How can three months reshape the way we see knowledge, community, and our role within them? And perhaps the biggest question of all: how can one experience turn a place into a source of purpose, inspiration, and belonging?
My experience as a kulturweit volunteer at TheMuseumsLab by Reem Swilem
TheMuseumsLab 2025: A Reflection by Co-Curator Abel Assefa
The 2025 programme brought together fellows, experts, institutions from Africa and Europe. Co-curator Abel Assefa reflects on the programme’s highlights, with a special focus on Module 3 in Addis Ababa, where participants visited museums, archives, art spaces, and historic sites, engaging in dialogue on heritage, leadership, and collaboration.
The TALKING OBJECTS LAB invited the 2025 Fellows to engage in dialogue with museum objects. Watch the full recording of the session held at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin.
Following our recent announcement of the selected projects for the latest round of the CollabFund, we are proud to unveil the seven remarkable and promising initiatives that have been awarded funding.
Traces of Memory: Fragile Archives between Windhoek and Berlin
How do archives connect the past to the present?
What role do digital technologies, international cooperation and collaborative research processes play in this?
During the Fellowship this year, we explored how colonial photography is not just an image, but also a tool of power — shaping collective memory and sustaining oppressive systems.
The Joint Declaration of TheMuseumsLab Partner Museums Network
At its 5-year anniversary, TheMuseumsLab network of African and European partners signed a powerful joint declaration, committing to transform museums into inclusive spaces of dialogue, reflection, and connection. Discover how this milestone is reshaping the future of cultural collaboration.
