ICME, INTERCOM & ICOM Azerbaijan hybrid joint conference Transforming Collecting Policies in Museums: The Need for Leadership and Societal Responsibility hold in Baku on the dates 13-15 October 2021 successfully completed its work.

ICME, INTERCOM & ICOM Azerbaijan hybrid joint conference Transforming Collecting Policies in Museums: The Need for Leadership and Societal Responsibility hold in Baku on the dates 13-15 October 2021 successfully completed its work.

The hybrid conference was organized within the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum. The event will be joined by​

The conference was attended by 10 specialists in-person from Azerbaijan, Russia, Slovenia, Croatia, Germany, Romania, and the Netherlands together with the Chairs of international committees and about 100 participants online.

The 3-day conference included presentations by 23 speakers on the following topics: Decolonizing Museums: Restitution, Repatriation & Healing, Museums and Ethnotourism, Leadership and Museum Management for Our Times.

As part of the cultural program, the conference guests had a tour in the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum, visit the Old City Museum Center, the Heydar Aliyev Center, the Azerbaijan State Museum of Art, and the National Museum of History of Azerbaijan.