We are the Museum for the United Nations – UN Live, an independent institution created to connect people everywhere to the work and values of the United Nations, by dramatically increasing the number of people who work to achieve its goals. We aim to empower billions of people across the globe to take action and help build a more sustainable, just and hopeful world.

As a new museum, we are unleashing the power of culture to reach people everywhere, and to unite them on a common journey for change.

In 2015 the UN’s landmark Sustainable Development Goals were adopted. Our three cofounders – Olafur Eliasson, Jan Mattsson, and Henrik Skovby – saw that in order for these ambitious goals to be successful, the world would need to mobilize billions of people to take action for positive change. This birthed the idea of a wholly new kind of organization with the goal of bringing the work of the UN closer to its people, and linking the power of the UN to a people-driven optimistic, connected global movement.

One year later, all four then-living current and former United Nations Secretary-Generals stood behind this bold idea, and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon formally endorsed the institution. The Museum for the United Nations – UN Live was created.