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E-NEWSLETTER – APRIL 2018
International Museum Day: time to annonce your event on IMD interactive map!
To keep up with activities planned for IMD 2018, ICOM has created an interactive map. We invite all National Committees and participating museums to register and add your activities in the coming days, to contribute to the visibility and success of this annual highlight on the global museum calendar!
AVICOM Festival of Audiovisual International Multimedia Patrimony f@imp 2.0 and Conference
Every year since 1996, ICOM's International Committee on Audiovisual, New Media Technologies and Social Media AVICOM organises f@imp 2.0, the Festival of Audiovisual International Multimedia Patrimony. The aim of this globally acclaimed festival is the evaluation and promotion of audiovisual productions as well as innovative multimedia creations by and for museums or others institutions of cultural heritage.
You can submit your application and participate in this woldwide festival until the 30th of April by uploading your contribution directly on the f@imp 2.0 website:http://faimpavicom.org/#/home
6th ICOM Palmyra-Talk : ICOM Austria
ICOM Austria ICOM Österreich presents the 6th ICOM Palmyra-Talk in cooperation with the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018. The conference will be held at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria on 4th April. This time, the conversation will focus on the Bamiya World Heritage site in Afghanistan and the tragic destruction of the Colossal Buddhas of 2001.
ICMAH
Museum Architecture – Exhibition techniques, exhibition architecture & sustainability – Museums in Finland
Deadline : April 30, 2018 https://lc.cx/P2SH
ICOFOM
Future-proofing numismatics in museums: issues of conservation and collection management
Deadline: April 30, 2018 https://icomon-athens.com/
Joint conference COMCOL + FIHRM
Contemporary Collections: Contested and Powerful
Deadline: May 15, 2018 https://fihrm.ca/submit/
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