THE PROGRAMME

 

 

12 NOVEMBER
CAIXAFORUM BARCELONA

08.00 - 09.00 Registration

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First session moderator: Antoine Doucet

09.00 - 09.20

Official Opening

09.20 - 09.35

Presentation on Catalan Heritage

09.35 - 09.50

"What is The Best in Heritage?" Introductory Lecture by Professor Tomislav Šola, The Best in Heritage
 

09.50 – 10.05

IMAGINES Keynote Address by Adelaide Lopes & João Estrada from Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Portugal

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10.05 – 10.20    
F@IMP Award 2025 by AVICOM / ICOM Dubai Special Prize

Museum of Ethnography | A Polyphonic Museum Experience, Budapest, Hungary

 

10.20 – 10.35    
Heritage in Motion Awards 2025 / Virtual & Augmented Reality

HistoryCity, Italy/United Kingdom

 

10.35 – 10.50    
F@IMP Award 2025 by AVICOM / Museum Film, Animation Category / Research and Documentary Prize

The Dalí Theatre Museum | "History of Art, Short but Clear" by Salvador Dalí, Figueres, Catalonia, Spain

 

10.50 – 11.05    
blooloop Innovation Award 2025
Musa Guide, London, United Kingdom

 

11.05 – 11.30

Coffee Break

 

 

Second session moderator: Helen Scarlett O'Neill

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11.30 – 11.45    
Museums in Short Award 2025 / Popular Choice Award 2025
Kode Bergen Art Museum | Heidi Bjørgan: Meet the Ceramicist Who Was Meant to Be a Footballer, Bergen, Norway

 

11.45 – 12.00    
F@IMP Award by AVICOM / Exhibition / Interpretation Prize 2025
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Roots of Eternity, Blacksburg, United States

 

12.00 – 12.15    
2025 Ars Electronica Award for Digital Humanity
Synthetic Memories, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

 

12.15 – 12.30    
European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Award 2025 / Research
Odeuropa, Netherlands/France/Germany/Italy/Slovenia/UK

 

12.30 – 12.45    
Heritage in Motion Awards 2025 / Overall winners & Heritage Audiovisuals
Hands Deep – A Journey into the Demoscene, Helsinki, Finland

 

12.45 – 13.00    
Apollo Magazine Digital Innovation of the Year Award 2025
Getty Research Institute | Getty Provenance Index, Los Angeles, United States

 

13.00 – 13.15

Voting for TBIH2026 IMAGINES "Project of Influence" by conference audience and Jury

 

13.15 – 15.20

Extended Lunch Break, Open tours of Exhibitions at CaixaForum Barcelona &
Transfer to Ateneu Barcelonès (with option to visit Palau Güell)

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12 NOVEMBER

ATENEU BARCELONÈS

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Afternoon session moderator: Regina Bain

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15.20 – 15.40

TBIH2026 Keynote Address by Yuliya Vaganova, Khanenko National Museum of Art, Ukraine

 

15.40 – 16.00    
European Museum Academy / Art Museum Award 2025
Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Dublin, Ireland

 

16.00 – 16.20    
CIMAM Award for Outstanding Museum Practices 2025
Museo Barda del Desierto, Northern Patagonia, Argentina

 

16.20 – 16.40    
EMF's Meyvaert Museum Prize for Environmental Sustainability 2025
MUZOO, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

 

16.40 – 17.05

Coffee Break

 

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17.05 – 17.25    
The Council of Europe Museum Prize 2025
Euskararen Etxea – The House of the Basque Language, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain

 

17.25 – 17.45    
IFLA/Baker & Taylor Public Library of the Year Award 2025
Gabrielle-Roy Library, Quebec, Canada

 

17.45 – 18.05    
Museums + Heritage Awards 2025 / Sector Impact Award
Heritage Open Days: 30 Years Of England's Largest Festival Of History And Culture, London, United Kingdom

 

18.05 – 18.10

Day 1 Closing Remarks

19.30 – 22.00 

Casa Batlló - Networking Event and Honorary Toast celebrating Casa Batlló's
European Heritage Award / Europa Nostra Award

