"Descussions for Museum 2022" was launched by Dina Dziora, a young person working in cultural project management and community development and interface. In her presentation entitled "Reconnecting the Museum to the Community", she discussed ways in which we can keep museum spaces open, vibrant, places of unique experiences and community gathering opportunities. This created an interesting (...)

The participatory re-exhibition "Designing the School Museum together" started in February 2020 but was not completed due to the health emergency that occurred in March 2020 that lasted for a year. As of October 2021, the project "RESTART: Designing the School Museum Together" is in the process of being implemented, which involves the re-exhibition of the School and Education History (...)

The Museum of the Ionian University in collaboration with students of Museology of the Department of Archives, Library Science and Museology, designs and implements educational activities for school groups of students of Primary Education.

On 18 May 2021, the online event "The future of museums through networking: the example of the Ionian Islands Museum Network (I.I.M.N.)" was held. During the discussion, the representatives of the members of the Ionian Islands Museums Network and the general public analyzed issues related to networking, synergies and the future of museums in the Ionian Islands Region.   On the same day, (...)

With the speech "University Museums: heading towards de-museumization and the cultivation of modern literacies" by the second guest, Mariza Fountopoulou, Professor of Pedagogy at the University of Athens and Director of the Museum of Education of the University of Athens, the activities to develop dialogue between the academic and the general public continued.

The Museum of the Ionian University, responding to the needs of experts and the general public for dialogue and maintaining contact with museums and culture in times of pandemic, invited the general public to attend and participate in an online lecture series with the Greek university museums as the central theme. Aiming to develop a dialogue for the future, the new challenges, bridging the gap (...)

The Museum of the Ionian University, continuing the discussions on the sustainability and the role of the museum in the life of modern man, gave the platform to the young scientists, the graduates of Museology of the Ionian University, who with different views and experiences but with common concerns and goals, discussed the first steps after graduation, the profession of a Museologist and the (...)

The Museum of the Ionian University, with Director the Associate Professor of the Department of Archives, Library Science and Museology Stavros Vlizos, and the Interactive Arts Laboratory (InArts) of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts, with Director the Associate Professor Andreas Giannakoulopoulos, organize online tribute for the eighty years since the death of JAMES JOYCE. The artist and director Vouvoula Skoura curates the tribute, with the co-operation of the Assistant Professor of Art History in the Department of Audio and Visual Arts Elena Hamalidi. Online tribute: https://joyce.inarts.eu/

The Museum of the Ionian University organized the Christmas online activity for pre-school children "Who hid Santa's sack?". The activities included storytelling by the author Maria Popkiosi, puzzle games, painting and a music workshop by Cleo Konstantakou.

The Museum of the Ionian University invited the public to an online activity that was part of the project of the re-exhibition of the School Museum in Skripero. The public was invited to email the Museum a story along with a photo of a favourite school object.  Each story was then published, creating an "exhibition" of school memories on the Ionian University Museum's social media.

Following the online discussion that took place on the International Museum Day with the representatives of the museums of Corfu, the Museum Collections of the Ionian University, continuing the effort to map the current issues that concerned the cultural institutions during the period of the COVID-19 pandemic, invited representatives from the museums of Corfu, Kefalonia, Lefkada, Zakynthos, and (...)

The Museum Collections of the Ionian University continue their effort to map the issues currently concerning out cultural institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic, and engage in discussion with other museums of the region of the Ionian Islands.

At the beginning of a new and unprecedented situation created by the pandemic of COVID-19, the Ionian University Museum invited representatives from cultural institutions of Corfu and the museum public to an online open discussion. The aim was to highlight the situation created in cultural spaces due to health measures and confinement. Museum representatives shared their experiences, and through (...)

Museums around the world celebrate International Museum Day on 18th of May every year. Given the current adverse situation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, events planned for 2020, will be held digitally for the first time.