The Art and Culture Department of the Universidad Panamericana Campus Guadalajara will be present in the special billboard of the International Museum Day (IDM) 2023.
ZAPOPAN, Jalisco; June 5, 2023.- As every year, on May 18, 2023 the International Museum Day (IDM) was celebrated. This event has been held since 1977 by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) with the aim of raising public awareness of the role of museums in the development of society, and since then it has continued to grow and expand.
UP participation in DIM 2023
The Universidad Panamericana for the eighth consecutive year, joined the special billboard for IWD 2023, which ICOM Mexico prepared to commemorate this day. This year 2023 this institution will organize several events joining the initiative entities such as the Ministry of Culture, INAH (National Institute of Anthropology and History), ICA (Cultural Institute of Aguascalientes), Semuga, the Government of Mexico City, among many others.
The University came to participate with art presentations such as: "Arte a Dos Caras" or "Miren Itxaso"; a chess tournament, a concert, among other activities. One of the main activities that took place was the "Toast of Art and Culture: Starry Night". The purpose of this event was to bring together all the professionals, scholarship holders, volunteers and collaborators to celebrate the results of the end of the semester and to thank everyone for their work during this time.
Museums, sustainability and wellbeing
On the other hand, this year ICOM brings a theme and proposal which is "Museums, sustainability and welfare". This is an initiative focused on the issue that we are currently facing as a society: environmental pollution. The council brings with it new ideas and projects to address this issue and raise awareness on this topic focusing on three Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. In 2023: Global Health and Well-being, Climate Action and Life on Earth.
We have a great responsibility as a society to help the environment restore and heal by being more conscious of our carbon footprint. But also, on the other hand, we have a responsibility to educate ourselves, learn from our history and learn more about the world we live in and those who came before us. "Living to serve", a very important truth in which the Universidad PanamericanaICOM, together with ICOM, work on this idea that to serve is also to preserve our history, to grow towards a better future.
