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24th Edition

22 - 24 OCTOBER 2025

BARCELONA

In partnership with
La Caixa Foundation, The Government of Catalonia & The City Council of Barcelona

 
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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

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