International Museum Day is an international day a celebration held every year on or around May 18, coordinated by the International Council of Museums. The event highlights a specific theme that changes every year and that is at the heart of the international museum community's preoccupations.

The International Council of Museums (ICOM) established International Museum Day in 1977 to encourage public awareness of the role of museums in the development of society, and it has been steadily gaining momentum ever since.

In 2018, International Museum Day garnered record-breaking participation with more than 40,000 museums hosting events in some 152 countries. International Museum Day 2019 will focus on the new roles of museums as active actors in their communities.

Check with your favorite museum ahead of time to see if it is one of the institutions participating.

Photo Credit: Philadelphia Museum of Art; Photo by Anthony Sinagoga for PHLCVB

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JFRE at the Alan Horwitz Sixth Man Center

Join the Jewish Federation Real Estate (JFRE) group for a special evening of networking, drinks, appetizers and an insider look at the developing property of Philadelphia Youth Basketball (PYB).

Keynote Address by Nabil Fahmy

Nabil Fahmy, former Foreign Minister of Egypt and Egyptian Ambassador to the United States, will deliver a keynote address immediately followed by a Q&A by Executive Director John Ghazvinian. This keynote is a part of the Nuclear Issues in the Middle East and North Africa conference.

Connie Han Concert – Jazz Cultural Voices

Pianist and Steinway Artist Connie Han has tackled the pantheon of jazz with her own fiery contemporary style, managing to shake up a staid jazz scene with her meteoric rise and compelling musical voice.

Tickets are $35 each.

A Conversation with Elisha Wiesel Murray Friedman Memorial Lecture

AJC Philadelphia/Southern NJ is pleased to invite the community to the 2023 Murray Friedman Memorial Lecture. This year, we are honored to present "A Conversation with Elisha Wiesel.” The son of Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, Elisha shares his father’s message and continues his legacy by standing up for persecuted communities.