Museums: Uniting a Divided World
On 18 May 2026, museums around the world will mark International Museum Day under the theme “Museums: Uniting a Divided World.”
Vox Museorum is marking this occasion with a new documentary series about how museums help people find connection in a divided world.
Series description:
Vox Museorum: Museums Uniting a Divided World
This ongoing series follows museums that are actively working to bridge cultural, social, and generational divides – not only between nations and ideologies, but also within families and friendships.
Each film combines with on‑location interviews, archival material, rich visual storytelling and soundtracks by Vox Museorum's renowned recording artists that bring the museum experience to life.
Documentary Films in the series:
Silesian Museum (Katowice, Poland) This film centers on „Muzeum dla demencji” – the Silesian Museum’s pioneering program for people living with dementia and their caregivers, which uses art, memory, and gentle sensory experience to create moments of connection and dignity
Auschwitz‑Birkenau Memorial and Museum (Oświęcim, Poland). A film on remembrance, responsibility, and how a site of atrocity works with visitors from around the world to confront the past and guard against forgetting.
Brooklyn Seltzer Museum (Brooklyn, USA) A story about local history, craft, and community told through the lens of a neighborhood institution – how a “small” museum becomes a powerful anchor of place and memory.
Kraków Coffee Museum (Kraków, Poland) An intimate look at how a focused, passion‑driven museum can connect everyday rituals like coffee to global histories and shared cultural experience.
SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention (Bellingham, USA)
A film about curiosity, invention, and community, told through four centuries of electrical experiments and hands‑on science. At SPARK, historic artifacts, live demonstrations, and youth STEM programs come together to show how the wonder of electricity can connect generations and ignite a shared sense of possibility
A film about curiosity, invention, and community, told through four centuries of electrical experiments and hands‑on science. At SPARK, historic artifacts, live demonstrations, and youth STEM programs come together to show how the wonder of electricity can connect generations and ignite a shared sense of possibility