MuseumFutures
MuseumFutures Africa is a people-centered cultural project focussed on museums. It began with a focus on Africa, and expanded its reach to museums across the Global South, with the intention to test, explore and study potentials for new formats of Southern museology.
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○ Arna Jharna Thar Desert Museum
○ The Conflictorium
○ Mutare Museum
○ MajiMaji Museum
○ Acervo de Laje
○ Museu Mafalala
○ Exchanges 2023
○ Musée National de Guinée
○ National Museums of Kenya
○ Steve Biko Centre
○ Uganda Museum
○ Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art
○ Musée Théodore Monod
○ Exchanges 2021-2
● Resources
○ Southern Museology
○ Towards a depiction of ... the experimental / colonial museum
○ Dialogues
○ MFA publication 2022
○ Curriculum 2023
○ Curriculum 2021
○ Notes toward a proposal
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MuseumFutures is supported by the Goethe-Institut
Project Contacts
Museum Futures
Project Manager, Sophia Sanan
︎ Sophia.Sanan.Externe@goethe.de
︎ @MuseumFuturesAfrica
︎ @MuseumFutures_
︎ @MuseumFuturesAfrica
︎ www.museum-futures.com
Goethe-Institut Süd Afrika
119 Jan Smuts Ave
Parkwood
Johannesburg
2193
Public Relations Officer, Jonas Radunz
︎ Jonas.Radunz@goethe.de
︎ +27 (0) 82 769 3254
︎ @goethejoburg
︎ @goethejoburg
︎ @goethe.joburg
︎ Goethe-Institut
︎ www.goethe.de
Museum Contacts
Mafalala Museum (Mozambique)
Maputo, Moçambique
Bairro da Mafalala R. 3051,
Maputo, Moçambique
︎ +258 82 418 0314
Betty Karanja (Project Liason)
︎ info@museumafalala.co.mz
︎ @mafalamuseu
︎ www.museumafalala.org.mz
Arna Jharna, Thar Desert Museum (India)
7VWV+9WG, Arna Vihar Near Famous Arneshwar Mahadev Mandir Arna Jharna ,Village: Moklawas, Rajasthan 342001, India
︎ +91 94141 36361
︎ @arna_jharna
Conflictorium, Museum of Conflict (India)
Conflictorium, Gool Lodge Mirzapur Road opp. RC High School Of Commerce, nr. Chalte Peer Ni Dargah, Delhi Chakla, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380001, India
︎ +91 79 2562 0747
︎ @conflictorium
︎ www.conflictorium.org/
Mafalala Museum (Mozambique)
R. Sá Oliveira, 2 - São João do Cabrito, Salvador - BA, 40717-380
︎ +55 (71) 99382.8185
︎ +55 (71)98637.8051
︎ +55 (71)3401.7804
Betty Karanja (Project Liason)
︎ contato@acervodalaje.com.br
︎ @acervodalaje
︎ www.acervodalaje.com.br
Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art
Main Campus KM 52
Lekki Expressway
(Near Eleko Beach Junction)
Ibeju-Lekki
Lagos
Nigeria
︎ +234 1 712 1728
Michael Oseghale (Project Liason)
︎ ysma@pau.edu.ng
︎ @shyllonmuseum
︎ @shyllonmuseum
︎ @shyllonmuseum
︎ www.museum.pau.edu.ng
Uganda Museum
Kira Rd
Kitante
Kampala
Uganda
︎ +256 41 4267538
Joseph Ssebunya (Project Liason)
︎ kaksjose7@gmail.com
︎ @ugandamuseums
︎ Uganda_Museum
Musée National de Guinée
2nd Ave
Quartier Sandervalia
Commune de Kaloum
Conakry
Guinée
︎ +224 622 07 22 87
Boubacar Diallo (Project Liason)
︎ museeguinee@gmail.com
︎ @museenationaldeguinee
Musée Théodore-Monod d'art africain (IFAN Ch. A. Diop)
1 Place Soweto BP 206
Dakar
Senegal
l’Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire
Université Cheikh Anta Diop
Corniche Ouest
︎ +221 33 824 16 52
Abdoulay Sy (Project Liason)
︎ syabdoulaye2002@gmail.com
︎ @museedakar
︎ @museedakaroran2
︎ @MuseeTheodoreMonod
︎ IFAN Museum
︎ www.ifan.ucad.sin
National Museums of Kenya
Museum Hill
P.O. BOX 40658- 00100
Nairobi
Kenya
︎ +254-20-8164134/35/36
Betty Karanja (Project Liason)
︎ bekaranja@gmail.com
︎ @museumsofkenya
︎ @museumsofkenya
︎@nationalmuseumsofkenya
︎ www.museums.or.ke
The Steve Biko Centre
1 Zotshie Street (previously, 2429 Mbeka St)
Ginsberg
Qonce
5601
South Africa
︎ +27 (0) 043 605 6700
Bruce Waters (Project Liason)
︎ bruce@sbf.org.za
︎ @SteveBikoCentreAlutaRestaurant
︎ www.sbf.org.za