The Micro-Museums: Youth Preserving Culture project aims to empower young people to become creators and guardians of culture while developing competences that prepare them for their personal, educational, and professional futures. The project is based on the conviction that culture does not only live in official museums or institutions but in the everyday stories, objects, and traditions of communities. By curating their own physical and digital micro-museums, young people will learn to value their heritage, reinterpret it creatively, and connect it to a shared European identity. From the perspective of youth work practice, the project’s first objective is to promote active youth participation in cultural life. Too often, young people are treated as consumers of cultural content created by adults. In this project, they are the creators. They research, collect, curate, and present their own exhibitions, taking full ownership of the process. This approach embodies the essence of non-formal learning: giving space, responsibility, and trust to young people to lead, while youth workers act as facilitators and mentors. The second objective is to develop key competences. Participants will strengthen digital literacy by using photography, video, and online publishing to create digital exhibitions. They will enhance communication and teamwork skills by working in international groups to design and present their micro-museums. Creativity will be fostered through storytelling, exhibition design, and intercultural evenings. Reflection and Youthpass will help participants recognise and document their learning, preparing them to transfer these competences into future opportunities. For youth work, this is a practical example of how to link creative tasks to long-term skill development. The third objective is to promote inclusion and equal opportunities. Each national group includes two participants with fewer opportunities, ensuring that those who face barriers—economic, social, cultural, or linked to discrimination—are not only included but actively empowered. For youth workers, this demonstrates inclusive practice in action: creating safe, supportive environments where diversity is celebrated and where participants with fewer opportunities contribute equally to outcomes. Another central objective is to foster intercultural dialogue and European identity. By living and working together, young people from five countries will exchange perspectives, challenge stereotypes, and discover how their local traditions form part of a wider European narrative. This intercultural experience strengthens empathy, tolerance, and a sense of belonging to Europe. For youth work, this means equipping young people with attitudes and behaviours that prepare them for a diverse, interconnected world. The project also has a long-term strategic objective: to equip youth workers and organisations with an innovative methodology. The micro-museum approach is simple, replicable, and adaptable. It gives youth workers a practical tool that they can use in schools, youth centres, or community projects to connect culture, digital skills, and non-formal learning. By embedding this method into their future activities, organisations strengthen their capacity and demonstrate that youth work can contribute directly to cultural preservation and innovation. Looking to the future, the project aims to inspire participants to continue acting as cultural ambassadors long after the exchange. With their new competences and Youthpass certification, they will be able to take leadership roles in their communities, initiate new projects, and apply their digital and intercultural skills in studies, careers, and civic life. The digital platform and methodological guide will remain available for others to use, spreading the model to schools, NGOs, and youth groups across Europe. In this way, the objectives extend beyond the immediate exchange: to create a ripple effect where young people and organisations continue to preserve and reinterpret culture in innovative ways, ensuring that the project’s spirit lives on in future generations.