International Museum Day

The International Museum Day is held annually since 1978, international event will draw attention to the diversity and importance of museums in May for the third Sunday. In Germany the day is under the patronage of the incumbent President of the Bundesrat.

Numerous museums - from the home and regional museums to the large state institutions - present on that day with special activities such as special tours, a look behind the scenes, workshops, museum parties and long nights museum with free admission.

Description

Between 1977 and 1989, this day was celebrated in the GDR, in the course of frequent museum employees were honored. In the old Federal Republic, this day was taken only in the late 1990s on the initiative of the Museum Association of Saxony -Anhalt as an opportunity to present the German museum landscape nationwide a large audience.

Since 1992, the Museum Day is under a motto, which decided by the International Council of Museums ICOM as a theme and should serve to clearly highlight the international community of museums.

The International Museum Day will bring the variety of museums to the attention of the public and draw attention to the broad spectrum of museum work and the thematic diversity of the more than 6,000 museums in Germany. He wants the museums and its employees all over the world give the opportunity to work together to highlight the importance of their work as a contribution to the cultural and social life and encourage a visit to the museum.

Museum during the day otherwise not accessible depots for interested visitors are frequently opened. Some museums offer on the eve of festivals Museum to so into celebrating International Museum can.

From the German National Committee of the International Council of Museums ( ICOM Germany ), the German Museums Association and the numerous regional museum organizations of states aligned, the International Museum Day in Germany. The central coordination of the Museum Day has taken over the German Museums Association.

The major event for years is supported nationwide by the Savings Banks Finance Group and other foundations. The companies of the Savings Banks Financial Group not only support the Museum Day, but also promote special exhibitions, the redesign of permanent exhibitions, research projects or allow purchases of exhibits for targeted expansion of museum collections.

In Germany, this museum day developed increasingly becoming a family Sunday with various offers for every age group. Many of the events are free.

30th International Museum Day

At the 30th International Museum Day on May 20, 2007, in Germany around 1600 participating museums (of a total of 6000). A series of events were under the motto " Museums and Universal Heritage ". They discussed the relationship of universal heritage and individual responsibility. The patronage of the activities in 2007 took over the President of the Federal Council, Prime Minister Harald Ringstorff.

On International Museum Day 2007, the Museums of Austria, South Tyrol and Switzerland took part in the German-speaking countries.

Topics ( motto )

Quotes

President of the Bundesrat Harald Ringstorff in his address to the 30th International Museum Day in: German Museums Association (ed. ): The museum magazine. People | treasuries | stories. 2007, p 5

York Long Stone, President of ICOM Germany, in an interview with Alexa from the Brelje in: see above, p 46 "interview"

Susanne Kopp - Sievers, director of the Museum Association of Saxony -Anhalt eV, in an interview with Alexa from the Brelje in: see above, p 46 "interview". On the question: The museums are enjoying a very high visitor popular. Does it need the International Museum Day at all?