Welcome to Open Museum,

The initiative that raises awareness and supports Brussels museums in their efforts to be more inclusive and participatory.

Welcome to the new Open Museum website

Open Museum launches new website: a redesigned tool for inclusion in Brussels museums. New digital momentum for a committed initiative Since 2018, Open Museum has…

Museums and sustainable social and societal development – Overview in French-speaking Belgium, ICOM

Open Museum was recently featured in La Vie des Musées,[1] the ICOM journal published by the Association francophone des musées de Belgique. The article gives…

A story of collaboration: Open Museum x Museum Night Fever 

A story of collaboration: Open Museum x Museum Night Fever Museum Night Fever is back – already celebrating its 18th edition! Since its launch in…

Toerisme voor Autisme: Towards a sensory aware and stress-free museum 

Toerisme voor Autisme: Towards a sensory aware and stress-free museum Museums can be spaces for discovery and learning, for relaxation or connecting with friends. However,…

Training : A museum of one’s own

A museum of one’s own Let’s inhabit the museum! What if we could feel at home in a museum? One of the pillars of Open…

Practical tips for accessibility: an Open Museum Handbook

You ask, we deliver:   In 2023, Open Museum created a handbook for museum staff on welcoming and supporting people with disabilities in museums, in partnership…

Expanding collections means investing in the future   

Having explored the issues surrounding content, digital communication, artificial intelligence, and health, let’s now turn our attention to the material heart of the museum: its…

Towards an anti-racist cultural sector: “Work in progress “ 

Where does your museum stand in terms of welcoming and representing racialised communities?   Because fairer institutions are built through exchange and cooperation, today we present…

Making Mobility Inclusive: Let’s Talk Accessibility with AccessAndGo-ABP

Would you like to learn more about how to make public spaces more accessible?  Following the European Mobility Week, AccessAndGo-ABP asbl is organising their Accessibility…

Open Museum

A committed initiative by Brussels Museums

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The aim of this initiative is to raise awareness of the importance of inclusion and participation of under-represented groups in the 125+ museums in the Brussels Museums network.