International Museums Day 2024 Uk. The international council of museums (icom) established international museum day in 1977 to increase public awareness of the role. The theme that was chosen at the icom general assembly for imd 2024 is museums for education and research!

Since 2014 museumweek has grown to include over 60,000 participants from 100+ countries. The world observes international museum day on may 18 each year.