
TBIH2025 closing ceremony and farewell dinner party, October 24th

TBIH2025 official opening and IMAGINES venue, 22nd October

TBIH2025 core programme venue, October 23rd

TBIH2025 closing ceremony and farewell dinner party, October 24th

24th Edition
22 - 24 OCTOBER 2025
BARCELONA
In partnership with
La Caixa Foundation, The Government of Catalonia & The City Council of Barcelona

UNDER PATRONAGE OF EUROPA NOSTRA (WITH CREATIVE EUROPE PROGRAMME) & THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF MUSEUMS (ICOM)
dedicated to the memory of Kenneth Hudson OBE and Georges Henri Riviére
with
IMAGINES
NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND MULTIMEDIA
THE DRAFT PROGRAMME
22 October
Registration, Opening, IMAGINES
8.30 - 9.30 Registration
9.30 - 9.50 Official Opening: Welcome speeches and short greetings by representatives of partners and patrons
9.50 - 10.10 Introductory lecture by Professor Tomislav Šola (Director, The Best in Heritage): "What is The Best in Heritage?"
10.10 - 10.30 IMAGINES Keynote address by TBIH2024 "Project of Influence" UK’s StoryTrails, by Professor Amanda Murphy (StoryFutures / CoSTAR National Lab)
10.30 - 10.50 MUSE Gold Award 2024 / Experiential & Immersive – Hologram / Projection
DEM Museums | The Ephesus Experience Museum, Turkiye
10.50 - 11.10 Heritage in Motion Awards 2024 / New Digital Experience Category & Heritage in Motion 2024
Deutschlandmuseum, Germany
11.10 - 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 - 11.50 2024 Museums and Galleries National Awards (MAGNA) - Moving Image Award
Museums Victoria | Science is a Superpower, Australia
11.50 - 12.10 Museums in Short Award 2024 / Popular Jury Award
Museo del Prado | The Female Perspective, Spain
12.10 - 12.30 New York Design Awards 2024
Easel app, New York, United States
12.30 - 12.50 Heritage in Motion / Heritage Schools Award 2024
Muzej pošte in telekomunikacij | Evolution of Telephones, Slovenia
12.50 - 13.10 European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2024 - Research:
NewsEye: A Digital Investigator for Historical Newspapers, Austria/Finland/France/Germany
13.15 - 15.00 Lunch break (Optional Guided tours to Symphony & other Exhibitions at CaixaForum)
15.00 - 15.20 Museums + Heritage Awards 2024 / Best Use of Digital – International
Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) | Stories from the skies:
Te Kōtiu immersive projection experience, New Zealand
15.20 - 15.40 Heritage in Motion Awards 2024 / Virtual and Augmented Reality Award 2024
Codex 4D: Journey in Four Dimensions into the Manuscript, Italy
15.40 - 16.00 Museums in Short Award 2024
Museum of Bećarac | Carnival Masks, Croatia
16.00 - 16.20 Heritage in Motion / Heritage Audiovisuals Award 2024
Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga | In Our Care. The Keeper’s Choice, Portugal
16.20 - 16.40 Coffee break
16.40 - 17.00 XR and IDA Awards 2024
The Emily Hobhouse Museum & KossmanndeJong | The Story of Emily, United Kingdom / The Netherlands
17.00 - 17.20 Apollo Awards 2024 / Digital Innovation of the Year
The Royal Dresden Porcelain Collection, Dresden, Germany
17.20 - 17.40 TBC
17.40 - 18.00 Vote for the IMAGINES "Project of Influence 2025" by the audience and moderators
18.00 - 18.05 Closing remarks
18.15 - 20.00 Guided tours to Symphony & Exhibitions at CaixaForum
23 October
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 Core programme Keynote address by TBIH2024 "Project of Influence" 23,5 Hrant Dink Site of Memory in Turkey,
by Nayat Karaköse, Coordinator
10.00 - 10.25 European Museum Forum / EMYA - European Museum of the Year Award 2024
Sámi Museum, Siida, Finland
10.25 - 10.50 Museums + Heritage Awards 2024 – International Exhibition of The Year
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam | Mission Masterpiece at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
10.50 - 11.15 American Alliance of Museums / Chair’s Leadership Award 2024
Carlos Tortolero and National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, United States
11.15 - 11.45 Coffee break
11.45 - 12.10 European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2024 - Conservation & Adaptive Reuse
Snow Wells, Sierra Espuña, Spain
12.10 - 12.35 2024 UNESCO-Jikji Memory of the World Prize
National Library of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
12.35 - 12.50 European Museum Academy / Luigi Micheletti Award 2024
