Assemblée Générale 2026 à Athènes : inscriptions et programme
La WFFM tiendra son assemblée générale 2026 à Athènes du 23 au 26 avril.
Les inscriptions des membres sont désormais ouvertes à l’adresse suivante :
https://forms.gle/iS9pPrrfR7Z6QtzX9
Nous commencerons le jeudi 23 au Musée de la Guerre avec un colloque organisé par la Fédération hellénique des Amis des Musées, ΕΟΣΦΙΜ, sur les défis auxquels les musées sont confrontés aujourd’hui, avec la participation de représentants d’institutions muséales grecques et internationales. Nous poursuivrons dans l’après-midi avec notre session académique habituelle, qui permettra à chaque pays de discuter des actions menées par ses Amis des Musées au cours de l’année écoulée. Un cocktail de bienvenue clôturera cette première journée.
Vendredi et samedi matin, le Conseil et le Conseil des jeunes prépareront les travaux pour l’avenir, tandis que les autres membres de la WFFM et les accompagnants visiteront des lieux emblématiques d’Athènes.
Nous nous retrouverons les après-midi pour visiter les musées remarquables de la ville, tels que le musée de l’Acropole, le musée Benaki et le musée de la culture grecque moderne.
Le samedi soir, nous célébrerons le 50e anniversaire de la WFFM et le 40e anniversaire de l’ΕΟΣΦΙΜ.
Puis, le dimanche matin, nous tiendrons l’Assemblée générale de la WFFM au Musée historique d’Athènes, à l’endroit où siégeait autrefois le Parlement grec, avant de nous retrouver pour un déjeuner d’au revoir dans les jardins du Musée numismatique, si le temps le permet.
Programme prévisionnel :
Jeudi 23 avril, tous les participants
Amphithéâtre du Musée de la Guerre
● 09h00-09h30 Accueil et inscription des participants au WFFM
● 10h00-14h00 Colloque « Les Amis des musées : défis et perspectives dans un monde en constante évolution », organisé par l’ΕΟΣΦΙΜ, la Fédération hellénique des Amis des musées
● 14h00-15h00 Déjeuner léger sur place
● 15h00-17h30 Session académique : les réalisations des membres de la WFFM en 2025
● 19h00 Réception et animation culturelle
Vendredi 24 avril
Réunions du Conseil, salles de l’hôtel Royal Olympic
● 09h30-12h30 Réunion du Conseil et du Conseil des jeunes : à la suite du colloque, comment les Amis des musées pourraient-ils répondre aux nouveaux défis auxquels les musées sont confrontés ? Puis sessions séparées du Conseil et du Conseil des jeunes
Autres membres et accompagnateurs
● 09h30 Visite du Musée de la culture grecque moderne (MNEP) suivie d’une visite du Musée Herakleidon des technologies de la Grèce antique
Tous les participants
● 13h00 Visite de l’Acropole et du Parthénon
● 14h30-15h30 Temps libre pour le déjeuner
● 15h30-17h00 Visite guidée du Musée de l’Acropole
● 18h00-19h00 Visite de l’Hôtel de Ville d’Athènes : visite guidée et rafraîchissements
Samedi 25 avril
Réunions du Conseil, salles de l’hôtel Royal Olympic
9h30-12h30 Séances du Conseil et du Conseil des Jeunes, puis réunion du Conseil et du Conseil des Jeunes pour les conclusions
Autres membres et accompagnateurs
● 09h30-12h30 Visite du Musée archéologique, puis transfert au Musée byzantin et chrétien
Tous les participants
● 13h00-14h00 Visite du Musée byzantin et chrétien
● 14h00-15h00 Temps libre pour le déjeuner
● 15h30-17h00 Visite du Parlement grec, de l’ancien Palais royal de Grèce et de ses expositions
● 19h00 : Visite du musée Benaki
● 20h00 Dîner officiel au musée Benaki pour célébrer le 50e anniversaire de la WFFM et le 40e anniversaire de l’ΕΟΣΦΙΜ
Dimanche 26 avril, tous les participants
● 09h30-12h00 Assemblée générale au Musée historique d’Athènes, premier siège du Parlement grec
● 14h00-14h30 Déjeuner d’adieu dans les jardins du Musée numismatique
European Day 2025
The third edition of the European Day of Friends of Museums will take place this year on October 12th to celebrate the community of a million enthusiasts across Europe, under the theme “Your museums, our passion!”
150 associations of 10 countries participated in 2024. We hope more this year to showcase to the public in their museum the actions they carry out throughout the year to share their passion and contribution to their museums’ influence.
Council and General Assembly Meeting of the WFFM Naples, Pompeii and Caserta from 15 to 18 May 2025
WFFM federations and associations will meet in Naples – Caserta for four days to exchange information and to visit the attractions in Naples and Caserta.
