Reimagining the Museum offers a forum to discuss timely topics and dilemmas, inspire collective commitment to the museum cause and strengthen professional networks.
Consisting of three consecutive days of face-to-face learning, the program offers examples of museum best practices and case studies of institutional transformation, as well as opportunities to learn how to initiate and manage change, and explore new tools and strategies. Participants share a leading role with speakers in debating ideas and reimagining practices to meet the needs of ever-changing communities. Through its comprehensive scope, critical and reflective spirit and lively exchange of ideas, Reimagining the Museum is one of the most groundbreaking meetings for museum professionals in the region.
From September 2-4, 2015, Fundación TyPA and AAM joined forces to present the first edition of Reimagining the Museum: Conference of the Americas, which brought together more than 600 museum professionals from Latin and North America. This inaugural event created a network of professionals from across the Americas committed to promoting positive transformation in the museum field.
The second edition in Medellin, Colombia, November 1-3, 2017, was hosted by Parque Explora, a science and technology museum that serves as a symbol of the transformative power of public education and empowerment in a city that has overcome violence and social strife. The second edition focused on culture as the catalyst for social and political progress and reform.
The third edition will take place on November 20-22, 2019, in Oaxaca, Mexico. Oaxaca is the most biodiverse state in Mexico, with a great diversity of indigenous languages, practices and traditions, music, arts, and customs that contribute to its vibrant cultural heritage. This edition of Reimagining the Museum will focus on the challenges and responsibilities of coexistence between people of diverse social, political and cultural origin, as well as their relationship with the natural environment.