MUSEUM FORWARD together with the hosting museums will select three (3) Indonesian museum experts & cultural heritage professionals to receive an adequate fee plus travel support.
Selected experts will work in close collaboration with Indonesian museums and local communities, engaging in a process of co-creation that transcends disciplinary and institutional boundaries. Together, they will co-develop and lead the implementation of a collaborative project tailored to the museum’s context and goals. Through this partnership, the initiative aims to contribute to the advancement of methodologies and practices in arts and cultural heritage collaboration.
What will
you get?
ABOUT MUSEUM FORWARD
FACILITATING KNOWLEDGE.
EXCHANGING EXPERIENCES.
CONNECTING DIVERSITY.
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.
This year's EUNIC initiative seeks to facilitate knowledge & experiences exchange through connecting diverse museums with collaborators and experts, as well as realize a co-creation through hands-on experiences & collaborative efforts between stakeholders in the creative sector. This is intended as a response to the feedback, insights and urgencies identified by the local museum participants in the last year’s forum. Following the first open call—focusing on Indonesian museums—now we are looking for the Indonesian museum experts and cultural heritage professionals.
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
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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?
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:
• Heritage houses
• Memorial museums/monuments
• Archiving institutions
• 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
MUSEUM FORWARD is co-created & co-organized collaboratively by: Goethe-Institut Indonesien, Embassy of Austria in Indonesia, European Union Delegation in Indonesia, Institut Français Indonesia, Embassy of Ireland in Indonesia, Istituto Italiano de Cultura, Erasmus Huis, Embassy of Poland in Indonesia, Embassy of Spain in Indonesia, British Council Indonesia.