A new set of guidelines by the Network of European Museum Organisations (NEMO) supports museums to create successful education and public engagement activities that are relevant to an ever changing and diverse society.
The guidelines, published by the NEMO Working Group LEM – The Learning Museum, acknowledges that education and public engagement are key tasks of museums today. When successfully executed, such activities can strengthen the role of museums in, with and for society. The guidelines apply to museums of all sizes, and the suggestions may be implemented step-by-step while still yielding positive results for both audience and museum.
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The guidelines also aim to consolidate professional work in the field of education and public engagement beyond temporary project-based activities. Therefore, a recommendation is made for museums to define an educational concept that is developed by the education and public engagement department and supported by all employees.
Originally published in German, the NEMO Working Group decided to have the guidelines Developing Education and Public Engagement in Museums translated into English to make them more accessible to the European and international museum community. NEMO – the Network of European Museum Organisations, the German Museums Association and German Association for Museum Education have jointly published the English version.