WHAT IS IMCC

The International Museum Leadership Congress (IMCC) brings museum leaders and design professionals together in some of the most prestigious cultural venues worldwide to discuss and share their experiences on projects in a safe space. IMCC is also proud of the networking opportunities that are available during the congress. In order to continue to have a community feel, IMCC limits the number of attendees to 250. We also limit the number of sponsors to ensure our sponsors receive the visibility they deserve.

IMCC is now in its tenth year, and we have been fortunate to bring the congress to the following cities and museums:

2016 – Amsterdam/Rotterdam
(Rijksmuseum, NEMO Science Museum, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Kunsthal Museum)

2017 – Copenhagen
(Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, M/S The Maritime Museum)

2018 – Berlin
(Museum Island, Humboldt Forum, Museum für Naturkunde

2019 – Hong Kong
Special Edition (Tai Kwun, M+)

2019 – Budapest
(Hungarian House of Music, Hungarian Museum Restoration and Storage Centre, Museum of Fine Arts)

2020 – Virtual Meeting
(due to Covid-19 Pandemic)

2021 – London
(The British Library, Museum of London, and Victoria & Albert Museum of Childhood & South Kensington Museum)

2022 – Dubai/Abu Dhabi/Sharjah
Special Edition (Sharjah Heritage House, The Museum of the Future, Louvre Abu Dhabi)

2022 – Oslo
(University of Oslo, Munch Museum, The National Museum, Kistefos Museum)

2023 – Antwerp
(KMSKA, MAS, MOMU Fashion Museum, Antwerp City Hall)

2024 – Oman
(The National Museum, The Royal Opera House, Oman Across Ages Museum)

2024 – Edinburgh
(National Museum of Scotland, National Galleries of Scotland: Portrait, McEwan Hall/University of Edinburgh)

2025 – Tokyo
(Hotel Indigo Shibuya, Nezu Museum, National Art Center & Mori Art Museum, Artizon Museum)

IMCC brings together museum leaders, architects, project managers, project directors, museum leadership, facilities and security administrators, business development directors, finance and procurement directors, collections and exhibition directors, and social media directors who are experienced with projects that are either in the planning phase, building underway, or recently completed.

A special thanks to Arne Kvorning and the Kvorning team for IMCC website design.

“IMCC's unique mix of sessions on the planning, commissioning, delivering and operating of major capital transformation projects and the insightful explorations of current debates and trends - plus the calibre of its attendees - have made it the most essential industry forum of the year.”
— Jim Broughton
“The best museum conference I’ve attended in my 35 years working in the sector. The caliber and quality of the session topics is very high, and the attendees are an impressive group of decision makers from both the museum side and the supplier side of our industry. The networking opportunities are excellent, and I’ve had the chance to chat informally with people with whom I’d never get to meet in the course of my day to day work. The site visits are extremely useful as well as lots of fun. So, its fair to say that IMCC has expanded my mind and my contacts! The behind the scenes tour of the Natural History Museum in Berlin was a real highlight…I’ll never forget sipping a flute of champagne underneath the dinosaur skeleton!”
— Ann E. Curtis
Managing Director, Heritage Solution Ltd Editor, MuseumINSIDER
“The IMCC has become one of the most important forums globally for those designing, delivering and operating cultural venues. I have attended for many years as the event never fails to provide fantastic opportunities for learning, networking and knowledge sharing with colleagues from across the sector, and the bonus that all this takes places in interesting places and beautiful venues.”
— Ben Melham
Director of Mortice Consulting.
“The large family that forms IMCC drives and helps shaping the future of our international museum construction community during a time of unique challenges, it has become the lighthouse for current and future museums.”
— Javier Martínez
Proasur