BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//TYPO3/NONSGML Calendarize//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendarize-museums-strengthen-democracy DTSTAMP:20250307T103126Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250504 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250508 SUMMARY:Museums strengthen democracy DESCRIPTION:Current political events at home and abroad are putting the co hesion of our society to the test. War\, a strengthening right-wing\, anti -Semitism and anti-democratic sentiments are leading to division and polar isation in society. As public institutions and educational centres\, museu ms work on behalf of and in the service of a democratic society. They conv ey complex content and diverse value systems\, contextualise current event s\, engage academically with polarising topics and create space for discou rse.\nHowever\, politics and funding organisations repeatedly intervene in the work of museums\, and there is a fine line between this and legitimat e control. In addition\, museums in all federal states are increasingly co nfronted with anti-democratic attacks. Museums must deal with these develo pments in good time in order to recognise the scope for action and develop measures and instruments to counteract them. At the same time\, museums m ust utilise their potential as democratic actors even more\, become more c ourageous\, take a stand and have an impact on society with participative and discursive offerings.\nThe Annual Conference 2025 will strengthen muse ums as democratic actors. It will examine how museums can limit the influe nce of politics and sponsors\, what measures museums can take to proactive ly arm themselves against anti-democratic sentiment and what museums can d o to counter polarisation and emotionalisation in society. The conference will provide legally compliant information\, an exchange of experiences\, examples and practical recommendations.\nWith around 800 participants in p erson and online\, the annual conference of the German Museums Association is the largest museum conference in Germany. It offers specialist present ations and an exchange of experiences on current museum topics as well as the opportunity to network with museum experts from Germany and abroad. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Current political events at home and abroa d are putting the cohesion of our society to the test. War\, a strengtheni ng right-wing\, anti-Semitism and anti-democratic sentiments are leading t o division and polarisation in society. As public institutions and educati onal centres\, museums work on behalf of and in the service of a democrati c society. They convey complex content and diverse value systems\, context ualise current events\, engage academically with polarising topics and cre ate space for discourse.

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However\, politics and funding organisati ons repeatedly intervene in the work of museums\, and there is a fine line between this and legitimate control. In addition\, museums in all federal states are increasingly confronted with anti-democratic attacks. Museums must deal with these developments in good time in order to recognise the s cope for action and develop measures and instruments to counteract them. A t the same time\, museums must utilise their potential as democratic actor s even more\, become more courageous\, take a stand and have an impact on society with participative and discursive offerings.

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The Annual Co nference 2025 will strengthen museums as democratic actors. It will examin e how museums can limit the influence of politics and sponsors\, what meas ures museums can take to proactively arm themselves against anti-democrati c sentiment and what museums can do to counter polarisation and emotionali sation in society. The conference will provide legally compliant informati on\, an exchange of experiences\, examples and practical recommendations.< /p>\n

With around 800 participants in person and online\, the annual con ference of the German Museums Association is the largest museum conference in Germany. It offers specialist presentations and an exchange of experie nces on current museum topics as well as the opportunity to network with m useum experts from Germany and abroad.

LOCATION:Chemnitz Museums and Stadthalle END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR