TheMuseumsLab is a platform for joint learning, exchange and continuing education on the future of museums in both Africa and Europe. The programme has the aim to provide knowledge and competencies, to foster new ideas and approaches as well as to establish close and lasting networks between future shapers of museum concepts on both sides.
The programme consists of three one-week seminar modules (online and onsite in Berlin and Cape Town) lead by prominent African and European experts, a two-week residency at a renowned European partner institution and a co-working phase.
The project was developed by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and the Master‘s Programme in Museum Management and Communication at the University of Applied Sciences (HTW) Berlin, in close cooperation with the African consultancy group The Advisors.
Several African and European museums as well as other cultural institutions are partners with the programme. The programme is financed by the German Federal Foreign Office and supported by the German Minister of State for Culture and the Media as well as the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Offered Benefits
- Innovative formats of learning and practical skills.
- Residencies at renowned European institutions.
- Theoretical and practical seminars at renowned museums in Berlin and Cape Town.
- Networking opportunities amongst fellows and with international experts, who are linked to museums in the African continent and in Europe by their lives, research, or work.
- A joint certificate, issued by the German Federal Foreign Office, DAAD, Museum for Natural History, HTW Berlin, University of the Western Cape, the Advisors, and the host institution.
- Access to the growing African-European alumni network of TheMuseumsLab.
- Cost coverage* for the onsite phases in Berlin, the residency at a European host institution, and the onsite phase in Cape Town
- International and national transport
- Local public transport (also from and to airports onsite)
- Health insurance and visa costs
- airport, and travel costs for visa application in the country of residence have to be covered privately.
- Accommodation
- Entrance fees (Phase II and V)
- Daily allowance
Please note: Any other costs, such as transport costs between the place of residence and the departure/arrivalairport, and travel costs for visa application in the country of residence have to be covered privately.
Application Process
Go to German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) on static.daad.de to apply
