The Consortium Colonial Collections in the Netherlands warmly invites museum and collection professionals across Europe to participate in The European Working Conference on Collections from Colonial Contexts.
Tuesday 23 – Thursday 25 September 2025
Locations: Amersfoort and Leiden, The Netherlands
This conference welcomes professionals from European museums and collection institutions, including curators, registrars, conservators, collection managers, and depot staff — anyone involved in managing collections from colonial contexts.
Four key topics:
- Shaping Collaboration: Building meaningful partnerships with communities of origin and diaspora.
- Becoming Transparent, Doing Our Research: Sharing approaches to provenance research and data transparency.
- Methods for Return, Procedures and Logistics: Navigating restitution requests and ethical returns.
- Caring for Objects: Rethinking preservation approaches for returned objects.
Deadline: 1 August 2025
