Museum Connections 2026

OCIM - OFFICE DE COOPÉRATION ET D’INFORMATION MUSÉALES

Stand: C85

Country

France

Activity / Nomenclature

ML - Professional association, Specialized press
ML - Employment, Training, Temporary staff recruitment
ML - Cultural engineering, Consulting agency, Assistance management (design and construction)

About us

The Ocim is a key player in the dialogue between science, heritage, and society. For 40 years, the Ocim has brought together museum and heritage professionals and researchers around shared expertise and values. A unique organization in France, the Ocim is a general service of the University of Burgundy Europe and operates in support of the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Space's "Science-Society Dialogue" public policy.

Events  Find us at the following sessions and events:

Meeting Room
Jan 13, 2026
9:30 AM5:00 PM

"Immersion and museums": New forms of mediation, experimentation, and deliberate disorientation

In the museum context, immersive technologies such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), augmented virtuality (AV), and mixed reality (MR) now make it possible to immerse visitors in a new, multisensory spatial reality. Visitors’ senses, knowledge, movements, and emotions are all engaged through these new sensory experiences with heritage. The growing widespread adoption of immersive technologies in the museum field is bringing new professional profiles into museums, new skill sets, and new ways of working, both internally and in collaboration with external stakeholders. What museographic uses can be made of immersive experiences? Which institutional objectives can they serve within a museum? Who designs them, and what impact do they have on visitors? This workshop, organised by Ocim as part of its partnership with Museum Connections, will enable participants to discover and experiment on site with a range of immersive installations, and to meet exhibitor stakeholders actively involved in the development of these technologies. True to Ocim’s culture of exchange with its partners, and in a friendly and open atmosphere, the day will provide an opportunity to identify the uses, strengths, and key challenges of these technologies for museums and their professionals, both today and in the future.
Angèle FOURÈS
OCIM
Omer PESQUER
MUZEODROME
Meeting Room
Jan 14, 2026
9:30 AM5:00 PM

"Evolution or revolution": using AI in your daily professional life?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is still often perceived as a recent technology; yet its foundations date back to the famous Dartmouth Conference in 1956, where the basics of this discipline were established. From the earliest developments, museums recognized the value of exploring AI for collection management. Today, AI has made its way—more or less openly—into nearly every department of cultural institutions. The challenge now is to develop a genuine strategic reflection on AI, in line with non-negotiable corporate social responsibility (CSR), to gain agility and resilience in the face of new economic systems that are reinventing web practices and disrupting established norms. In this context, how are cultural and museum institutions integrating artificial intelligence? If they are, how are they supporting their teams? How should they approach the arrival of automation and agency in daily operations, communication, and mediation? What questions need to be addressed to get started and understand the potential benefits or obstacles? This workshop, organised by Ocim as part of its partnership with Museum Connections, will allow participants to explore the challenges of artificial intelligence, understand the importance of usage guidelines, and discover concrete, operational cases. Within the friendly, exchange-oriented framework characteristic of Ocim and its partners, this session will provide an opportunity to collectively reflect on a medium-term vision for AI in museums and for their professionals.
Ewa MACZEK
OCIM
Elisabeth Gravil
MUSEOVATION