Museums connect people with their culture and its history, but the advent of the coronavirus has impeded that vital connection. In this interview, Sarita Vujković, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Republic of Srpska (MSURS) illustrates how museums, adapted to new and digital ways of organising art exhibitions and events. As a selector and creator of numerous exhibitions in the field of contemporary art practice, she deals with criticism and theory of contemporary visual art. Author and co-author of scientific texts, books, monographs in the field of museology, gender theory and contemporary art, Ms Vujković has been the commissioner of the Pavilion of Bosnia and Herzegovina twice at the Venice Biennale (2013, 2017). She has also served as the president of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) - National Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the vice president of the ICOM South East Europe Alliance.

Kaja Širok is the Director of the National Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia and a research fellow at the Faculty of Arts (Department for Sociology) in Ljubljana. A historian by training, her Ph.D. in Cultural studies focused on contested memories and identity making in the border areas. She discusses with us in this interview the impact of the pandemic crisis on culture and the mitigation of its effects. Ms Širok serves as a member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) - Ethics Committee and the International Committee of Memorial Museums in Remembrance of the Victims of Public Crimes (ICMEMO). She is the president of the ICOM Slovenia and a member of the Academic Committee of the House of European History museum.

Webinars cycle in collaboration with the National Cultural Heritage Commission of Uruguay

On 18 December 2020, the webinar on "Intangible Cultural Heritage and Higher Education Institutions: a strategic alliance in the post-COVID19 development agenda" was held to dialogue on the challenges of higher education in the creation of a two-way dialogue with communities