18th May: INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY

International Museum Day is celebrated on 18 May each year. The theme for 2011 is Museum and Memory.

International Museum Day was established in 1977 by the International Council of Museums (ICOM), and was first celebrated in 1978. It, and future International Museum Days, would be:

... accompanied by the opening of new museums and exhibitions, meetings with visitors, acquaintance of the public with the aims and tasks and practical activity of the International Council of Museums and its national organisations, publication of materials on this subject in the press and also by the organisation of exchange exhibitions and international forums to discuss major problems of the theory and practice of the museum profession.
12th General Assembly of ICOM, Resolution No 5, 28 May 1977

World museums

• International Council of Museums
• Museo Guggenheim Bilbao
• Museo del Prado, Madrid
• American Museum of Natural History
• British Museum
• Brooklyn Museum of Art
• Diego Rivera Web Museum
• Virtual Museum of Canada
• Imperial War Museum
• US Space & Rocket Center

International Museum Day is celebrated on 18 May each year. The theme for 2011 is Museum and Memory.