Young Members Award

Young Member Award 2026

Criteria and guidelines for submitting the Young Member Award Video.

Who can submit for the Young Members Award:

  • Young ICOM–CECA members under 36
  • Who have attended at least 2 Young Members Network meetings

Deadline: 4 May 2026

One month after being informed that you are an award winner, send a photocopy of a travel document
(plane, train or bus ticket) to cecaymawards[at]gmail.com.

What to submit:

  • A video on museum education you have worked on.
  • The video should focus on one museum education programme or initiative.
  • The programme contributes to sustainable development practice in museum education
    and visitor participation.

How to submit the video:
Send via WeTransfer or e-mail to cecaymawards[at]gmail.com.

Conditions for presentation:

  • MP4 format, horizontal 16:9
  • Maximum duration: 5 minutes
  • Clear sound, without distracting background noise
  • The presentation must be presented and subtitled in at least one of the official ICOM languages.
    If presented in another language, subtitles must be in English, French or Spanish.
    If presented in one ICOM language, subtitles must be in one of the other two.
  • Images or video excerpts may be used to support the presentation

Topic: Sustainable development practice in museum education and visitor participation

The project contributes sustainably to one of the following three categories:

  • Social connection and personal development
  • Environment and local surroundings
  • Conservation and management of our heritage

Video content:

Background information on the museum:

  • Type of museum, type of collection(s), vision and mission
  • Rationale for developing the programme
  • Target audience

Project relevance:

  • Institutional relevance (mission, strategies, plans)
  • Scientific relevance (collections and stories)
  • Social relevance and public value

Project content: What is the project about?

Challenges: What challenges arose during the project and how will the project be sustained?

Personal role: Explain your personal role in developing or running the programme.

If you have questions about these guidelines, bring them to the next Young Members Network meeting.

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►► Winner 2025:

Arthur Jørgensen, project “Minority: Visibility and Insight”. Aarhus University, Denmark.
“This project is an educational course for students aged 12 to 16, which explores the history and lived experiences of three minority groups: people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ people and ethnic minorities. Our goal is to strengthen students’ historical awareness while promoting reflection, recognition and self-understanding during their formative years.”

Winner 2024:

Adriana Palafox from Mexico has won the CECA Young Members Award 2024.
Why did she win?
The video shows us how important personal development is for achieving shared goals. The workshop helps to ensure certain processes within the organization for the preservation of the collection and thus knowledge for future generations.

The 3 award winners 2023:

  1. First place: Muminur Rashid, National Museum of Science and Technology (NMST), Bangladesh.

  2. Second Place: Clare Murray, cARTie, art museum bus, USA.
  3. Third place: Johanna Palmeyro, museum professional (Argentina) in co-creation with the Singapore Art Museum.

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►► Video of the first prize: Winner Muminur Rashid

National Museum of Science and Technology (NMST), Bangladesh.