‘Be Museumer’ Project Launched in Tbilisi
A new project, ‘Be Museumer’, carried out to contribute to the development of museums, strengthening their management system and providing high-quality education for the museum personnel, has been launched in Tbilisi. ‘Be Museumer’ is a regional long-term project of Creative Europe - a culture sub-program of the European Union, targeted to the countries of the South Caucasus: Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Within the scope of the initiative, a group of professionals will come from Europe to deliver seminars and trainings for museum staff of the three countries on various themes, including the current challenges faced by the modern museums, their social and economic roles, hospitality, audience development and digital technology. The personnel of the museums will also be able to participate in multiple research activities. The first stage of studies, comprising of 20 selected participants from Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, will be led by Margherita Sani, Project Manager for the Network of European Museum Organizations (NEMO), who is also representing the Institute for Cultural Heritage of the Emilia Romagna Region in Italy.
At the second stage of the project, the museum employees will travel to The Netherlands and Germany, as well as the countries of the selected region to visit and explore various museums.
Organization of expert forums and the publication of resulting research and educational materials is also scheduled as the part of the initiative.
Within the framework of ‘Be Museumer,’ a Center for Museum Studies is to be launched at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts.
Led by the Georgian Museums Association and the Georgian Committee of the International Council of Museums, the new project is partnered by the NEMO and the Academy of Cultural Management of The Netherlands.
Georgia joined the Creative Europe program in 2015, and since then has received financial aid for multiple projects, including the Tbilisi Kote Marjanishvili State Drama Theater and the CineDOC-Tbilisi Documentary Film Festival in 2016.
By Ketevan Kvaratskheliya
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