Welcoming Eleven New Members to the Partner Museums Network
Eleven institutions have joined the Partner Museums Network of TheMuseumsLab, contributing diverse perspectives from museums and heritage organisations in Africa and Europe.
Impact Survey 2025: Building Lasting Connections and Sector Change
From new collaborations to institutional change: the October 2025 impact survey explores how TheMuseumsLab continues to shape museum work and professional networks across Africa and Europe long after the fellowship ends.
CollabFund | Projects Selected for the Second Round
Youn-Zuh Rim (Team)
The second group of projects has been selected, covering a wide range of themes and geographical contexts. Topics include questions of restitution and ethical cooperation, new approaches to interpreting spiritual heritage, and community-centred heritage work.
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.
Call Closed: Call for Graphic Designer based in Rwanda
We are looking for a Rwanda-based graphic designer to redesign the M-visual of our logo for the 2026 programme, with Kigali as the featured partner city. Whether you are an emerging artist, established designer, or collective, we invite you to bring your perspective to TheMuseumsLab 2026!
Behind the scenes with TheMuseumsLab’s Curatorial Team: Insights from our Co-Curators on programme developments, thematic focuses, and the making of this year’s Fellowship.
Between Communities, Collections, and Memory: Reflections from TheMuseumsLab 2025 by Monicah Nkina Sairo
A reflection that navigates the 'layered lives' of objects, the necessity of slow, negotiated community co-creation, and the resilience found in living history. It is a story not of finding final answers, but of learning to ask better questions about our shared responsibility to the past and the future of museums globally.
Curatorial Partner 2026: Rwanda Cultural Heritage Academy
We are pleased to welcome the Rwanda Cultural Heritage Academy (RCHA) as partner of TheMuseumsLab 2026. As curatorial lead and implementation partner for Module 3, the RCHA will play a key role in shaping the programme in Kigali while contributing across all modules as part of the curatorial team.
