Programme, Speakers & Results
The International Scientific EUROMUSE Conference in Belgrade brought together researchers, museum professionals, artists, composers and cultural practitioners to explore the role of music, sound and audience research in museums.
Museums, Music, and Audiences
The conference examined how music and sound can enrich museum interpretation, support audience engagement, contribute to inclusion and wellbeing, and open new possibilities for data-informed cultural practice.
Conference overview
The EUROMUSE conference created a public scientific and professional platform for presenting project results and discussing wider questions of sound, music, audience development and museum practice.
The programme included keynote lectures, research presentations, case studies, artistic contributions and discussions on the role of sound as an interpretative, emotional and communicative layer in museum environments.
- Theme: Museums, Music, and Audiences: Towards Inclusive and Data-Informed Cultural Practice
- Dates: 25–26 April 2026
- Location: Belgrade, Serbia
- Framework: EUROMUSE Creative Europe cooperation project
Venues and partners
The conference was organised across cultural and academic venues in Belgrade, connecting research, museum practice and public cultural presentation.
- Faculty of Media and Communications — academic and conference programme venue
- Museum of Science and Technology Belgrade — museum context and project reference venue
- Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade — cultural and museum programme venue
- EUROMUSE consortium — partners from Serbia, Italy, Greece and Portugal
Programme areas and contributors
Audience research and data-informed practice
Presentations explored visitor experience, attention, interpretation, participation and the role of research in developing museum programmes.
Sound and music in museum environments
Contributions examined sound as an interpretative layer in exhibitions, collections, spatial experience and museum communication.
Composers, residencies and synomusic
The programme presented artistic processes developed through EUROMUSE residencies, curatorial exchange and Community Muse Board feedback.
Participation, access and wellbeing
Sessions addressed how music and sound can support inclusive, engaging and emotionally meaningful museum experiences.
Audience development and cultural policy
Discussions connected EUROMUSE findings with wider questions of audience development, cultural participation and institutional practice.
Publications and conference documentation
The conference generated documentation, abstracts, programme materials and further scientific and professional dissemination outputs.
Conference results
As the final international conference of the EUROMUSE project, the event consolidated artistic, scientific, methodological and communication results and made them accessible to professional, academic and cultural audiences.
Explore the conference documentation
Download the official programme and Book of Abstracts, or continue to the Scientific & Conference Publications page for a wider overview of EUROMUSE academic and professional outputs.