Article about project Mu.Sa published in peer-reviewed journal

We live in a society increasingly technological and digital. It is a mainstream tendency with inevitable impacts also for the museum sector. How is this transformation-affecting museum professional’s profile roles? What new competences are necessary and expected? Are there changes or up-skilling to be made? What kind of professional training is needed? In this short article, Ana Carvalho and Alexandre Matos discuss the project Mu.Sa - Museum Sector Allian

Museum professionals in the digital era – Agents of change and innovation

The museum world is constantly undergoing change and transformation, whether in response to economic, technological, social and cultural trends or professional advances. Museums are no longer the closed systems they used to be in the twentieth-century. Present day museums are increasingly becoming parts of a wider system of relationships, creating frameworks that multiply opportunities for wider participation, accessibility and exchange. Rapid technologica