Celebrated every 24 January, the World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture marks the African Union's adoption of the Charter for African Cultural Renaissance on this date in 2006. In its preamble, the Charter says, "the African peoples were able to find in African culture the necessary strength for resistance and the liberation of the continent". On this World Day, it is...
Download here: Obliterate Call for Abstracts Obliterate Call for Abstracts “it is about time that we questioned the fundamental basis of the situation and ‘killed’ - I repeat, killed – the Western model of the museum in Africa in order for new methods for the conservation and promotion of our heritage to flourish.” (Alpha Oumar Konaré, former president of ICOM) Between academics,...
For Download: Information Booklet MARKK Curatorial Research Fellowship Application Deadline: January 22, 2023 Call for Applications: Curatorial Research Fellowship Gerda Henkel Fellowship-Programme „4 Museums – 4 Opportunities“ The Museum am Rothenbaum- World Cultures and Arts (MARKK) in Hamburg, Germany is offering a two-year fellowship for African curators or scholars from April 2023 The fellowship programme, funded by the German Gerda Henkel...
Dear Colleagues, It is our pleasure to announce that the second call for projects of the UNESCO-Aschberg programme for artists and cultural professionals has just been launched. The call is open to governments and public institutions of UNESCO Member States, as well as to civil society organizations, to support initiatives aimed at protecting and promoting artistic freedom, including the status of the artist in...
CALL FOR PAPERS The Future Museum. Framing the Skills and Mindsets of the Visionary Leader ICOM-INTERCOM, the International Council of Museums Committee for museum management, is preparing for a conference in Qatar on the theme of visionary museum leadership and mindset for an empowering future. The conference, hosted by ICOM Qatar and organized by ICOM-INTERCOM in partnership with Qatar Museums, and in collaboration with CIMAM, ICOM SEE...
MUSEUM MATTERS 37 - ALL If you haven’t already, please take a look at the latest edition, 37 of the Museum Matters Newsletter here Museum Matters 37 You can also access it on our website, here, together with other useful, FREE resources here https://www.museums.com.na/journal-and-publications _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2023 MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL - ALL Please note that membership renewal is due in January every year. If you pay...
Please note that we will be closing for the year on Friday 09th December 2022, and we will reopen on Monday 09th January 2023. We wish you a joyful festive season and we look forward to Making Museums Matter with you in the new year.
THEME: “Early Warning, Early Action”Date: Friday, 18 November 2022 – Time: 08h00Venue: c/o Robert Mugabe and Schweringsburg street, Windhoek
