Be it the needs concerning the upkeep and preservation of the collections or meeting the demands and expectations of visitors during the last decades, there has been a rapid change in requirements towards museums. This has created new demands for museum professionals. The scholarly educated curator is not longer the only guarantee for good practice.
Although the collection still forms the core of a museum, in nowadays people with different professional background are needed in the museum. They all influence the direction and the development of the museum. Theoretical and practical approaches towards museums vary considerably, so diverse professionals with their occupational skills complete the museum staff.
The conference reflects the alterations that the museums are undergoing, new approaches to the training of museum professionals, the building of new competences, the needs of networking and the increasing value of volunteering in the museum community in Hungary and Germany.
Conference language: English, without translation