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16th Edition
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Dubrovnik, Croatia, 28 - 30 September 2017
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in partnership with EUROPA NOSTRA
with support of Creative Europe programme
& Endowment Fund of ICOM
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dedicated to the memory of Kenneth Hudson OBE and Georges Henri Riviére
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With:
IMAGINES
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programme

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wednesday, 26 september
 
8:00 - 9:30 Registration at Theatre "Marin Držic" 
Escort to the IMAGINES venue, Multimedia Hall VISIA, at 9.30 (5 minute walk)
 
10:00 - 10:10 Best in Heritage Official Opening
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10:30 - 10:45 Project i1
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10:45 - 11:00 Project i2
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11:00 - 11:15 Project i3
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11:15 - 11:30 Project i4
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11:30 - 11:45 Project i5
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11:45 - 12:00 Project i6
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12:00 - 12:15 Project i7
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12:15 - 12:30 Project i8
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12:30 - 12:45 Project i9
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12:45 - 13:00 Project i10
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13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH/COFFEE
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14:00 - 14:15 Project i11
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14:15 - 14:30 Project i12
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14:30 - 14:45 Project i13
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14:45 - 15:00 Project i14
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15:00 - 15:15 Project i15
15:15 - 15:30 Project i16
15:30 - 15:35 Vote on the "IMAGINES Project of Influence 2017"
15:35 - 15:45 Closing Remarks
 
Thursday, 28 September: Arrival, Registration, Opening
 
8.00 - 19.30 Registration and a guided tour of the Dubrovnik City walls,  Theatre "Marin Držic" Lobby
 
Guided tour at 16.00 hours
 
19.30 - 21.00 The Best in Heritage Welcome ceremony in the Theatre "Marin Držić" 
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21.00 - 23.00 Welcome party in Sponza Palace, venue courtesy of the Dubrovnik Archives
 
Friday, 29 September, "Marin Držić" Theatre: presentations of awarded projects
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9.30 - 9:55 Project No.1: 
9:55 - 10.20 Project No.2: 
10.20 - 10.45 Project No.3:
10.45- 11.10 Project No.4: 
11.10 - 11.40 coffee 
11.40 - 12.05 Project No.5: 
12.05 - 12.30 Project No.6: 
12.30 - 12.55 Project No.7:  
13.00 - 15.00 lunch break
15.00 - 15.25 Project No.8:
15.25 - 15.50 Project No.9: 
15.50 - 16.15 Project No.10: 
16.15 - 16.40 Project No.11: 
16.40 - 17.10 coffee 
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17.10 - 17.35 Project No.12: 
17.35 - 18.00 Project No.13: 
18.00 - 18.25 Project No.14: 
 18.30  - 21.00 free time
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21.00 - 23.00 Ethno dinner-party offered by Dubrovnik museums in Rupe Museum
 
With guided tour of the Rupe Museum 20.00 - 21.00
Greeting by the director of Dubrovnik Museums, Ms Pavica Vilać, MA
 
Saturday, 30 September, "Marin Držić" Theatre: presentations of awarded projects
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9.30 - 9.55 Project No.15: 
9.55 - 10.20 Project No.16: 
10.20 - 10.45 Project No.17: 
10.45 - 11.10 Project No.18: 
11.10 - 11.40 coffee 
11.40 - 12.05 Project No.19:  
12.05 - 12.30 Project No.20:  
12.30 - 12.55 Project No.21: 
13.00 - 15.00 lunch break
15.00 - 15.25 Project No.22: 
15.25 - 15.50 Project No.23: 
15.50 - 16.15 Project No.24: 
16.15 - 16.40 Project No.25: 
16.40 - 17.10 coffee
17.10 - 17.35 Project No.26: 
17.35 - 18.00 Project No.27: 
18.00 - 18.25 Project No.28: 
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 18.25 - 18.30 Vote on the "Project of Influence 2017" by the audience and moderators
18.30 - 21.00 free time
21.00 - 23.00 Closing ceremony, Dinner and farewell party in Rector's palace
 
With guided tour of the Cultural History Museum 20.00 - 21.00
 
 
 Sunday, 1 October
 
The Post Conference Excursion by bus (only upon reservation)
THE CITY OF KOTOR (UNESCO World Heritage Site) and THE BAY OF KOTOR (MONTENEGRO)
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Schedule
Projects

shortlist for 2017

IMAGINES 

 

Canadian Museums Association 2016 Award of Outstanding Achievement in New Media
•    Canadian Museum for Human Rights: Speak Truth to Power Canada, Winnipeg

 

2016 MUSE Awards / Education and Outreach Gold:
•    Philadelphia Museum of Art: A Is for Art Museum 

 

2016 MUSE Awards / Games and Augmented Reality Gold
•    Sydvestjyske Museer: Augmenting the Historic City: Trade and Merchants’ Life in Ribe

 

2016 MUSE Awards / Interpretive Interactive Installations Gold
•    The Tech Museum of Innovation: Body Metrics

 

2016 MUSE Awards / Mobile Applications Gold
•    Brooklyn Museum: ASK Brooklyn Museum

 

2016 MUSE Awards / Multimedia Installations Gold
•    El Paso Museum of History: DIGIE

 

2016 MUSE Awards / Video, Film, and Computer Animation Gold
•    The Field Museum: The Switch: A Bill Stanley Story

 

Museums and the Web GLAMi Awards 2016 Platinum
•    AnnoTate

 

Museums and the Web GLAMi Awards 2016 Gold
•    Total Solar Eclipse

 

