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Egyptian Museum wins ICOM Egypt award for Pioneering Museum Technology and Display

Written by Shreen Mohamed Amin, Head of the Scientific Office, Egyptian Museum & Visiting Professor, Helwan University (Egypt, ITP 2016) The Egyptian Museum has been honored with the prestigious Museum Best Practices Competition Award by...

A new exhibition at the Iraq Museum: inspired by the British Museum’s International Training Programme

Written by Abdulrahman Al-Khafaji, Fourth Archaeological Excavator, Department of Ancient Writings, Iraq Museum (Iraq, ITP 2024) In a historic moment that brings together Iraq’s ancient legacy and a renewed vision for the future, the Iraq...

New ITP Conference Grant 2025 awarded!!

Written by Claire Messenger, Manager, International Training Programme We are delighted to award an ITP Conference Grant 2025 to Fadzai Veronica Muchemwa, Curator of Contemporary Art/Deputy Director at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe, ITP...

ITP team news

Written by Amelia Kedge, International Training Programme Assistant Hello everyone! I’m very excited to announce some ITP team news… After supporting the ITP as an Assistant for the past two years, from Monday 19 May...

Museum as a Regenerative Space: reflections from the ICOM UK Conference 2025

Written by Shambwaditya Ghosh, Senior Fellow, 2015 and a member of the ITP Advisory Board. A museum is a space that embodies various paradoxical understandings of human civilization. On one side, it connects the dynamism...

Egyptian Museum’s Scientific Office: Pioneering Excellence in Egyptology

Written by Shreen Mohamed Amin, Egyptian Museum Cairo (Egypt, ITP 2016) The Egyptian Museum proudly established its Scientific Office, with the primary goal of overseeing all publication and scientific endeavors within the museum. This initiative,...

Senior Fellow 2025: Chantal Umuhoza

Written by George Peckham, ITP Coordinator and Chantal Umuhoza, Curator, Rwanda Cultural Heritage Academy (Rwanda, ITP Fellow 2018) We are thrilled to announce that our Senior Fellow for 2025 will be Chantal Umuhoza, Curator, Rwanda...

Mapping museum visitor demographics: an interactive survey at Karen Blixen Museum

Written by Rodah Kalondu Lange, Curator and Conservator, Karen Blixen Museum, National Museums of Kenya (Kenya, ITP 2023) Museums worldwide receive diverse visitors daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly. Various methods are used to gather visitor...

New ITP Conference Grant 2025 awarded!!

Written by Claire Messenger, Manager, International Training Programme We are delighted to award an ITP Conference Grant 2025 to Dina Ramadan Gohar Mekhemer, Curator at the Alexandria National Museum (Egypt, ITP 2023). You can read...

Between heritage and climate:  creating a climate heritage museum

Written by Dina Gohar, Curator, Alexandria National Museum (Egypt, ITP 2023) The International Training Programme encouraged me to participate in international conferences to keep up with the latest developments in the field of museums and...