About the conference
Registration of attendees is possible until 9th November! This year’s theme — The Museum in Collaboration: Professional Practice and Co-created Heritage — , invites discussion of the changing role of museums, viewing cultural heritage in the context of democratic participation, collaboration and co-creation.
This year’s theme — The Museum in Collaboration: Professional Practice and Co-created Heritage — invites discussion of the changing role of museums, viewing cultural heritage in the context of democratic participation, collaboration and co-creation. The first day of the conference will focus on examples of museum collaboration and partnership in which the role of society, communities and individuals in shaping and interpreting heritage comes to the fore. The papers will also address questions of professional responsibility and decision-making in building sustainable collaboration. On the second day, the conference will turn to the digital environment as an extension of the accessibility, research and communication of cultural heritage. Attention will likewise be devoted to the significance of cultural heritage in shaping the memory and identity of society, and to work with family archives and their interpretation.
Conference sessions:
- November 26th:
- The Museum as a Partnership: Community, Collections and Participatory Heritage-Making
- Professionalism in Relationships: From Authority to Shared Responsibility
- November 27th:
- The Digital Enviroment for Collection Building and Communication
- Heritage, Identity, and Shared Memory
The conference will take place on 26–27 November 2026 at the exhibition “SongSpace”, located at Lūcija Garūta aleja 8, Riga. The participation fee for conference attendees is €15 per conference day. Advance registration is required as the number of places is limited.
The Latvian National Museum of Literature and Music has been organizing the annual conference “Acts. Facts. Artefacts” since 2023.
Conference objectives:
- To stimulate discussion on current issues and outline the latest trends in museology;
- To promote cooperation and exchange of experience among cultural heritage and research institutions in Latvia and internationally;
- To promote the collection of the Latvian National Museum of Literature and Music, its diversity, research potential, and significance in cultural heritage;
- To highlight the stories of objects in museum collections, drawing attention to musical instrument collections;
- To emphasize the importance of museums in broader society.
We thank the Society of Promotion of Museology in the Baltics for its long-standing cooperation, the State Culture Capital Foundation for financial support, and thank our information partners — Latvian Museum Association and ICOM Latvia.
