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How can museums and schools collaborate to create meaningful learning experiences, foster creativity, and engage students?
The Museums and Schools Summit 2026 is a two-day virtual event that brings together museum educators, teachers, and cultural professionals to explore innovative ways museums are partnering with schools. With speakers from institutions including Tate, Smithsonian, Kensington Palace and M+ Hong Kong, you’ll hear directly from those building some of the most impactful museum-school programmes in the world today.
Over two days, you’ll discover how to move beyond the one-off school trip and build lasting, meaningful partnerships. Hear how M+ Hong Kong turned occasional visits into an annual must-attend destination through deep teacher collaboration, how MO Museum in Lithuania is working towards embedding cultural education into the national curriculum, and how the Chicago History Museum co-created an entire exhibition with high school students who demanded better representation.
You’ll also learn practical strategies for making learning more inclusive — from Kensington Palace’s trauma-informed work with SEND pupils, to the Buffalo Bill Center of the West reaching students across six continents through virtual field trips. Whether your challenge is digital learning, community engagement, or building school programmes from scratch, there are sessions here that speak directly to your situation.
With examples from around the globe, the Museums and Schools Summit will leave you with fresh ideas, transferable models, and a network of like-minded professionals committed to making museums meaningful places of learning for every student.
A MuseumNext conference is designed to be inspiring, practical and easy to take part in. Everything happens online, so you can join from anywhere in the world without travel costs or time away from your museum.
Each event brings together museum professionals who are leading change in their fields. Presentations are short, focused and packed with ideas you can use straight away. You’ll hear honest stories about what worked, what didn’t, and what others would do differently next time.
All talks are streamed live, with opportunities to put your questions to speakers in real time. If you can’t join every session, or want to share the learning with colleagues, every presentation is recorded and available on-demand for a full year.
Above all, a MuseumNext conference aims to leave you energised, informed and connected — part of a global community of museum professionals who want to do things better.
Sixteen years ago, we started MuseumNext to shine a spotlight on the most groundbreaking and imaginative work happening in museums.
Today we’re able to reach a global community of museum thinkers (more than 20,000 last year) with engaging and accessible virtual events.
I’m dedicated to ensuring that everyone attending our events has a great experience and that the time you spend watching our events will be valuable to you.
And I’m excited to welcome you to the Museums & Schools Summit in May. I know you’ll find it an inspiring few days.
Jim Richardson,
Founder, MuseumNext
Did you know that virtual conferences are far greener than in-person events? By drastically cutting travel-related carbon emissions and removing the need for venue resources, they significantly reduce both the overall carbon footprint and waste.
But our commitment to sustainability doesn’t end there. We’re continually working to minimise the environmental impact of our work and to use our network as a force for good.
