Emirates News Agency – Dubai officially receives the banner to organize ICOM 2025, the largest international museum conference in the world for the first time in the region

Dubai officially receives the banner to organize ICOM 2025, the largest international conference of museums in the world for the first time in the region.

Latifa bint Mohammed: – Hosting the largest international conference for museums comes as a result of the efforts of our wise management and its wise vision to enrich the cultural scene of Dubai and the UAE.

We look forward to hosting an influential international event under whose umbrella international experts will gather to discuss the future of museums in our society and ways to protect cultural heritage.

– Hala Badri: We all promise to make ICOM Dubai 2025 a unique experience for culture, museums and professionals worldwide.

– Maryam Ahli: We place great importance on museums as vital centers for the exchange of knowledge and cultural dialogue and for connecting members of society with their rich history.

DUBAI, 28th August, 2020 (WAM) — The Emirate of Dubai has officially received the banner to organize the General Conference of the International Council of Museums “ICOM 2025” from the Czech capital, Prague, to host the event in its 2022 session, as part of the participation of the official Emirati delegation in the largest international event of its kind specializing in the museum world.

On this occasion, Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority and member of the Dubai Council, said: “Dubai received the banner to host the ICOM 2025 General Conference, which marks its official preparations to host the next edition of this international event. Dubai thus continues to achieve its vision and achieve several historic achievements after becoming the first city in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia to host the General Conference of the International Council of Museums.”

Her Highness added: “There is no doubt that winning the honor of hosting the International Council of Museums conference is the result of the efforts of our astute management and its wise vision to enrich the local cultural scene and enhance it creative and artistic display in Dubai and the United Arab Emirates, and to crown the work of cultural institutions in Dubai and the country over the past years Many important cultural successes and projects have been achieved in a short time, thus consolidating its position as a prominent center on the international cultural map, we look forward to hosting this influential cultural event, under the umbrella of which a group of international museum experts will gather to discuss the future of museums in our changing society and the ways and opportunities available to to protect cultural heritage, tangible and moral.

The flag was handed over to Engineer Rashad Bukhash of Aecom Emirates, who in turn handed it over to His Excellency Hala Badri, Director General of Dubai Culture, on behalf of Aecom Dubai 2025.

Center for Knowledge Exchange and Cultural Dialogue.

Speaking at the handover, Her Excellency Hala Badri said: Representing Dubai before you is a great honor and we can only thank the International Council of Museums and its members for the confidence they have shown in Dubai by carrying the general’s banner. Conference in its next edition of the International Council of Museums in three years. The UAE places great importance on museums as vital centers of knowledge exchange and cultural dialogue, and we believe that culture should be accessible to all, wherever they are. Museums are also important cultural edifices that connect members of society with their history and heritage and enable them to discover current and future global cultural trends.

Her Excellency added: In the Emirate of Dubai, we have continued to invest in the cultural and museum sector over the past decades, leading to the creation of distinguished cultural institutions such as the Etihad Museum in honor of the anniversary of the founding and union of the United Arab Emirates Emirates, and the Museum of the Future, where visitors of all ages come to build our shared future, as well as the Museum of the Future. Al Shindagha, the largest heritage museum in Dubai is located within the traditional urban fabric of historic Dubai, rooted in Emirati culture. In addition, we are witnessing the emergence of a new generation of culture and heritage lovers in our region, who are helping to preserve our heritage and develop our creative economy. That is why we promise to make ICOM Dubai 2025 a unique experience for culture, museums, professionals and the whole world.

– Ready in full swing.

In her speech at the end of the conference, Maryam Ahli, Project Manager at the Museum Department of Dubai Culture, reviewed Dubai’s plans to host the next edition of ICOM 2025, saying: By hosting the General Conference in Dubai, it will not discuss issues related to for change, inclusiveness, transparency and sustainability in this sector. Not only will it discuss solutions to the most important issues and challenges facing the sector in this part of the world.

Ahli added: There are about 55 government museums in the UAE and 115 private museums, including cultural icons including the Etihad Museum, Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization, Qasr Al Hosn, Louvre Abu Dhabi, the upcoming Guggenham and others. Dubai’s hosting of the next session of ICOM 2025 will benefit the region as a whole, as it is a unique opportunity for museum professionals and experts to meet and discuss the most important cultural heritage issues in the region.

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