Carl Nielsen Museum, Odense, Denmark
12.50 - 13.15 ICCROM-Sharjah Award for Good Practices 2023-2024 / Grand Award
Managing Libya’s Cultural Heritage - Restoring Ghadames: Creation of the Visitor Centre (MaLiCH Project), Libya
13.15 - 15.00 Lunch break - at Museu Picasso and Museu Etnològic.
Optional guided tours to Born. Museu d'Història de Barcelona
15.00 - 15.25 Chinese Museums Association / Most Innovative Museums in China Award 2024
Museum of Wu, Suzhou, China
15.25 - 15.50 APOM / Portugese Museum of the Year 2024
Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis, Porto, Portugal
15.50 - 16.15 Art Fund Prize / Museum of the Year 2024
Young V&A, Greater London, United Kingdom
16.15 - 16.40 European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2024 / Education, Training & Skills
Boulouki – Travelling Workshop on Traditional Building, Greece
16.40 - 17.10 Coffee break
17.10 - 17.35 2024 Blooloop Innovation Award
Atelier Brückner | Museum of the Future: Journey of the Pioneers Exhibition, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
17.35 - 18.00 European Museum Forum / Silletto Prize for Community Participation and Engagement 2024
Kalamaja Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
18.00 - 18.25 Prix Versailles / World Architecture and Design Award 2024
Simose Art Museum, Hiroshima, Japan
18.25 - 18.30 Closing remarks by afternoon session moderator
18.30 - 20.00 Guided tours to Born. Museu d'Història de Barcelona.
Optional tours of Picasso & Etnològic Museu
24 October
9.00 - 9.30 Registration
9.30 - 9.35 Short greetings and introduction by the morning session moderator and host
9.35 - 10.00 EMF's Meyvaert Museum Prize for Environmental Sustainability 2024
Museum of the Home, London, United Kingdom
10.00 - 10.25 Hands On! Children in Museums Award 2024
The Museum of Solutions (MuSo), Mumbai, India
10.25 - 10.50 International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works / ICC Keck Award 2024
Santiago Maldonado Murals | Memory Preservation and Community Participation in a Collective Project,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
10.50 - 11.15 CIMAM Outstanding Museum Practice Award 2024
Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum of Art, Kyiv, Ukraine
11.15 - 11.45 Coffee break
11.45 - 12.05 2024 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation / Award of Excellence
Inari-yu Bathhouse Restoration Project, Tokyo, Japan
12.05 - 12.30 European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2024 / Heritage Champions
Society of Friends of Dubrovnik Antiquities, Dubrovnik, Croatia
12.30 - 12.55 Prix Versailles / Special prize for Exterior 2024
Oman Across Ages Museum, Manah, Oman
13.00 - 15.00 Lunch break
Optional free tours to Ateneu Barcelonès and Palau Moja
15.00 - 15.25 2024 Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Museums: History Alive!
Chinese Canadian Museum, Vancouver, Canada
15.25 - 15.50 The Council of Europe Museum Prize 2024
Sybir Memorial Museum, Białystok, Poland
15.50 - 16.15 Family Friendly Museum Awards 2024 – Best Museum Youth Group
Tees Valley Museums, United Kingdom
16.15 - 16.40 European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2024 - Citizens’ Engagement & Awareness-raising
International Festival of Classical Theatre for Youth, Syracuse, Italy
16.40 - 17.00 Coffee break
17.00 - 17.25 IMLS National Medals for Museum and Library Service 2024
The Louis Armstrong House Museum, New York, United States
17.25 - 17.50 European Museum Academy / DASA Award 2024
MARQ Provincial Archaeological Museum of Alicante, Spain
17.50 - 18.15 CIMAM Award for Outstanding Museum Practices 2024
Museum of Modern Art | Inclusion, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - TBC
18.15 - 18.35 Vote for The Best in Heritage 2025 "Project of Influence" by the conference audience and moderators
18.35 - 18.40 Closing remarks by afternoon session moderator
18.40 - 19.40 Optional free tours to Ateneu Barcelonès and Palau Moja
19.00 - 20.00 Open doors visit to Romanic Exhibition at Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
20.00 - 21.45 Closing ceremony at Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC), Cúpula Hall
With Concert by "El Pony Pisador", and announcements of
IMAGINES and Best in Heritage 2025 "Projects of Influence"
21.45 - 23.00 Dinner at Oleum Restaurant (next to Cúpula Hall)
23.00 - 24.00 Drinks & Farewell