CIMAM: What’s On Now
Discover the current CIMAM programs, calls, and opportunities
As a CIMAM member, your participation in CIMAM programs not only connects you with peers across the world but also contributes to a growing network of shared knowledge, tools, and modern and contemporary art museum best practices.
Get engaged!
Open Call for 2026 OMPA Nominations
- CIMAM opens the Call for Nominations for the sixth edition of the Outstanding Museum Practice Award (OMPA) 2026.
📅 Deadline April 15, 2026
Apply for a CIMAM Travel Grant: the International Call is Now Open!
CIMAM invites curators, researchers, and museum professionals working in modern and contemporary art to apply for a Travel Grant to attend the 58th CIMAM Annual Conference, taking place in Harare, Zimbabwe (20–22 November 2026).
→ Apply for a CIMAM Travel Grant
🗓 Deadline: 4 May 2026, 8:00 am (CEST)
Call for Hosts of CIMAM's 2027 Annual Conference
- Call for CIMAM members to apply to host the CIMAM 59th Annual Conference, one of the most significant professional gatherings on the international modern and contemporary art museum calendar.
→ For any questions regarding the application process, please contact us at conference@cimam.org.
📅 Deadline April, 30, 2026
Join the upcoming CIMAM Connects session
Research as a Core Museum Practice: From Grounded Knowledge Production to Exhibition Display
Led by Sabrina Moura, Head of Research, Louvre Abu Dhabi
📅 Wednesday, 13 May
→ Register
Join the CIMAM membership for the 2026–28 term
- Apply to join as an Individual
- Apply to join as an Institutional
- Support CIMAM, join our Patrons' Program
Stay connected, keep learning, and grow through CIMAM’s open programs and resources for all museum professionals
- Recommended Reading & Listening of books, articles and podcasts.
- The Sustainability Toolkit updated with new resources.
- Open Job Opportunities through August and September.
- CIMAM’s Spotify Playlist curated by our Members.
- 2026 Webinars: Catch up on sessions you missed or want to revisit.
- 2026 CIMAM Connects: Join the members-only conversations on Contemporary Art Museum Practice
- Revisit or watch for the first time all speaker presentations and Q&A sessions from CIMAM 2025 on CIMAM TV.
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