Join the Celebrations of the 12th IMPD, on Thursday, October 22, 2026 #IMPD2026
🎺 CALLING ALL MUSEUM PEOPLE! 🎺
Curators, conservators, registrars too,
Archivists, educators, we’re calling on you!
Designers, technicians, guides at the door,
Researchers and guards, and a hundred more!
The treasures get the spotlight,
But here’s your cue:
On October 22, the spotlight’s on YOU! 🌟
🎭 International Museum Professionals Day 2026
Know someone who makes museum magic happen? Give them a shout-out! Share a photograph, name a colleague, or tell us what they do.
Let’s meet THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE MUSEUM!
🏛️ Thursday, October 22, 2026
International Museum Professionals Day
The People Behind the Museum
Museums are extraordinary. The people who make them possible are even more so.
Behind every exhibition, collection, discovery, and cultural experience stands an extraordinary community of professionals whose knowledge, imagination, and dedication bring our shared heritage to life.
International Museum Professionals Day (IMPD) celebrates these remarkable individuals across disciplines, institutions, and borders.
From curators and conservators to educators, researchers, technicians, administrators, and the many unsung heroes behind the scenes, this is their day in the spotlight.
A Global Celebration
Since its launch in 2015, the initiative has brought together museum and heritage professionals from 170 countries, celebrating their work across cultures, languages, and continents.
Independent, inclusive, and international, IMPD champions the people whose work makes museums matter.
Join the Celebration
Whether you work in a museum, support cultural heritage, or simply love what museums bring to our lives, you’re invited.
Celebrate a colleague. Share a story. Shine a light on the people behind the museum.
Because museums don’t run themselves. Although some exhibits might suggest otherwise.
Join the Celebrations of the 12th IMPD, on Thursday, October 22, 2026 #IMPD2026