Seminars

MEST Denmark 2023

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT – study visit for educators from Jewish museums in Europe. The 2023 edition focusses on families. Accommodating family visits is a growing field of interest for the museum sector. For families, museums can be joyful and meaningful options to spend family leisure time.…

MEST Oslo 2022

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT – seminar for educators from Jewish museums in Europe. The 2022 edition focusses on best practice in educational programming for secondary schools and zooms in on Gen Z. Gen Z is born between 1997-2012 and is mostly known as digital natives, but also…

MEST 2021

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT – online study programme for educators from Jewish museums in Europe. Initiated by POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw and Oslo Jewish Museum (NO), AEJM’s Museum Education Seminars and Training (MEST) is a new professional development programme that addresses educators from…

NEMO Learning Exchange

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT – Marketing Planet 360o was a Learning Exchange of the Network of European Museum Organisations focusing on museum marketing and research. 15 participants from across Europe got acquainted with best practice examples from POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews through a number of presentations,…

Sarajevo Study Visit

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT – study visit for museum educators to Sarajevo (BiH). The 3-day programme included project presentations and behind-the-scenes museum visits to the History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the National Museum, the War Childhood Museum, the Bosniak Institute, the Jewish Museum Sarajevo, as well as…

MeetSeeDo – LAB

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT – hands-on workshop programme in Sarajevo (BiH). Exchange, learning and networking between European and Balkan museum professionals dedicated to excellence in museum education. 20 May, 2019 Sarajevo || Bosnia and Herzegovina in cooperation with the Balkan Museum Network (BiH) and the History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) co-funded…

Riga Study Visit

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT – study visit for museum educators to Riga. Focusing on community engagement, the 2-day programme included various behind-the-scenes museum visits, such as the Latvian National Museum of Art, the National History Museum of Latvia,  the Museum “Jews in Latvia, the Zanis Lipke Memorial, and the Green Synagogue…

Warsaw Study Visit

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT – study visit on communication & marketing at Jewish museums. Focusing on exhibitions with sensitive content and using the exhibition Blood: Uniting & Dividing as a case-study, the 2-day programme included various expert talks and discussion sessions. Read more here. January 22-23, 2018 Warsaw || Poland in…

Advanced Curatorial Education Programme 2017 Venice

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT seminar for curators and researchers working with Jewish material culture. The Advanced Curatorial Education Programme (A-CEP) is an intensive 5-day course that offers both theoretical and practical learning through lectures, hands-on workshops and field trips. The Venice edition focused on Judaica silverware and textiles from…

London Study Visit

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT – study tour for museum educators to London. Focusing on accessibility and inclusivity, the 2.5-day programme included various expert talks and behind-the-scenes visits to V&A, the Science Museum, the Natural History Museum, and Shakespeare’s Globe. Read the full programme here. September 11-13, 2017 London ||…