MuseumNext Barcelona is our biggest conference to date, with over forty presentations, workshops and unconference sessions. The event has benefited from the generous support of the Barcelona museum community, with Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona and Museu Picasso playing a key role in not only hosting the event, but also in directing the conference programme.

MuseumNext would like to acknowledge the role that the staff of these organisations have played in making MuseumNext possible, in particular Pepe Serra, Anna Ramos, Yaiza Hernández, Anna Guarro, Maria Farràs, Lucia Calvo, Jaume Badia, Juan Ínsua and Josep Casellas.

MuseumNext chose Barcelona as its first destination outside of Great Britain because of the kind invitation of Conxa Roda who has acted as co-chair alongside MuseumNext founder Jim Richardson. Conxa moved from Museu Picasso to Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya during the year long process of organising MuseumNext and we are grateful to her for the huge amount of time she has invested in making the conference possible, and for encouraging both these organisations to play a key role in MuseumNext 2012.





MuseumNext would like to thank Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya for their support, and for organising a series of Catalan presentations as part of the conference fringe on May 23rd.





Sponsors make it possible for MuseumNext to do those extra things which make the conference that little bit better, like having the best wifi connection possible, having a few extra bottles of wine at our opening reception and being able to film the event to share with the wider museum community.

We would like to thank CultureGeek, MailChimp and Ya!Yaki for supporting our Barcelona conference.


Great speakers are the reason that people come to MuseumNext, and we are eternally grateful to everyone who takes the time to share their experience at our conference. No MuseumNext speakers charge a fee for speaking at the event and the fact that they are willing to share their knowledge is a credit to them and the spirit of the sector as a whole.


The programme for MuseumNext Barcelona came from an open call for papers. This attracted nearly 200 proposals which each needed to be read and assessed by at least three members of the MuseumNext peer panel.

We are very grateful to the museum professionals from Europe, Asia and North America who volunteered their time to read these submissions and to ensure that a fantastic programme was selected in a fair and balanced manner.

MuseumNext would like to thank Jessie Ringham (TATE), Francesca Merlino (Gugenheim), Conxa Roda (MNAC), Travers Lee (Qatar Museums Authority), Hugh Wallace (National Museums Scotland), Diane Durbay (Buzzeum), Japer Visser (Inspired by Coffee), Laura Fox (Qatar Museums Authority), Patrick Hussey (Arts & Business), Samuel Bausson (Museum de Toulouse), Jim Richardson (MuseumNext), Anna Ramos (MACBA), Yaiza Hernández (MACBA), Maria Farràs(CCCB), Lucia Calvo (CCCB), Juan Insua (CCCB) and Anna Guarro (Museu Picasso).


MuseumNext has a very small budget for marketing, and we are grateful to those who have helped us to promote the conference. MuseumID has partnered with us for the third year, and BAM! offered to help us to promote MuseumNext in Italy after they attended the conference in 2011.