On the frame of the Programme "Transforming Future Museums – Museum Twinning"
Museums in Greece, as in the rest of Europe, are experiencing rapid change and face multiple challenges. These changes and challenges increase the need to train a new generation of museum leaders. In response to this need, the British Council has launched Transforming Future Museums (January 2016–July 2018), an intensive professional development programme designed to boost the museum and heritage sector in Greece by enabling it to respond to the challenges and possibilities of a new era. A core part of the programme is the Museum Twinning.
This training programme will engage with numerous museums and professionals in Greece over a two-year period to change the way they work and increase their organisations’ impact, resilience and sustainability.
The programme will offer organisations and individuals alike the support and tools to test out new ways of working, become more central to their communities, keep up to date with current international trends and opportunities, and adopt a more collaborative, innovative, entrepreneurial and outward-looking approach in order to bring positive change to society. It will also equip museum professionals with the skills and knowledge needed to become competitive in an international environment.
Part of the legacy of our Transforming Future Museums programme is the focus on international networking and exchange of best practice. In addition to connecting to UK course leaders and guest speakers, Greek museum and heritage professionals will also have the opportunity to visit the UK to attend conferences, share experiences and exchange best practice with their UK counterparts. In order to emphasise the role that regional and local museums and heritage organisations can play in their local community and economy, the project will connect museums located outside the capital cities of each country. Participants will exchange knowledge and good practice in the area of community engagement and sustainable business models, and gain insights into how each organisation works and develops its programmes. This will cultivate long-lasting relationships and provide opportunities for future collaboration.
On completion of the selection process we are very pleased to annnounce that the Kazantzakis Museum is one of the two regional museums in Greece for this strand of the programme.
The Kazantzakis Museum will be represented by Vangelis Charitopoulos – Archaeologist, and will be the host for the Discovery Museum TWAM in Newcastle, represented by Sarah Younas – Digital Programmes Officer.
The programme is supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation .
