Watch new releases from the ongoing 20th edition. Our moderators interview representatives of four laureates. In the core programme Beth Redmond-Jones talks to Luís Costa, the Coordinator of Binaural Nodar, about the Tramontana Network III project, winner of the European Heritage Award / Europa Nostra Award 2020 in the category Research. Marta Lourenco interviews the Director Wang Zhiqiang about the Palace Museum of the Manchurian Regime, a museum that won the Chinese Museums Association's Most Innovative Museums in China Award in 2020. 

Bruno Brulon, talks to Robert R. Janes, visiting fellow at the School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester and founder of the Coalition of Museums for Climate Justice, and Richard Sandell, Co-Director of the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries at the University of Leicester, who present the "Museum Activism" book. It received the Award of Outstanding Achievement in 2020 for Research in Cultural Heritage Sector by the Canadian Museums Association.

From the IMAGINES programme we have Alexey Tikhonov interviewing Loredana Amenta, Key Account Manager of Orpheo Group Italy, about the Unmute Art project with Arthemisia, which won the MUSEWEB Best of the GLAMi Awards 2020.

New interviews are on the way!  

For information on all featured laureates in 2021 click here.

Tramontana Network III is a celebration of the mountain heritage of Europe: an in-depth study of the common intangible heritage of European rural and mountain communities of 5 different countries with the aim to safeguard the richness of biodiversity heritage through its documentation and the wider dissemination. The 8 Tramontana partners – Binaural Nodar (PT), Audiolab (ES), Akademia Profil (PL), Bambun (IT), Eth Ostau Comengés (FR), LEM-Italia (IT), Nosauts de Bigòrra (FR), and Numériculture Gascogne (FR) - have created a project encouraging international cooperation in the research field and the oral memory valorisation within generations.

The puppet Manchukuo Palace is the palace where Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, lived when he acted as the emperor of the puppet-state Manchukuo. It is an important historical witness of Japan's military occupation of Northeast China and the implementation of fascist colonial rule. Established in 1962, it is now a first-class Museum in China and a key cultural relic protection unit. With the aim "To be a leader of innovative operation of Chinese museums & scenic spots", it embraces the digital era, explores and expands the functions and boundaries of museums, relying on the collection resources.

Only a decade ago, the notion that museums and galleries might engage in activist practice, with the explicit intent to act upon inequalities, injustices, and environmental crises, was met with scepticism and derision. At this crucial time in the evolution of museum thinking and practice, this book brings together more than fifty contributors from six continents to explore, analyse and critically reflect upon the museum’s relationship to activism. Including contributions from practitioners, artists, activists and researchers, Museum Activism examines new and divergent expressions of the inherent power of museums as forces for good.

“Unmute Art” is the first Italian Sign Language video guide in which the artworks tell their own story. Real deaf actors, body painted like the famous subjects of Warhol's serigraphs, offer their own interpretations of the artist's artworks. You scan the serigraph with the video guide and image recognition, together with augmented reality, bring the artwork to life. This revolutionary project has been created in partnership with the Italian National Deaf Agency and in collaboration with Warhol’s exhibition producer, Arthemisia.