The Need to Rethink the Exhibitions in African Museums
Workshop Duration
2 days, October 30-31, 2024
Venue
Eko Hotel
1415 Adetokunbo Ademola Street
Victoria Island, Lagos
About the Workshop
“Rethinking Exhibitions in African Museums” workshop addresses the lingering colonial influences in museum collections, design, display, and engagement strategies across Africa. With a rise in new museum initiatives and growing global interest in African collections, the workshop seeks to explore ways to make museums more culturally relevant and appealing. Key discussion points include creating exhibitions that reflect indigenous African cultural perspectives, developing ethical and sustainable collections management systems using innovative digital technologies, and redesigning museum spaces to be inclusive and welcoming. The goal is to foster museums that truly represent and serve African communities.
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The agenda for the workshop includes:
Exploring strategies for museum practitioners to create prototypes for exhibitions that incorporates indigenous African cultural perspectives.
Developing strategies to use innovative digital technologies to create user-friendly collections management systems tailored to Africa’s unique needs and contexts, addressing the environmental, social, and ethical implications of caring for and circulating culturally significant objects.
Developing ideas that reimagine African museum spaces to reflect traditional communal spaces.
Programme
Day One
Day One dealt with the themes of cultural inclusivity, strategies for designing inclusive spaces and sustainable building and exhibition design in museums
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Day Two
Day Two was devoted to addressing themes of effective use of technology, ethical collections management in Africa, and co-creation strategies.
