Reflecting on Module 2: Notes from Berlin as a Landscape of Memory
In his reflection on Module 2, TheMuseumsLab Co-Curator Matthew Watts looks back on a week shaped by questions of memory, power, and imagining alternatives.
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.
The Architecture of Shared Memory: Reflections on Module 1
How do societies organize memory? Must it always be outsourced to centralized, national institutions, or can it breathe outside the strict geometry of concrete and state control? — A reflection on Module 1 by Mahad Mohamed.
Looking Back at Module 1: Five Days of Learning and Exchange
Over five days, Module 1 of TheMuseumsLab 2026 set the stage for the months ahead, bringing Fellows together online to engage with key themes and ideas that guide the programme.
Keeping Memory Alive: How Museums Help Future Generations Remember What They Never Lived
A reflection on Module 1 of TheMuseumsLab 2026 by Dr. Samar El Khamisy, exploring how cultural institutions help future generations understand events they never lived through, ensuring that difficult histories remain a source of empathy, resilience, and shared responsibility rather than silence and forgetting.
Re-Rooted: Artists Selected, Foundations in Place | CollabFund
This update explores the foundational phase of the “Re-Rooted” project, outlining the setup of the collaborative infrastructure, reflecting on early project activities, and celebrating the selection of artists Wacelia Zualo and Fatma Elzahraa.
Building a Queer Digital Archive: First Steps | CollabFund
The Queer Digital Archive Project moves into its next phase, working with selected contributors, a designer, and museum partners to develop a digital space for queer histories, identities, and cultural narratives across Africa and the African diaspora.
Pangolins and Participation: Turning Museum Visitors into Exhibit Creators | CollabFund
The Co-MammalHub project recently kicked off at the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History in Pretoria, bringing together experts and the public to discuss the world’s most trafficked mammal.
