What changes when museums adopt the language of decolonisation but retain the authority to name, classify and decide? Drawing on his TheMuseumsLab journey through Berlin, Gothenburg and Addis Ababa — and on the CRDS becoming a host institution one year later — Alioune Samb’s reflection asks: if objects move but the power to define them does not, what exactly has been decolonised?
Partner Museums Meeting at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
On 19 June 2026, Facilitators and Directors of TheMuseumsLab Partner Museums Network met at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin to discuss the future of the Network and explore new ways to strengthen it.
TheMuseumsLab Forum 2026: A day of reconnection, exchange, and dialogue
Museum directors, cultural practitioners, researchers, and colleagues from across the TheMuseumsLab network and beyond came together in Berlin for a day of exchange on the evolving role of museums and memorial sites in a rapidly changing world.
Welcoming Ten New Members to the Partner Museums Network
Ten institutions have joined the Partner Museums Network of TheMuseumsLab, contributing diverse perspectives from museums and heritage organisations in Africa and Europe.
Listening to Lisbon: Reflections from a Museum Residency by Kacper Dziekan
Kacper Dziekan (Alum)
In June 2025, Lisbon became both setting and guide during a short residency connected to the Museum of Lisbon. This article offers a travel-diary glimpse into that week: a personal sequence of places, encounters, and moments shaped by curiosity, movement, and the experience of seeing Lisbon from within its museum.