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13 NOVEMBER

EL BORN MUSEU D’HISTORIA DE BARCELONA
 

08.30 – 09.00

Registrations

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09.00 – 09.05

Welcome by the moderator

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First session moderator: Jordi Pardo

 

09.05 – 09.25    
Museums + Heritage Awards 2025 / Permanent Exhibition of the Year
Showtown Blackpool, Blackpool, United Kingdom

 

09.25 – 09.45    
European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Grand Prix 2025 / Citizens' Engagement & Awareness-raising
Hedgehog's Home – Inventing a Better World, Belgrade, Serbia

 

09.45 – 10.05    
European Museum Academy / DASA Award 2025
Salon Stolz, Graz, Austria

 

10.05 – 10.25    
Chinese Museums Association / Most Innovative Museums in China Award 2025
Nanjing Chinese Imperial Examination Museum, Nanjing, China

 

10.25 – 10.45    
European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Award 2025 / Citizens' Engagement & Awareness-raising
Casa Batlló | Integrating Neurodiversity in World Heritage, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

 

10.45 – 11.05    
AMA's Robert R. Janes Award for Social Responsibility 2025
Millet and District Museum and Archives, Millet, Canada

 

11.05 – 11.30

Coffee Break

 

 

Second session moderator: Hiba Alkhalaf

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11.30 – 11.50    
APOM / Portuguese Museum of the Year 2025
Serralves Museum, Porto, Portugal

 

11.50 – 12.10    
European Museum of the Year Award 2025
Manchester Museum, Manchester, United Kingdom

 

12.10 – 12.30    
European Heritage Award / Europa Nostra Award 2025 / Conservation and Adaptive Reuse
EC1 Łódź – City of Culture Complex, Łódź, Poland

 

12.30 – 12.50    
2025 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation / Award of Distinction
Iwami Ginzan Library Conservation Project, Ōda, Shimane Prefecture, Japan

 

12.50 – 13.10    
Family Friendly Museum Award 2025 as Best Large Museum
The Burrell Collection, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

 

13.10 – 13.30    
European Heritage Award / Europa Nostra Grand Prix 2025 / Research
Glacier Archaeology Programme – Secrets of the Ice, Oslo, Norway

 

13.30 – 15.00

Lunch Break & Guided tours to El Born

 

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Third session moderator: John Cheeseman

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15.00 – 15.20    
2025 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation / Award of Merit
Lowo Nyiphug Namrol Norbuling Monastery Conservation Project, Chosar, Upper Mustang, Nepal

 

15.20 – 15.40    
ICOM Award for Sustainable Development Practice in Museums 2025
Barbados Museum & Historical Society (BMHS) | Shared Island Stories Between Scotland and the Caribbean: Transnational Youth Exchange, Barbados / Scotland

 

15.40 – 16.00    
European Museum Academy / Luigi Micheletti Award 2025
Obersalzberg Documentation Center, Berchtesgaden, Germany

 

16.00 – 16.25

Coffee Break

 

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16.25 – 16.45    
UMAC-ICOM Award of Excellence 2025
University of Navarra Museum (MUN) | Arts and Life, Navarra, Spain

 

16.45 – 17.05    
CIMAM Award for Outstanding Museum Practices 2025
The Palestinian Museum, Birzeit, Palestine

 

17.05 – 17.25    
The Activist Museum Award 2025 by RCMG, Museum Studies, University of Leicester
Sado Jirde & Black South West Network, Bristol, United Kingdom

 

17.25 – 17.40

Vote for The Best in Heritage 2026 "Project of Influence" by conference audience and Jury

 

17.40 – 17.45

Day 2 Official Closing Remarks

 

17.45 – 18.30

Guided tours to El Born

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20.00 – 21.30

Closing ceremony at MACBA (Convent dels Àngels), with concert and announcements of
IMAGINES and Best in Heritage 2026 "Projects of Influence"

 

21.30 – 00.00

Farewell Dinner & Drinks

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