Museums in Danger
47th Conference 2024
Save the Date: 8-11 September 2024 in Finland
(+ post-conference tour on 12 September)
The 47th edition of IATM’s Annual Conference revolves around the role of museums in times of global crises. It looks at dangers transport and communication museums face. Asks how they can contribute to wellbeing, education, and safety for its customers, as well as respond to attacks, international conflicts and ecological and economic challenges and responsibilities. The conference takes delegates to Finland and its vast museum landscape from 8-11 September with an optional post-conference tour on 12 September.
“Museums in Danger” focuses on museums in times of multiple global crises: Among them the accelerating climate crisis, growing possibilities of destructions by warfare or severe budget cuts by governments. Further threats through cyber attacks, human misconduct, and natural disasters keep shaping the challenges museums face today.
How does this effect our museums?
What plans should we have to secure our work or collections?
How do (geo-)political developments influence our work, international relationships or economic stability? What are our responses to extreme weather events? Which role do museums play for society: Can they offer security with their contents of history? How are transport and communications museums uniquely able to respond to these crises and threats?
IATM’s 47th annual conference will provide an opportunity to discuss, and exchange on the work and experiences by (transport and communication) museum professionals globally.
Conference Programme
Available from May 2024
IATM is currently preparing the conference programme. We are selecting submissions from our call for papers and finalising the programme with presentations on different dangers and crises in and for museums.
We will share the final programme here and in our newsletter as soon as it is available.
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As always, the conference will also include an in-depth look at several of Finland’s transport and communication museums. They will be spread across the conference days as well as a post-conference tour on Thursday, 12 September. Among the museums visited during the conference are the Finnish Railway Museum in Hyvinkää, Mobilia – Museum of Car and Road in Kangasala the Lenin Museum, and Tampere’s Museum Centre Vapriikki. Tampere’s Museum Centre Vapriikki includes – among others – the Finnish Museum of Games, and the Finnish Postal Museum. Additionally, on the study day on 12 September the Forum Marinum in Turku will be visited including a bus tour from Helsinki to Turku.
Join colleagues from across the globe to share new ideas and best practices from transport and communications museums, discuss current issues and build your network.
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