Educate and Engage: How and on What Topics Different Museums Talk to Visitors

10:00 – 11:00 (May 22)
New Treryakov Gallery
Small Hall

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Panel Discussion

Modern museums are spaces of open dialogue where educational activities play a key role. Through interactive exhibitions, public programs, publishing projects, and work with local communities, museums aim not to just convey information but to foster interaction, engagement, and reflection.

• How are museums transforming internally to communicate externally — and why is this necessary today?
• What internal transformations enable museums to conduct meaningful educational activities?
• Through what formats and practices do museums build dialogue with their audiences?
• How do educational initiatives contribute to redefining the role of museums in contemporary society?

Moderator:
Ksenia Belkevich, Deputy Director for Development, Dal State Museum of the History of Russian Literature

Speakers:
Anastasia Voronina-Darintseva, Director, Osnova Design Museum
Yulia Kupina, Director, Russian Ethnographic Museum
Elvira Arsalia, Director, Central Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists of Abkhazia (Abkhazia)
Irina Matyas, Director, Yakub Kolas State Literary and Memorial Museum (Belarus)