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Museum Ethnographers Group
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MEG is a UK-based international collective and subject-specialist network, for anyone interested in caring for global cultures collections.

Web: https://museumethnographersgroup.org.uk/
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Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · Mar 4
Tickets are now available to book for MEG's 50th Anniversary Conference Help! Care and Support in Museums
National Museums Liverpool. On 24-25 April

Book now: book.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/museumoflive...
Poster with an installation image of artwork 'I, Too, Am A Survivor' at World Cultures Gallery, with white text at the bottom. The installation features a square display inside the gallery wall with an object spotlighted inside. Gallery lighting is low, with a projection surrounding the display in white wave-like circles. White words are projected on the wall on top of the display "in my provenance are lost even to me". Bottom of the poster on the gallery floor is white text with info about the conference: BOOK TICKETS NOW! MEG 50th ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE, Help! Care and Support in Museums, National Museums Liverpool. 24 -25 April 2025.
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The International Network of Museums for Peace Conference comes to North America for the first time in Winnipeg, Canada! Explore how museums foster empathy, decolonization, human rights, and peace. Learn more and register here: lnkd.in/gBYAmhBu
October 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Join The Future of the Shrunken Heads, a public event @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social concluding the Shuar delegation's UK visit for the ongoing Proyecto Tsantsa. Hear Shuar leaders and museum staff discuss shrunken heads, collaboration, and the future of these cultural materials in UK collections.
October 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Join Dr. Padraig Kirwan as he delves into the material at Maidstone Museum’s collection on 27th Nov. As the PI on ‘Sharing Lands: Reconciliation, Recognition, & Reciprocity,’ Kirwan explores connections between Indigenous nations and non-Native communities: museum.maidstone.gov.uk/whats-on/eve...
September 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Join us for the next 'Keeping Connected' event, centred on repatriation work in Bristol! We have limited seats available. Register with the link below: webcollect.org.uk/meg/event/re...
We look forward to seeing you there in person!
August 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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August 15, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Sign up to attend this special event with Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) and Bristol Museum & Art Gallery

register here: bit.ly/46RtYj0
August 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Join us in rebuilding connections on 3 September 2025 at Bristol Museum with colleagues, the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) staff, and community members to learn more about the realities of repatriation in Bristol.

Register necessary: bit.ly/46RtYj0
A poster for an event, comprising of a red background, with thin lines of yellow and back wave patterns on the top left and bottom right corner. At the top middle is a yellow box is the title reading in quotes "Keeping Connected: Special Focus on Repatriation Work in Bristol". Below this, is event information in the middle: "Join us in rebuilding connections on 3 September 2025. Come along to the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery for an in-person event with museum colleagues, the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) staff, and community members to learn more about the realities of repatriation, from the challenges to tips for good practice." Below is further information about the event: Location: Bristol Museum & Art Gallery Date: 3 September 2025 Time: 11 am - 4 pm Format: In-person event to encourage informal discussion and peer support Cost: Free for MEG members and non-members Registration: Essential (places limited) Light refreshments will be provided. All are welcome – MEG members and non-members alike. If you’re not yet a member, find out how to join here: MEG Membership Register here: https://museumethnographersgroup.org.uk/events/ Please note: Non-members may need to create a free Webcollect account to register. If you have any questions or need assistance with registration, please contact the Event Officer.
August 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Watch a recording of our fantastic panelists Beyond The Buzzwords as the interrogate an important question - Is Help Really Helping?

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Is help really helping? Museums, Memory, and the Labor of Care | Museum Ethnography Group Panel
YouTube video by Beyond The Buzzword
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May 13, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Intriguing start to @musethnogroup.bsky.social conference this afternoon at World Museum, Liverpool with gallery tour by @mobbackhouse.bsky.social . Can 'small' interventions in problematic spaces, during resource strapped times, be enough? Or do we need another model?
April 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Only 3 days until bookings close to attend MEG's 50th conference at National Museums Liverpool!

Book your tickets: book.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/museumoflive...
April 11, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Hot off the press! 🎊
journalofmeg.bsky.social Journal of Museum Ethnography @journalofmeg.bsky.social · Apr 2
We've had our JME 38 proofs back from the printers & they're nearly ready for you! 😱

Packed with innovative research presented at last year's @musethnogroup.bsky.social #LivingMuseums conference @sainsburycentre.bsky.social, members can grab their copy at this year's conference in Liverpool! ✨
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April 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Only 2 weeks before registrations close to attend the MEG conference. A draft programme is now available - 8 sessions + a film screening over 2 days. Join us at the iconic National Museums Liverpool

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April 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Tickets are now available to book for MEG's 50th Anniversary Conference Help! Care and Support in Museums
National Museums Liverpool. On 24-25 April

Book now: book.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/museumoflive...
Poster with an installation image of artwork 'I, Too, Am A Survivor' at World Cultures Gallery, with white text at the bottom. The installation features a square display inside the gallery wall with an object spotlighted inside. Gallery lighting is low, with a projection surrounding the display in white wave-like circles. White words are projected on the wall on top of the display "in my provenance are lost even to me". Bottom of the poster on the gallery floor is white text with info about the conference: BOOK TICKETS NOW! MEG 50th ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE, Help! Care and Support in Museums, National Museums Liverpool. 24 -25 April 2025.
March 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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University of Nottingham are seeking a part-time, fixed-term Impact Fellow to join their project Mapping the Indigenous North American Collection of Nottingham City Museums and Galleries.

Deadline 19 March

Apply: jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Job Vacancy at the University of Nottingham: Impact Fellow: Decolonising Indigenous Collections (fixed term, part time)
We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Impact Fellow to join the Department of American and Canadian Studies in the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies at the University of Nottingham...
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February 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Visit @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social for the 2025 Kenneth Kirkwood Day - on the topic of repatriations, with eminent speakers talking about how museums are approaching this subject!
pittriversmuseum.bsky.social Pitt Rivers Museum @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social · Feb 7
Who Owns Museum Collections? And what should we do with them?

Saturday 29 March, 10.00-16.00

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February 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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EMKP is hiring - a project curator in (visual) anthropology, with ethnographic experience. Requires digital asset management experience. The applicant will support EMKP's Head in the management of the EMKP digital collection.

If this sounds like you, apply here: lnkd.in/eab_zgGe
Project Curator: Endangered Material Knowledge Programme Africa Oceania and the Americas Full-time (41 hours per week) Fixed term (until 1 February 2028) £43,207 per annum Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 10 March 2025
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February 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Welcome to BlueSky! Follow @journalofmeg.bsky.social to keep updated on our annual journal publications. Next issue out soon! 👀
journalofmeg.bsky.social Journal of Museum Ethnography @journalofmeg.bsky.social · Feb 7
Hello Blue Sky! Excited to be here. Here's some info about us:

JME is the leading publication for Museum Ethnography in the UK. Contributions cover all facets of contemporary and historical practices related to global cultural collections.

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Journal | Museum Ethnographers Group
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February 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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CFP: CREATING the MUSEUM: EXPLORING the MUSEUM IMPULSE in LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL CONTEXTS
MGHG Annual Conference in collaboration with National Gallery 26th-27th Sept '25. Details: mghg.info/forthcoming-... @rhulgeography.bsky.social @museumsassociation.org @musethnogroup.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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NEW BLOG OUT NOW! Read Clémentine Débrosse's review of the exhibitions "Hew Locke: What Have We Here?" at the British Museum and "Glenn Ligon: All Over the Place" at the Fitzwilliam Museum on our blog.

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Artists Takeover? Hew Locke at the British Museum and Glenn Ligon at the Fitzwilliam Museum | Museum Ethnographers Group
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January 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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4 days to go! Apply to present at the MEG conference or apply for bursaries to attend the conference in Liverpool!

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January 20, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Deadline to apply for our conference has been postponed to 24th January!
musethnogroup.bsky.social Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · Jan 7
Reminder that the deadline for applications to our conference are in 10 days!

We also have bursaries for 2 people to attend the conference.

Apply by 17 Jan!
January 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Reminder that the deadline for applications to our conference are in 10 days!

We also have bursaries for 2 people to attend the conference.

Apply by 17 Jan!
January 7, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Just over a month to submit a paper or proposal for the 2025 @musethnogroup.bsky.social Conference being held at National Museums Liverpool in April. This year we're thinking about HELP in all its guises and all its meanings.
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Help! Care and Support in Museums: Colleagues, Communities, and Collections | Museum Ethnographers Group
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December 12, 2024 at 8:18 AM
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Well, hello BlueSky! Here's a bit about us:

We are a UK-based international collective and subject-specialist network. Our members include museum professionals, academics, researchers, students, artists, activists and enthusiasts, interested in and care for global cultures collections.
December 9, 2024 at 1:04 PM