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The digital platform "Dissent," dedicated to the anti-war scene of the nineties, was presented in 2022 at the European Centre for Culture and Debate - Grad. Its core idea is to collect and preserve sources and testimonies about the last decade of the 20th century in the territory of the former Yugoslav state from being forgotten.

The pilot exhibition titled "Labyrinth of the Nineties" opened in June 2023 at the Miljenko Dereta Space in Belgrade as the first step in the "Museum of the Nineties" initiative's activities. During its three-month run, the exhibition was visited by nearly 3,000 people.

The "Labyrinth of the Nineties" exhibition opened at the end of May 2024 at the Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo as a supplemented and expanded version of the pilot exhibition. Over a period of five months, the exhibition was seen by more than 7,000 visitors. In September, the "Museum of the Nineties" initiative hosted twenty teachers from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, as well as thirty high school students from Sarajevo.

As part of the first regional school, "The Nineties in Yugoslavia – New Sources and Methodologies," held from October 4th to 8th, 2024, in Budva, participants from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Montenegro had the opportunity to learn about different approaches to studying the nineties, as well as the application of contemporary methods for a better understanding of this period. The intensive and interactive program covered various topics, such as the influence of nationalist ideology on the war and the breakup of Yugoslavia, the role of oral history in understanding the nineties, the significance of the Hague Tribunal's archives, and monumental culture. It also provided a review of Montenegrin socio-political circumstances in the nineties and the current perspective of young people on that time.

After Belgrade and Sarajevo, the "Labyrinth of the Nineties" exhibition opened on May 13th, 2025, at the Modern Gallery in Podgorica. The exhibition was realized by the M90 Foundation and Kulturni Front from Serbia in collaboration with the Center for Civic Education (CCE) from Montenegro and the Museums and Galleries of Podgorica.

The permanent exhibition "Labyrinth of the Nineties" opened on June 3rd, 2025, at the M90 Foundation's space (Kneza Miloša 3). In addition to the permanent exhibition on the upper floor, the M90 Foundation also houses a center for social and cultural events and collaborative programs.