City. Museum. Change. Twenty Years in the European Union

10:00 – 11:00 – WELCOMING AND OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION "20 YEARS IN THE EU" IN THE KRZYSZTOFORY PALACE ARCADE

10:00 - 10:20 - welcome speeches
10:20 - 11:00 - exhibition viewing and coffee break

11:00 – START OF THE CONFERENCE

11:00 – 11:20 – Michał Niezabitowski — From Magdeburg Law to a United Europe. Community Traditions of Central European Cities

11:20 – 12:10 – PANEL I. TOURISM AND OVERTOURISM

1. Zuzana Palicová, Bratislava City Museum — On the Way to the Local Museum
2. Nicolae Pepene, Brașov County Museum of History — Olimpia – Museum of Sports and Mountain Tourism
3. Eliana Isabella Radu, Veronica Leca, Adrian Majuru, Dan Pîrvulescu, Bucharest Municipality Museum — Balancing the Scales. Navigating Bucharest’s Tourism Landscape in the EU Era

12:10 – 12:40 – PANEL DISSCUSION

12:40 – 13:00 – COFFEE BREAK

13:00 – 14:20 – PANEL II. TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE HERITAGE

1. Jan Gerchow, Historical Museum Frankfurt — Memories as Intangible as Well Tangible Heritage: The Library of Generations in the Historical Museum Frankfurt
2. Vesna Bulić Baketić,  Split City Museum — Split City Museum - The History Rediscovered
3. Blaž Vurnik, City Museum of Ljubljana — The Ring Around Ljubljana - Between Tangible Memory and Intangible Heritage, From the Communist Propaganda to the Message of Peace
4. Arnold Tóth, Herman Ottó Museum, Miskolc — Museums and Intangible Cultural Heritage in North-East Hungary
5. Annemarie de Wildt, Amsterdam Museum — The Kabra Mask and Keti Koti Table – (In)tangible Heritage and Decolonial Practice at the Amsterdam Museum

14:20 – 14:50 – PANEL DISSCUSION

14:50 – 15:50 – LUNCH BREAK

15:50 – 16:40 – PANEL III. LOCALITY AND GLOBALISM – COMMUNITIES

1. Risto Lehiste, Tartu City Museum — Engaging the Community and Re-Thinking the City Museum
2. Reetta Heiskanen, Helsinki City Museum — Helsinki City Museum as a Trailblazer of Locality
3. Brecht Dewilde, STAM - Ghent City Museum — Voices of Activism: Documenting the Pulse of Ghent's Urban Transition

16:40 – 17:10 – PANEL DISSCUSION

17:10 – 17:30 – summary and closing of the official part of the first day

10:00 – OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE

10:00 – 10:10 – opening of the second day

10:10 – 11:50 – PANEL III. LOCALITY AND GLOBALISM

1. Sigita Žemaitytė-Strazdė, Kaunas City Museum — It’s Time to Change: New Era of Kaunas City Museum
2. Anzelm Hartinger, Museum of City History Leipzig — World Village Leipzig
3. Aleksandra Berberih Slana, Zagreb City Museum — Zagreb City Museum, Locality and Globalism – Reflection
4. Stefan Lewejohann, Cologne City Museum — City. Museum. Emotion. Creating a New and Modern Museum in the Heart of Europe
5. Dominik Béreš, Martin Jarinkovič, East Slovak Museum in Košice — The Relationship Between Locality and Globalism in Museum Practice Using the Example of the Activities of the East Slovak Museum in Košice (2004 – 2024)
6. Joana Sousa Monteiro, Museum of Lisbon — Sustaining Identity Values Based on Local Cultural Heritage, Against Forgetfulness and Banalisation in the Museum of Lisbon

11:50 – 12:20 – PANEL DISSCUSION

12:20 – 12:40 – COFFEE BREAK

12:40 – 13:30 – PANEL III. LOCALITY AND GLOBALISM – SPACE

1. Povilas Andrius Stepavičius, Vilnius Museum — The City of Change: Vilnius Between the 20th and 21st Century
2. Blagovesta Lekova, Historical Museum Dimitrovgrad — Historical Museum Dimitrovgrad - Identity and Changes in Recent Times
3. Ignat Theodor, Pîrvulescu Dan, Majuru Adrian, Bucharest Municipality Museum — Exploring the Medieval Archaeological Record as a Way of Preserving Local Identity

13:30 – 14:00 – PANEL DISSCUSION

14:00 – 14:30 – CLOSING SPEECH

14:30 – 14:40 – summary and closing of the conference

14:40 – 15:40 – LUNCH BREAK