Museum Forward highlights the broader social and cultural roles of Indonesia’s historic sites and collections while identifying new ways to present cultural heritage through global visions, best practices, and international standards.
Museum Forward was launched in 2024 with a three day international conference and workshop that brought together and inspired more than 400 museum and cultural heritage practitioners across Nusantara and beyond, to tackle the conformities within the Indonesian museum landscape.
FACILITATING KNOWLEDGE.
EXCHANGING EXPERIENCES.
CONNECTING DIVERSITY.
Phases
Open call for museums: 29 March-19 April 2025
Selection, review, interview: 19-30 April 2025
Open call for collaborators: 19 May-6 June 2025
Selection, review, interview: 9-20 June 2025
Online international mentorship: 1 August-12 September 2025
Collaboration & production: July-October 2025
Presentation: 1 November-15 December 2025
What will you get?
Museum Forward will select three (3) proposals from local Indonesian museums to receive support grants (each) up to EUR 4,000 (Four Thousand Euros). The grant is meant to realize a project adhering to the criteria, whether to fully subsidize a new project or as an additional support to fund an ongoing existing project by the museum.
The selected museums and collaborators will also get the insight and learnings from the international experts: established museum specialists and curators, art historians, anthropologists, educators, cultural public relations, creative economy entrepreneurs, that are recommended by EUNIC members.
Phases
Open call for museums: 29 March-19 April 2025
Selection, review, interview: 19-30 April 2025
Open call for collaborators: 19 May-6 June 2025
Selection, review, interview: 9-20 June 2025
Online international mentorship: 1 August-12 September 2025
Collaboration & production: July-October 2025
Presentation: 1 November-15 December 2025
Museum Forward will select three (3) proposals from local Indonesian museums to receive support grants (each) up to EUR 4,000 (Four Thousand Euros). The grant is meant to realize a project adhering to the criteria, whether to fully subsidize a new project or as an additional support to fund an ongoing existing project by the museum.
The selected museums and collaborators will also get the insight and learnings from the international experts: established museum specialists and curators, art historians, anthropologists, educators, cultural public relations, creative economy entrepreneurs, that are recommended by EUNIC members.
What will
you get?
Key topics
New museum narrative and storytelling
Museum engagement & communication strategy
Preservation of collection and/or archive
Example of desired outputs
Conservation or restoration project of museum collection
Exhibition with a new curational narrative
Public programme or educational output
Eligibility
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Public, independent, and private museums are welcome to apply
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Nonprofit collecting bodies and archives centers includes:
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Heritage houses
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Memorial museums/monuments
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Archiving institutions
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Other initiatives working on collections, cultural heritage and archives
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All organizations with museum certification as museums and heritage venues approved by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Indonesia
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Already active on an operational basis and open for the public, at least for one year
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English will be the communication language with the international experts. The representative is expected to actively engage during the programme; basic understanding and comfort in spoken English will be required
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Proposals from outside major cities in Indonesia are prioritized
