During PUBLICS’ symposium Positioning in Helsinki, Christian Skovbjerg Jensen, Evelyn Raudsepp, and Anne Thomasen contributed to the program with a conversation engaged in how the act of questioning can shape curatorial and institutional practices, and how collaboration unfolds shaped by, and extending beyond, our ecologies. The moment was moderated by Marti Manen with final word by Giovanna Esposito Yussif. You can find the full conversation on our Museum Why platform now…
Photo Petri Virtanen / Finnish National Gallery
As one of the founding partners of Museum Why, Malmö Konstmuseum has played a key role in shaping our collective exploration of what art museums are and what they can become.
In 2025, the museum began the next chapter by opening a temporary site in Kungsparken, Malmö’s historic parklands. Housed in the former casino building, this space acts as a testing ground for the museum’s future hosting artistic commissions, public dialogue, and weekly programming for Malmö residents of all ages.
As a Museum Why partner, Malmö Konstmuseum brings deep institutional knowledge, a strong public mandate, and an openness to change that inspires the network as a whole.
We’re excited to reintroduce the Museum of Contemporary Art Roskilde as a continuing partner in the Museum Why network.
No longer bound to a single building, the museum has become nomadic and context-driven, operating across Roskilde and beyond.
With a focus on time-based art forms—performance, sound, video, and text—as well as practices that unfold outside traditional exhibition spaces, the museum is committed to meeting audiences where they are: in public space, on digital platforms, at festivals, workplaces, and private homes.
Welcome (again), Museum of Contemporary Art Roskilde!
Photo credit: David Stjernholm
Join us next week in Helsinki for ‘POSITIONING A Symposium on Curatorial Thinking in the Nordic-Baltic Region & Beyond’. The event is organised by our partner PUBLICS, co-hosted by Amos Rex and the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, and will take place over four days, from 29 September to 2 October. Find more information and register via the link in our bio.
We’re thrilled to officially welcome PASS as a core partner in the Museum Why network!
Based at the University of Copenhagen, PASS is dedicated to surfacing and supporting the multiplicity of knowledge-generating practices across the art field.
Through its interdisciplinary work, PASS champions epistemic equity—fostering peer-to-peer exchanges and research collaborations between museum professionals, artists, curators, educators, archivists, university researchers and cultural workers.
With PASS as a core partner, Museum Why gains a steady research collaborator—bringing critical, reflective, and academically grounded perspectives to the evolving role of museums today.
Museum Why is a creative learning network rooted in Nordic and Baltic traditions, unpacking the possibilities of the future art institution through artistic interventions and knowledge sharing that accumulates new collaborative approaches. United by a common commitment to rethinking institutional change through the lenses of ecology, radical locality and social sustainability, our network continues to find collective ways of reshaping the art institution of tomorrow.
We’re delighted to welcome Henie Onstad Kunstsenter to the Museum Why network!
Located on a forested peninsula just outside Oslo, this iconic institution has been a vital space for art and experimentation since 1968. With a collection of over 8000 works and a strong emphasis on photography, avant-garde sound and live art, Henie Onstad has long supported new commissions, archival research and exhibition-making that bridges past and present.
As a partner in Museum Why, Henie Onstad brings vital experience in working with archives, commissions and place-based practices—helping us collectively reimagine how museums engage with their communities and histories.
Museum Why is thrilled to welcome EKKM (Eesti Kaasaegse Kunsti Muuseum) as a new network partner!
Based in Tallinn, EKKM sits somewhere between the DIY spirit and the institutional framework – a self-initiated contemporary art museum with a strong curatorial voice and deep ties to the local scene.
Founded in 2007 in a former industrial building on the edge of Tallinn’s Old Town, EKKM operates as a free, non-commercial public space—resisting the customer–service provider model, and instead fostering a space for experimentation, collectivity and discourse.
As part of Museum Why, EKKM contributes to our shared exploration of what museums can be – flexible, self-critical, and socially responsive spaces for contemporary art.
Photo credit: Paul Kuimet
Our partner PUBLICS together with The Centre for Curatorial Thinking invites you to ‘POSITIONING A Symposium on Curatorial Thinking in the Nordic-Baltic Region & Beyond’. The event will take place from 29 September to 2 October 2025 in Helsinki and is co-hosted by Amos Rex and the Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA. Find more information and register on the link in our bio.
Located in Vallila, Helsinki—a neighbourhood shaped by both industrial heritage and vibrant artistic communities—PUBLICS is a curatorial agency, library, event space and reading room all in one.
Under the artistic direction of Paul O’Neill, PUBLICS offers a dynamic model for institutional practice rooted in shared dialogue, plural publics, and long-term artistic commitments.
Its many strands include PUBLICS Library, Talks, Events and Performances, Parahosting, YOUTH, and a growing programme of Public Art Commissions.
As part of Museum Why, PUBLICS brings an inspiring perspective on how institutions can remain open, provisional and co-produced—reimagining the art museum as an expanded social field.
Photo credit: Aman Askarizad
Since our founding in 2020, the Museum Why network has critically assessed the changing role of art institutions in society, emphasizing the need for greater relevance and openness to wider publics. Building on this rich collaboration we continue our work in a redefined constellation, with the ambition to apply acquired knowledge within our institutional structures. Stay tuned…
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