OBMIN

FUTURE. RESPOSIBILITIES. MUSEUMS.
From crisis to future. New responsibilities for museums in Ukraine.

Location:

James Simon Gallery
Museumsinsel, Berlin

Date:

28 - 29. May, 2024

Participants:

about 150 representatives of Ukrainian, Polish, and German museums, regional and state administrations

Objective:

Drafting joint proposals by the Ukrainian museums for the next „Ukraine Recovery Conference“ on June 11-12, 2024 in Berlin.
URC2024

Content:

Development of proposals for the necessary contribution of Ukrainian cultural institutions to the reconstruction of Ukraine and the strengthening of civil society. These proposals will then be included in the discussions at the "Ukraine Recovery Conference" in Berlin in June 2024.
Further networking of Ukrainian museums with German and Polish museums

Panels:

The mission of museums in municipal and regional reconstruction. Museums as objects of infrastructure and urbanistic aspects of reconstruction

The mission of museums to strengthen (civil) society

Ukrainian culture as part of Europe's common cultural heritage: protecting, restoring, communicating

Transnational Perspectives on Heritage and Memory in Eastern Europe: The Responsibility of Museums for Narratives in Times of War (and how this can strengthen civil society

Additional:

Presentation of the Study “Beyond Greener Grass: Strategies Towards Ukrainian Transnational Cultural Reconstruction”

Signing of the agreement between German War Graves Commission (Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V.) and the State Archival Service of Ukraine (der Staatliche Archivdienst der Ukraine

Press release and photos