The concept of decolonising the museum, means different things in different parts of the world. During this conference on 17 June 2024, the ICOM Working Group on Decolonisation will share experiences from their daily practice, offering a broad variety of perspectives.
In collaboration with the Radboud University, the Catholic Documentation Centre (KDC) organizes the Jan-Roes lecture. This year, Prof Susan Legêne has been invited to speak.
During this seminar, practical experience is combined with theoretical background to discuss provenance research into heritage from a colonial context. In addition, the results of the MAS-project concerning provenance research into the museum’s Congolese collection will be presented during the seminar.
This interdisciplinary symposium focuses on the changing perspectives towards restitution of heritage from a colonial context and compares policies and approaches from different countries.
The colonial past has left traces in the collections of Dutch museums and other institutions. Because of the imbalance of power, many objects were removed from their countries of origin and brought to the Netherlands and became lost to communities. This webinar is specifically curated for an audience based in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
On Saturday the 23rd of March 2024, Museum Huis Doorn will host a symposium focused on colonial art belonging to the last German emperor Wilhelm II. In cooperation with Utrecht University, the museum invastigated the provenance of its collections with possible links to colonial history. The symposium will be held in English.
The colonial past has left traces in the collections of Dutch museums and other institutions. Because of the imbalance of power, many objects were removed from their countries of origin and brought to the Netherlands and became lost to communities. This webinar elaborates on the various elements involved.
A core task of collection management institutions is provenance research. Part of this is the demand for collections from a colonial context acquired in a fair manner. Careful handling of colonial collections requires not only research, but also collaboration and knowledge exchange. We will help you get started in this webinar.
Earlier this year the Indonesian Ministry for Education, Culture, Research and Technology (MoECRT) set up the Indonesian Heritage Agency. IHA is placed under the Directorate for Culture led by the Director-General, and unites 17 museums and 34 heritage sites across Indonesia under one management.