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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: museumethnographersgroup.org.uk

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Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The British Museum seeks a Project Curator for Eastern Africa for the 4-year REACH research project. Apply by September 30. Link: bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com/Applicants/v...
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Project Curator: Eastern Africa
You will play a vital role in connecting people with the collection, expanding curatorial practice and advancing interpretations of African histories and heritage at the British Museum.
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Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
International Repatriation Network hosts “Naming the Return.” Exploring repatriation, justice & sovereignty. 22 Sept 16:00 Berlin / 11:00 Santiago / 09:00 Bogotá Register at this Google Form: forms.gle/DY9e7c3ZD9pP...
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Webinario 2 "Nombrar el retorno: repatriación, restitución, rematriación, recuperación y reparación como lenguajes políticos"
Segunda sesión de la serie de webinarios “Repatriación en América Latina: derechos, soberanías y experiencias concretas”. Panel: Rafael Curtoni (CONICET/ Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provinc...
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Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
We're looking to grow our network of early career professionals in museums and archives! All ages, backgrounds and museum disciplines welcome! Open to all/MEG Membership not required. Find out more by emailing us at earlycareers@museumethnographersgroup.org.uk
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Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Did you know that MEG has a blog? Museums are so much more than about caring for objects; museums are about people, meaning, and memory. Read more about our group’s reflections on working in the museum sector on the MEG blog. To find all blogs, click the link in bio.
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Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
The Rethinking Relationships project is hosting MEG’s annual conference this year on 23rd and 24th April, 2026. The project has been building partnerships with communities and stakeholders to provide meaningful access to the collections. Scan the code below for more information.
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Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
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
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Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
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.
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Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
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...
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Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
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!
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Museum Ethnographers Group: Repatriation Series: a Special Focus on Repatriation Work in Bristol
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lisagraves.bsky.social @lisagraves.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
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Let’s talk about repatriation – a conversation with The Larrakia
What is repatriation? Why does it matter? And what are we doing about it? Join us for a conversation with representatives from the Aboriginal Larrakia community of Darwin, Australia.
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Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
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
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Museum Ethnographers Group: Repatriation Series: a Special Focus on Repatriation Work in Bristol
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Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
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.
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Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Watch a recording of our fantastic panelists Beyond The Buzzwords as the interrogate an important question - Is Help Really Helping? m.youtube.com/watch?v=SHq0...
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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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lisagraves.bsky.social @lisagraves.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
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?
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Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Only 3 days until bookings close to attend MEG's 50th conference at National Museums Liverpool! Book your tickets: book.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/museumoflive...
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Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Hot off the press! 🎊
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Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
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 museumethnographersgroup.org.uk/meg-conferen...
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Help! Care and Support in Museums: Colleagues, Communities, and Collections | Museum Ethnographers Group
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Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
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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Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
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...
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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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Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
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!
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Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
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
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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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Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Welcome to BlueSky! Follow @journalofmeg.bsky.social to keep updated on our annual journal publications. Next issue out soon! 👀
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planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
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
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Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
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. museumethnographersgroup.org.uk/blog/artists...
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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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Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
4 days to go! Apply to present at the MEG conference or apply for bursaries to attend the conference in Liverpool! museumethnographersgroup.org.uk/meg-conferen...
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Help! Care and Support in Museums: Colleagues, Communities, and Collections | Museum Ethnographers Group
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Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Deadline to apply for our conference has been postponed to 24th January!
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Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
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!
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Meghan Backhouse @mobbackhouse.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
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. museumethnographersgroup.org.uk/meg-conferen...
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Help! Care and Support in Museums: Colleagues, Communities, and Collections | Museum Ethnographers Group
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Museum Ethnographers Group @musethnogroup.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
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.
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