The preliminary program and registration form are available below:
WFFM Letter: Notre-Dame de Paris, December 28th 2024
Our letter to all the workers and donators who contributed to the renovation of Notre-Dame de Paris.
The Young Council: a new international impetus for Young Friends
Created in October 2024 by the World Federation of Friends of Museums (WFFM), the Young Council is a group of Young Friends leaders from different national federations. Each member country of the World Federation can designate one or two delegates to represent young people involved in museum and community life.
The main objective of the Young Council is to promote international exchanges between Young Friends sections and to give impetus to a common dynamic on a global scale. It aims to structure and strengthen the commitment of young people within Friends of museums associations, by offering them a framework for exchange and cooperation.
The delegates of the Young Council also provide a direct link with the Executive Committee of the World Federation, ensuring that youth-led initiatives are integrated into a global vision. In this way, they participate in strategic thinking and actively contribute to the development of the Young Friends movement internationally.
A key moment for the Young Council is the preparation of the General Assembly of the World Federation, which will be held in Naples in May 2025. This year, the focus will be on ‘How to create and maintain links between Young Friends’.
The challenge is to identify good practice and strengthen synergies between the different sections around the world.
In addition to this event, the Young Council is in line with the strategic priorities of the World Federation, by developing collective projects and supporting local initiatives that contribute to the vitality and structuring of the Young Friends network.
With this initiative, the World Federation of Friends of Museums asserts its desire to support young people in their commitment to culture and heritage, by offering them a framework conducive to exchange, collaboration and innovation.
Young Friends Ottawa Canadian Report: August 2024
It was a Franco-Canadian meeting that had been imagined 3 months earlier, as part of the WFFM Congress in Luxembourg: our Young Friends coordinator travelled to Ottawa on her own initiative to meet the CFFM Young Friends delegates in real life once again on Tuesday August 6th, 2024 :
Robin Treleaven (27 y.o) is a professional contemporary dancer, performer, teacher and choreographer. As coordinator of Ottawa Young Friends, she affirms her ambition to « put on events that showcase everyday people« .
Nikita Koziel Ly (24 y.o) has been co-coordinator of Ottawa Young Friends alongside Robin since November 2023. A PHD student in neuroscience, she would like to organize events that bring people into the museum and participate with the space in an active way (for example she was inspired by a scavenger hunt at the National Art center and would like to organize something similar).
Megan Batty, choir director of 25 singers, with whom she will be organizing a concert at the Chapelle Bon Secours in Montreal on December 7, joined the team of a foundation specializing in philanthropy in February 2024, and is the coordinator of Montreal’s Young Friends. In this capacity, she joined WFFM’s international committee of Young Friends delegates to represent Canada from October 2023, and expresses her desire to connect Canadian Young Friends with the WFFM community.
The meeting was an opportunity to welcome Mathilde Mouchon (24 y.o), a French Young Friend from Le Puy-en-Velay, who by chance was on holiday in Canada at the time. A newcomer to the Young Friends network, Mathilde’s ambition is to create a Young Friends section at the Crozatier museum in the Auvergne Rhone Alpes region of France, with the support of the president of her association and the FFSAM. Before resuming her studies in September (Sciences Po), she is fulfilling a dream with a cultural trip to Canada lasting several weeks, which will enable her to visit the main museums in Montreal and Ottawa.
During a tour of the temporary exhibitions at the Ottawa Art Gallery, where Robin will be taking to the stage for a dance and theater show titled subdivision from October 2nd to 4th, 2024, Megan gave a brief introduction to the landscapes paintings of the Group of Seven, Canada’s leading artists of the modern era, some of whose paintings depict European landscapes.
The delegates then followed Robin‘s guided tour of Ottawa’s city center: Kwakiutl Totem in Confederation Park, War Memorial, Lord Stanley’s Gift Monument, National Arts Centre, Parliament of Canada, Château Laurier, the Ottawa locks and the National Gallery building. Enriched by a wealth of anecdotes and a bird’s eye view of downtown Ottawa, Naïma, Nikita, Megan, Robin and Mathilde then sat down at an Italian restaurant in the ByWard Market to talk about their projects in their respective cities and their upcoming initiatives as part of the WFFM network.
Encouraged by Nikita, Megan, Robin and Mathilde’s enthusiastic recommendations to visit the National Gallery of Canada, Naïma went back to visit this amazing art gallery just a few hours before her return to France: impressed by Louise Bourgeois’s immense spider sculpture « Mother », in front of the building, she was able to marvel and reflect in turn as she discovered the « Radical Stitch » exhibition, which highlights the ancestral knowledge and political-cultural perspectives of Canadian first nations people as expressed through customary beading techniques.
Instagram Young Friends CFFM : https://www.instagram.com/canadian_yfc_cja/
Friends of musée Crozatier : https://amismuséecrozatier.fr/