Founded in 2008, The Inclusive Museum Research Network is brought together by a shared concern for the future role of the museum and how it can become more inclusive. It seeks to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries. As a Research Network, it is defined by the scope and concerns and motivated to build strategies for action framed by shared themes and tensions.

The Sixteenth International Conference on the Inclusive Museum is taking place under the special focus: Museum Transformations: Pathways to Community Engagement.