The GULAG History Museum is a centre for studying, comprehending, and openly discussing the history of mass repression in the USSR. The Museum’s mission is telling about mass repression thus motivating people to reflect on the value of human life. The Museum collects and studies archival material, recollections of participants and their personal belongings, objects found in former camp locations. The Museum’s permanent exhibition shows the stages of the punitive system formation in 1918—1956 and the way it influenced people’s lives.

Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) in partnership with the Archaeological Survey of India and the South Delhi Municipal Corporation have undertaken a major urban conservation and development programme in the Humayun’s Tomb – Nizamuddin area of Delhi. This inter-disciplinary project has had multiple objectives – met through a non-profit, People-Public Private Partnership. In Nizamuddin, conservation of national monuments has been coupled with providing health, education, and sanitation infrastructure as well as providing the community training to seek economic opportunities. Simultaneous focus on intangible heritage of music, food, rituals, and crafts.

The Dutch Open Air Museum strives to be a reflection of the ever-changing Dutch society, with migration as a major topic. In the Restart programme the museum makes this theme understandable for teenagers, by relating to their own life and experiences and turning it into a playful but serious game.  The museum is transformed into an imaginary country, where children, as immigrants, have to find their way. As with real immigrants, success is by no means guaranteed and setbacks are inevitable and feelings of frustration or disappointment are part of the game. 

Museums hold an unequalled responsibility to communicate the shared history and “cultural, political and economic ties” between Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. Museums have enormous capacity to reach all levels of community, from towns to remote villages, and can be spaces for building social cohesion and reconciliation in a variety of contexts. The EU-LAC Museums project created a common vision for community-based museums, and reinforced mutual understanding and cooperation between regions in line with the aims of Horizon 2020 INT12 (2015), and the EU-CELAC Action Plan.

Sarka Museum preserves the history of agriculture and rural life and shows the history of Finnish agriculture in a modern, versatile and interesting way.  The opening of Sarka was preceded by years of work and political activity from the local heritage activists.  A new building was erected for the museum and the exhibition was opened in June 2005. Even the slightly challenging location of the museum is not an obstacle to the museum's insightful pedagogical activities, as the museum's guided virtual tours reach the whole of Finland. The museum is actively tackling current phenomena: exhibitions have addressed climate change, among other things. 

Thanks to the dedicated, 20-year commitment of the Gjirokastra Foundation to rescue their town from decay, this World Heritage City is being saved through the introduction of the best principles and models for conservation and heritage-based development. This work was undertaken in a challenging social and political context and in the spirit of community-based practices with a participatory approach.Their endeavours promote the training of a new generation of architects, craftspeople and other heritage professionals, with a combination of conservation, restoration and revitalisation projects, using all resources efficiently while remaining focused on sustainable solutions.

In March 2020, Covid-19 lockdowns began in England, and many families were plunged into crisis – people were struggling with work, home schooling, and even feeding their children. Working as fast as we could, Colchester + Ipswich Museums delivered entertaining and educational activity packs directly to local families in need via trusted organisations. What began as an in-house initiative, filled with materials stripped from craft cupboards, quickly snowballed. Unprecedented demand, coupled with support from volunteers and countless partners, led to 3,000 packs being distributed to young people in 2020 - 21. 

Museum Walserhaus is housed in one of the oldest dwellings in the Alps and presents the Walser culture of Bosco Gurin in all its aspects - historical, linguistic, architectural, etc. The Museum's mission is not only to conserve and revitalise the Walser culture of the village and the other Walser communities, but above all it acts as a point of reference for the entire community, involving each member in the activities according to their abilities, therefore strengthening the sense of belonging and keeping culture alive among young people too.

The Galt Museum & Archives is a regional museum located in the heart of Blackfoot Territory on Treaty 7 land, which also holds special meaning to the Métis people. Collections Technician Kevin MacLean transformed how the museum accepts donations of material culture. Since 2013, staff have recorded oral history interviews with all donors, allowing the donor themselves to be the “voice” for the object's history and cultural relevance. Collecting and transcribing interviews layers the museum's collection with strata of context and meaning—multiple rich entry points for educators, researchers, residents and visitors.

The project aims to preserve and protect the historical and cultural heritage and identity of the monuments and the historical housing complexes in the vicinity of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and enhance the steadfastness of residing Jerusalemites by improving the physical, environmental, and structural conditions of the inhabited buildings, applying international conventions and the highest professional standards, for the direct benefit of the project’s and the old city’s residents, building users, visitors to the Old city as well as for future generations.

Plaka Bridge is a single arched stone-bridge built in 1866 on the river of Arachthos in Epirus, Greece. With an arch span over 40m and standing 20m in height it is one of the largest stone bridges in the Balkans and a historical monument. During a heavy storm in 2015 the biggest part of the main arch and the east middle pier of the bridge collapsed. The anastylosis of this stone-bridge project was the first of its kind in Greece. It was a successful outcome of an exceptional interdisciplinary collaboration and research that have made quite an impact on the scientific community.

The Varve Museum is a unique museum featuring lake sediments. "Varve" means a layer of sediment that represents a single year. Lake Suigetsu, Japan, accommodates varves that have accumulated over the last 70.000 years. In 2012, the number of layers established by scientists was adopted as the international standard time scale for radiocarbon dating. The varves are also detailed records of past climate changes. The breathtaking 50m-long gallery exhibits the entirety of the Suigetsu varves , and takes visitors on a journey of time tracing back 70.000 years.

The European Solidarity Centre Gdańsk is a cultural institution with the aim to promote the knowledge about the victory of Solidarity and the peaceful revolution that has transformed Central and Eastern Europe. Since the opening of its building in August 2014, the ECS has welcomed 5.7 million visitors from all over the world, making it one of Poland’s biggest tourist attractions. Furthermore, the ECS is also a public space, a venue for hands-on solidarity and civic engagement; a meeting place for citizens who feel responsible for the development of democracy. The ECS is the only cultural institution in Poland honoured with The Council of Europe
Museum Prize (2016). 

The brutal destruction of Beirut on August 4th, particularly in places with historical and architectural value made urgent rescuing of its artifacts and monuments an imperative. The Ministry of Culture through the General Directorate of Antiquities launched an initiative on the 2nd day following the blast; Beirut Assist Cultural Heritage an inclusive project, supported by an emergency unit BBHR2020, International, and national heritage organizations. Without this initiative, priceless historic houses and works of art, witnesses of the richness of Beirut, and evocative of feelings of identity and belonging would have been lost to the world forever.