group of fellows in a workshop at HKW

TheMuseumsLab Collaborators

Since 2021, a diverse range of institutions and individuals have actively shaped and contributed to TheMuseumsLab Fellowship.

Through their expertise, creativity, and engagement, they have influenced the program’s direction, developed innovative projects, and addressed complex cultural issues such as historical injustices, restitution, the role of memory in contemporary society, as well as leadership in complex global contexts and the relevance and future of museums.

Lead Curatorial Partners since 2021

  • Yimtubezina Museum

    Yimtubezina Museum

    Yimtubezina Museum is an independent, private museum and historical institution located in Addis Ababa.…

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  • South African Heritage Agency

    South African Heritage Agency

    The South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) is an agency of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture tasked with an overall legislative mandate to identify, assess, manage, protect, and promote heritage resources in South Africa.…

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  • Museum für Naturkunde Berlin

    Museum für Naturkunde Berlin

    The MfN is an integrated research museum within the Leibniz Association. Our mission is to discover and describe life and earth – with people, through dialogue.…

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Museums and Cultural Spaces Hosting the Programme since 2021

  • Museum Treptow

    Museum Treptow

    The museums Treptow-Köpenick and the project Decolonial Remembrance Culture in the City will show the fundamentally revised exhibition "zurückgeschaut I looking back - The First German Colonial Exhibition of 1896 in Berlin-Treptow" from 15…

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  • Peace Memorial Museum

    Peace Memorial Museum

    The Peace Memorial Museum was created and designed within the Visitors Centre to honor those who lost their lives during the tragic event on 7th August 1998.…

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  • Murumbi Collection

    Murumbi Collection

    Joseph and Sheila Murumbi were Africa’s greatest private collectors of artifacts, art pieces, books, jewelry, postal stamps, textiles and furniture which are today on display at the Nairobi Gallery. Their mission was to preserve, protect an…

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  • Shujaa Stories

    Shujaa Stories

    Shujaa Stories specializes in visual storytelling through mediums like story books, animation, and curated exhibitions. Our mission is to spotlight the remarkable, often overlooked, African figures - folk legend, cultural icons focusing on…

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