PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

 

 

11 NOVEMBER
CAIXAFORUM BARCELONA

08.30 - 09.30 Registration

09.30 - 09.50 Official Opening

09.50 - 10.10 Presentation on Catalan Heritage

10.10 - 10.30 "What is The Best in Heritage?" Introductory Lecture by Professor Tomislav Šola, Director, The Best in Heritage
 

10.30 - 10.50 IMAGINES Keynote address by Adelaide Lopes & João Estrada from Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Portugal

10.50 - 11.20 Coffee break

11.20 - 11.40
F@IMP Award 2025 by AVICOM / ICOM Dubai Special Prize

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

11.40 - 12.00
Heritage in Motion Awards 2025 / Virtual & Augmented Reality

• HistoryCity, Italy/United Kingdom

12.00 - 12.20
blooloop Innovation Award 2025

• Musa Guide, United Kingdom

12.20 - 12.40
F@IMP Award 2025 by AVICOM / Museum Film, Animation Category / Research and Documentary Prize

• The Dalí Theatre-Museum's History of Art's Short but Clear by Salvador Dalí, Figueres, Catalonia, Spain

12.40 - 12.50 Closing remarks

 

12.50 - 15.00 Lunch

15.00 - 15.20
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

15.20 - 15.40
F@IMP Award 2025 by AVICOM / Exhibition / Interpretation Prize 2025

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, United States

15.40 - 16.00
2025 Ars Electronica Award for Digital Humanity

• Synthetic Memories, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

16.00 - 16.20
European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Award 2025 in Category Research

• Odeuropa, Netherlands/France/Germany/Italy/Slovenia/UK

16.20 - 16.50 Coffee break
 

16.50 - 17.10
Heritage in Motion Awards 2025 / Overall winners & Heritage Audiovisuals

• Hands Deep – A Journey into the Demoscene, Finland

17.10 - 17.30
To be announced...

17.30 - 17.50 Voting for TBIH2026 IMAGINES "Project of Influence" by conference audience and Jury

17.50 - 18.00 Closing remarks

18.00 - 20.00 Open tours of Exhibitions at CaixaForum Barcelona



12 NOVEMBER
ATENEU BARCELONÈS

8.30 - 9.30 Registration

9.30 - 9.35 Brief introduction by the morning session moderator, and greeting by the host
 
9.35 - 10.00 TBIH2026 Keynote address by Yuliya Vaganova, Khanenko National Museum of Art, Ukraine

10.00 - 10.25
European Museum Academy / Art Museum Award 2025

• Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Dublin, Ireland

10.25 - 10.50
CIMAM Award for Outstanding Museum Practices 2025

• Museo Barda del Desierto, Northern Patagonia, Argentina

10.50 - 11.15
Museums + Heritage Awards 2025 / Sector Impact Award

• Heritage Open Days: 30 Years Of England’s Largest Festival Of History And Culture, London, United Kingdom

11.15 - 11.45 Coffee break
 

11.45 - 12.10
The Council of Europe Museum Prize 2025

• Euskararen Etxea – The House of the Basque Language, Bilbao

12.10 - 12.35
IFLA/Baker & Taylor Public Library of the Year Award 2025

• Gabrielle-Roy Library, Quebec, Canada

12.35 - 13.00
EMF's Meyvaert Museum Prize for Environmental Sustainability 2025

• MUZOO, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

13.00 - 13.25
European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Award 2025 for category Citizens’ Engagement & Awareness-raising

• Casa Batlló: Integrating Neurodiversity in World Heritage, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

13.25 - 15.25 Lunch break

Optional guided tours of Ateneu Barcelonès and guided/open tours of Palau Güell


15.25 - 15.30 Brief introduction by the afternoon session moderator

15.30 - 15.55
Museums + Heritage Award 2025 for Permanent Exhibition of the Year

• Showtown Blackpool, United Kingdom

15.55 - 16.20
European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Grand Prix winner in the category Citizens’ Engagement & Awareness-raising 2025

• Hedgehog’s Home – Inventing a Better World, Belgrade, Serbia

16.20 - 16.45
Chinese Museums Association / Most Innovative Museums in China Award 2025

• Nanjing Chinese Imperial Examination Museum, Nanjing, China

16.45 - 17.15 Coffee break
 

17.15 - 17.40 European Heritage Award / Europa Nostra Award 2025 - Conservation and Adaptive Reuse

• EC1 Łódź – City of Culture Complex, Łódź, Poland

17.40 - 18.05
AMA's Robert R. Janes Award for Social Responsibility 2025

• Millet And District Museum And Archives, Millet, Canada

18.05 - 18.30
APOM / Portuguese Museum of the Year 2025

• Serralves Museum, Porto, Portugal

18.30 - 18.35 Closing remarks by afternoon session moderator
 
18.35 - 19.00 Optional free tours to Ateneu Barcelonès and Espai Moja
 
19.30 - 22.00 Casa Batlló - Networking Event and Honorary Toast Celebrating Casa Batlló's
European Heritage Award / Europa Nostra Award



13 NOVEMBER
EL BORN MUSEU D’HISTORIA DE BARCELONA

9.00 - 9.30 Registration    
       
9.30 - 9.35 Short greetings and introduction by the morning session moderator, and venue host

9.35 - 10.00
European Museum of the Year Award 2025

• Manchester Museum, Manchester, United Kingdom

10.00 - 10.25
European Museum Academy / DASA Award 2025

• Salon Stolz, Graz, Austria

10.25 - 10.50
2025 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Award of Distinction for Cultural Heritage Conservation

• Iwami Ginzan Library Conservation Project, Japan

       
10.50 - 11.15
Family Friendly Museum Award 2025 as Best Large Museum

• The Burrell Collection, Glasgow, United Kingdom

11.15 - 11.45 Coffee break
 

11.45 - 12.10
European Heritage Award / Europa Nostra Grand Prix 2025 in Category Research

• Glacier Archaeology Programme – Secrets of the Ice, Norway

12.10 - 12.35
ICOM Award for Sustainable Development Practice in Museums

• Barbados Museum & Historical Society (BMHS) | Shared Island Stories Between Scotland and the Caribbean:

Transnational Youth Exchange, Barbados / Scotland

12.35 - 13.00
European Museum Academy / Luigi Micheletti Award 2025

• Obersalzberg Documentation Center, Berchtesgaden, Germany

       
13.00 - 15.00 Lunch break

Guided tours to El Born. Museu d’Història de Barcelona


15.00 - 15.05 Brief introduction by the afternoon session moderator

15.05 - 15.30
VriendenLoterij Museumprijs 2025

• Bakkerijmuseum De Oude Bakkerij, Medemblik, Netherlands

15.30 - 15.55
CIMAM Award for Outstanding Museum Practices 2025

• The Palestinian Museum, Birzeit, Palestine

15.55 - 16.20
To be announced...

16.20 - 16.50 Vote for The Best in Heritage 2026 "Project of Influence" by conference audience and Jury
 
16.50 - 16.55 Closing remarks by the session moderator            

17.00 - 17.30 Juries' meeting  

17.00 - 18.00 Guided tours to El Born. Museu d’Història de Barcelona        
 

20.00 - 22.00 Closing ceremony at MACBA (Convent dels Àngels), with concert and announcements of
IMAGINES and Best in Heritage 2026 "Projects of Influence"

22.00 - 00.00 Dinner, drinks & farewell

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