Conference Program 2026

• Day 1: Friday, 20 November 2026

  

  Friday, 20 November 2026: Good Museum Practice. "Best practices" has long been defined by Western institutional norms, but in a world of asymmetrical power and cultural plurality, what does “best” mean, and for whom?

• Day 2: Saturday, 21 November 2026

  

  Saturday, 21 November 2026: Tools of Transformation. This session foregrounds the tools, technologies, and strategies that enable museums to act as catalysts for change.

• Day 3: Sunday, 22 November 2026

  

  Sunday, 22 November 2026: Radical Hospitality. This day asks how museums might practice openness amid exclusion, generosity within scarcity; and what it would mean to inhabit them not as sites of authority, but as shared dwellings for contested histories and possible futures.

• Exhibitions and Visits in the Conference Program

  

  Learn more about the afternoon visits, exhibitions, and guided tours that are part of the Conference’s official program and will take place during the event in Harare.