The Middle East’s first international museum conference will be held in Dubai in 2025. The emirate won the bid to host the world’s largest museum conference
The announcement for this was made in a tweet by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
He said that in 2025 the emirate will host the 27th International Council of Museums (ICOM) General Conference.
The first ICOM conference to be held in the Middle East will have at least 119 countries take part. It will cover over 20,000 international museums.
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The win “gives a strong impetus to the country’s cultural sector”, said Sheikh Mohammed.
Dubai has been elected as the host city of the 27th General Conference.
ICOM is the International Council of Museums that elects the city to host its flagship conference. The conference has been held every three years since 1948.
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The 25th edition was held in 2019 in Kyoto, Japan, and the 26th edition is scheduled to be held in Prague, the Czech Republic in 2022.
Earlier in April, the UAE chapter of ICOM (ICOM-UAE), Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), Dubai Municipality, and Dubai Tourism had submitted the UAE’s bid to host the ICOM General Conference 2025 in Dubai. The conference is themed on ‘The Future of Museums in Rapidly Changing Communities.’
