mu-zee-um vzw · Ostend

about mu-zee-um

an arts-education hub

initiative creativity reflection encounter

mu-zee-um fosters the interplay between the arts (and artists) and their public through educational journeys at local, regional and (inter)national level. For us, art is the ultimate means to inspire people of all ages towards initiative, creativity and reflection.

Our mission

Four policy goals

Mu-zee-um vzw sees it as its mission to make these goals a reality.

A hub for arts education

We are a linchpin for regional arts-education initiatives with cultural players from Ostend, West Flanders and Flanders.
We are a meeting place for volunteers around training, further education and employability in arts education.
We are the intermediary between supply and demand — receiver and driver of initiatives that start from the arts, translating them into participation for a broad audience.
Coordinating international projects with inclusion and accessibility at their heart.

An actively engaged and diverse audience

We encourage children, young people and adults to look and listen creatively to the wide world of art and culture, and let them take an active part in visual arts, (multi)media, music, movement, word, literature and drama through observing, processing and creating — individually or in groups.
We train guides and facilitators to deliver high-quality audience mediation.

Creation as the starting point of everything we do

We develop arts-education programmes in image, media, music, movement, word, literature and drama — for every type of school, profit and non-profit organisations and individual enthusiasts.
In creative programmes we put the artist at the centre, with mu-zee-um mediating between artist and audience.
We develop new and innovative projects with and by young people.
We keep learning about developments and innovations in arts education and the role and workings of arts-education centres.
We develop new projects with and by young people. We also discover other cultures together with young people all across Europe, with experiencing art at the heart of it. We do this within the ERASMUS+ programme.

An open house with a low threshold

We start from a broad, diverse audience when creating art projects and believe in bringing generations and communities together around them.
We create activities in which people from disadvantaged groups can take part on the same footing as anyone else.
We develop and share our know-how on working with young people at national level.
We act as a sending and/or hosting organisation for (inter)national arts-education projects within Erasmus+.