APM – Associazione Nazionale dei Piccoli Musei
Communication and Accessibility for Small Museums
By Veronica Ramos Pino

The National Small Museums Association (APM) is a non-profit association which intends to develop small museums and promote cultural management. Our association’s mission is to organize meetings, conventions and initiatives in order to highlight to visitors and institutions small museum’s reality.

Small museums are in essence different from large museums. It is not only a question of size, space and economic resources. The problem is much bigger and relates to the relationship with the local community, the location, the management, the services offered to the visitors, the role of the museum.

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This past week, C & I have been to four cities (London, Amsterdam, Brussels and Berlin). Our journey started with the goal of ending in Berlin for Museum Marathon.

Museum Marathon was started in London by David Mentiply with the main purpose of fund raising for the Guide Dog charity.  Everyone who took part I’m sure would agree that although it was painful and a very long day, it was very rewarding.  When I heard Jenni Fuchs from Museum 140 was was planning to do the same in Berlin, I signed C & I up straight away.

I knew it was going to be tough (some times it’s best to withhold all information as a parent).  I knew it was going to be tiring.  I knew it was going to be a bit more complex as I don’t speak German but none of that matter.

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