The Balkan Museum Network exists to celebrate, preserve, and share the complex common heritage of the western Balkans. It is based on mutual respect and guided by a commitment to professionalism and shared ethics.

Through cooperation, the Balkan Museum Network is (a) supporting the development of creative museum leaders; (b) advocating socially responsible museums that promote and celebrate learning; (c) advancing the principles of peace and reconciliation using the Balkans common heritage as its springboard for current and future generations. The vision of the Balkan Museum Network is to promote museums as institutions of learning, discovery, inspiration, and agents of social change, owned and guarded by society, open to everybody and for the benefit of all.