Science and Technology Museums at a Crossroads: Rethinking Practices in an Age of AI and Climate Change

Five days at the Museum of Tomorrow, Brazil

20-24 September 2027

The 54th CIMUSET Annual Conference will take place at the Museum of Tomorrow, one of the world’s leading science museums focused on futures thinking. It is also the only museum to host a UNESCO Chair in Planetary Wellbeing and Generative Anticipation, and it is part of FORMS (Futures-Oriented Museum Synergies / Future-Oriented Museums), a global network for cooperation among cultural institutions dedicated to rethinking the role of museums in contemporary society.

Over five days, the conference will bring together museum professionals, researchers, educators, designers, artists, and communities from around the world. Through presentations, workshops, discussions, and encounters, participants will share ideas, experiences, experiments, and practices for responding to the transformations taking place around us.

Throughout the conference, we will explore how science and technology museums can strengthen critical thinking, accessibility, and meaningful participation, helping societies understand ongoing transformations, question their consequences, and take part in reimagining more inclusive, plural, sustainable, and responsible futures.

We invite the international science and technology museum community to join us at the Museum of Tomorrow for five days of exchanging ideas, challenging established ways of thinking, and imagining new possibilities — not simply asking what the future will bring, but exploring what futures we want to help make possible.

More info to follow.