International Museums Day

International Museum Day is celebrated on the 18 May each year. The theme for 2016 is “Museums and cultural landscapes”. See more on the ICOM site. See also the joint ICOM-SA and ICOMOS-SA programme (second circular) regarding this theme. 

Year 

Theme

More info

2016

Museums and cultural landscapes

See ICOM site

2015

Museums for a sustainable society

See ICOM archive

2014 

Museum collections make connections

See ICOM archive

2013 

Museums (Memory + Creativity) = Social Change

See ICOM archive

2012 

Museum in a changing World, new challenges, new inspirations

See ICOM archive

2011 

Museum and Memory

See ICOM archive