FUISM

(Föreningen för pedagogisk Utveckling I Svenska Museer)

The Swedish Society for Museum Education is a voluntary body, established in 1971. Membership is open to all who are concerned with museum education in Sweden.

The aims of the society are:

• to promote contacts between colleagues in museum education both in Sweden and internationally
• to increase public awareness of museum education
• to improve the status of museum education

To achieve these aims the society:

• organizes an annual seminar where focus is on pedagogics
• organizes an annual conference on a topical subject
• hands out an annual prize for best pedagogical project in a Swedish museum
• Arranges a seminar at the spring conference held by Swedish Museum Association
• holds regional meetings
• maintains contacts with the government and regional authorities
• is active in forming public opinion

For further information, please contact the Society’s chair, under the title Ordförande at http://fuism.se/kontakt/