Day 2020. The museum for everyone - museums for diversity and inclusion. Berlin 2020 ( PDF ).

Web links

Commons : International Museum Day  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ International Museum Day . Retrieved October 11, 2016.