Museums and the Web GLAMi Awards 2016 People's choice
•    British Art Studies Online Journal

 

Heritage in Motion / Best Achievement Award 2016
•    Provincie Limburg: Limburg 1914-1918, Small stories from a Great War

 

Heritage in Motion / Apps for mobile devices
•    Virtual Architecture Museum: Russia by Vizerra

 

Heritage in Motion / Websites and online content
•    ArchivPortal – D –  Building a German Archives Portal: Germany by Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg

 

Heritage in Motion / Games & Interactive Experiences
•    Strong Water: interactive exploration on the history of the Dutch Waterline: The Netherlands by IJsfontijn and Platvorm

 

MAPDA 2016 / Institution Website Level A
•    Bundanon Trust Website

 

MAPDA 2016 / Institution Website Level B BEST IN SHOW - MULTIMEDIA
•    Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu Website

 

MAPDA 2016 / Multimedia Level A
•    Octapod: This is Not Art 2015 App

 

International Design and Communication Award 2016 for Best App Gold 
•    JourneyMaker by the Art Institute of Chicago

 

International Design and Communication Award 2016 for Best Website Gold 
•    Gold - The V&A website by the Victoria and Albert Museum

 

AVICOM / FIAMP 2016 Grand Prix
•    "Giuseppe Castiglione: Lang Shining New Media Art Exhibition" by National Palace Museum Taipei

 

AVICOM / FIAMP 2016 Videoart prize
•    "Syria" by Mosman Art Gallery

 

AVICOM / FIAMP 2016 Interactive Multimedia Gold
•    "Brixia Time Machine" by Fondazione Brescia Musei

 

AVICOM / FIAMP 2016 Mobile Application Gold
•    "Multimedia" by Museum of Russian Impressionism

 

AVICOM / FIAMP 2016 Website and Webart Gold
•    "The voyage on the cruiser Dmitrii Donskoi" by Rosphoto

 

AVICOM / FIAMP 2016 Long Film Gold
•    Return by Museum of Byzantine Culture

 

AVICOM / FIAMP 2016 Medium Length Film Gold 
•    Visegrád of the King by Hungarian National Museum

 

AVICOM / FIAMP 2016 Short Museum Film Gold 
•    Munch : Van Gogh by Van Gogh Museum

 
 
core programme:

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European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards 2016
•    Conversion Of De Hoorn Brewery Into A Creative Hub

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European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards 2016
•    Traditional Watermill In Agios Germanos, Prespes

 

European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards 2016
•    The King's Little Pathway In El Chorro Gorge

 

European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards 2016
•    ‘Adopt A Monument’ Tampere

 

European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards 2016
•    Employees And Activists Of The National Museum Of Bosnia And Herzegovina In Sarajevo

 

European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards 2016
•    Conservation Study Of The Village Gostuša In Pirot District

 

European MUseum Forum / European Museum of the Year Award 2016
•    POLIN: Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw, Poland

 

The Council of Europe Museum Prize 2016
•    European Solidarity Centre, GdaÅ„sk, Poland

 

European MUseum Forum / Kenneth Hudson Award 2016
•    Vukovar City Museum, Vukovar, Croatia

 

European MUseum Forum / Silletto Prize 2016
•    Micropia, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

European Museum Academy Micheletti Award 2016
•     Den Gamle By, Aarhus, Denmark

 

International Association for Children in Museums / Children in Museums Award 2016
•    GeoFort, Herwijnen, The Netherlands

 

Art Fund Prize / Museum of the Year 2016
•    Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom

 

Museums + Heritage International Award 2016
•    Horsens Museum and Kvorning Design & Communication, Horsens Prison Museum

 

Museums + Heritage Permanent Exhibition Award 2016
•    Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, The Lister Project

 

Telegraph Family Friendly Museum Award 2016
•    York Art Gallery, York, United Kingdom

 

Intermuseum 2016 festival Grand-prix / ICOM Russia Award
•    The State Darwin museum, Moscow

 

BankGiro Loterij Museumprijs 2016
•    Camp Vught National Memorial, Vught, The Netherlands

 

IIC / Keck Award 2016
•    Natural History Museum: Blue Whale Project, London, United Kingdom

 

Soft Power Destination Awards 2016 / Soft Power Organization
•    Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg, Canada

 

Chinese Museums Association / Most Innovative Museums of China 2016
•    GuangDong Provincial Museum, Guangzhou, GuangDong Province

 

Chinese Museums Association / Most Innovative Museums of China 2016
•    Changzhou Museum, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province

 

MAGNA Awards 2016 / National Winner
•    MAMA (Murray Art Museum Albury)

 

ServiceIQ 2016 New Zealand Museum Awards / Best Museum Project 
•    Pearson & Associates: Kaiapoi Museum

 

UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award of Distinction 2016
•    Conservation and Restoration of Taoping Qiang Village, Sichuan Province, China

 

American Alliance of Museums / Excellence in Exhibition Awards 2016
•    San Diego Natural History Museum: “Coast to Cactus in Southern California”, San Diego, CA

 

National Medal for Museum and Library Service 2016 
•    Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, New York

 

National Medal for Museum and Library Service 2016 
•    The Chicago History Museum, Chicago, Illinois

 

National Medal for Museum and Library Service 2016 
•    Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina

 

Canadian Museums Association 2016 Award of Outstanding Achievement in Exhibitions — Cultural Heritage
•    Manitoba Museum: We Are All Treaty People / The Berens Family Collection, Winnipeg

 

Trip Advisor 2016 Travelers' Choice - Top Museums of the World, No.1
•    Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York

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