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TheMuseumsLab 2025

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Call for Applications
Funding programme for museum professionals from African and European countries

TheMuseumsLab is a platform for joint learning, perspective exchange, networking and career building among African and European professionals. Bringing them together to build bridges between individuals, institutions, nations and two continents for an engaged discussion on how museums can confront their past, meet the present needs of society and work towards an equitable future.

The programme consists of three seminar modules (online and onsite in Berlin and Addis Ababa) lead by prominent African and European experts, a one week residency at a renowned African or European partner institution.

The project is organised and implemented by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.

Several African and European museums as well as other cultural institutions are partners with the programme. The programme is financed by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media and supported by the German Federal Foreign Office.

Objective

Providing knowledge and competencies, fostering new ideas and approaches as well as establishing and upgrading networks.

Focus

Current issues and concepts of museum management, social impact and responsibility, localisation of content, as well as practical aspects of museums as institutions in the 21st century, divided into three modules.

In 2025, the overarching theme of the programme is “Colonialism and Resistance.“ During the programme we will visit historical places relevant to the topic in Germany and Ethiopia. We will look at ways of implementing spaces of resistance in exhibition practices as well as exploring approaches on how to deal with the legacy of colonialism in museums today.

Application

TheMuseumsLab 2025 opens for applications on 14th October 2024
For more information on the programme and application requirements and procedure please check: daad.de/go/en/stipa57655437

Application Deadline is 25 November 2024 (11:59 pm CET)

Please note: The implementation of the programme is subject to the approval of funds.

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Contact

  • DAAD Information Centre Johannesburg

    Jorissen Street SM3151, Third Floor, Solomon Mahlangu House, University of the Witwatersrand. | PO Box 269, Wits 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa, Johannesburg Telephone: +27 (0) 11 717 9334
    E-mail: daadwits.ac.za
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