The Touring Exhibitions Organisation (Teo), a one-stop resource platform for the international touring exhibitions community, has opened responses to the 2027 Cultural Dialogue Survey, exploring the future of touring exhibitions.
In partnership with Culture Connect, the organisation is once again inviting members of the touring exhibitions community to share their thoughts and vision of touring in the global survey.
To submit your contribution, please click here.
Trends and challenges
The 2027 Cultural Dialogue Survey follows editions in 2021, 2023, and 2025. This free and inclusive initiative is open to all those involved in the hosting, touring, production and promotion of cultural exhibitions at museums, galleries, science centres, exhibition venues, heritage sites, libraries, archives, and gardens across the globe.
As major transformations, such as geopolitical shifts, technological advances, and major challenges to sustainable development, continue to shape our world, the survey asks how these trends impact the touring exhibitions sector.
As individual organisations and as a collective, what role does the sector play in this context?
Six years after the first survey, Teo and Culture Connect are investigating the long-term trends that have emerged and the challenges expected in the future.
Submissions are open until 19 February 2027. All participants will have the chance to win a one-year membership at a museum or venue of their choice.
Culture Connect will present the survey results in a report and a presentation at Teo Live on 11 May 2027.
Earlier this year, Teo announced that the 2027 Touring Exhibitions Pavilion will take place in Paris from 12 to 14 January.
Hosted by Teo at the heart of the Museum Connections trade fair, the Pavilion will feature a large lounge and booth area, alongside a programme of presentations, meetings and networking opportunities tailored for the international touring exhibitions community.
This will be followed by a day of exhibition visits throughout the city.
Rebecca Hardy has over 10 years' experience in the culture and heritage sector. She studied Fine Art at university and has written for a broad range of creative organisations including artists, galleries, and retailers. When she's not writing, she spends her time getting lost in the woods and making mud pies with her young son.
