Arts and culture

Museum Meets University at Wereldmuseum

Date: Tuesday 6 October 2026 - Friday 30 April 2027
Address: Steenstraat 1
2312BS Wereldmuseum Leiden
Room: Grote Zaal

How should museums react in these roaring times to societal and political pressures on their exhibition-making? Which issues are taken into account, and which are not? Where do museums draw the line? Can museums truly be inclusive in their choice of which stories to tell? Join us and let us tak you trhough three recent cases highlight dilemmas museums currently are facing.

Time for Papua in the Wereldmuseum (foto: Aad Hoogendoorn)

What and when

Join us on 8 October from 15.00 till 17.00 hrs at Wereldmuseum Leiden for an afternoon in which the university meets the museum.

Enjoy a lecture (in English) by Daniel Soliman, curator of the Rijksmuseum of Oudheden's Egyptian and Nubian collection about the events following several negative online comments in the media.
After that Curator Oceania, Worldmuseum and professor Art and Material Culture of Oceania Wonu Veys will highlight ways of dealing with differences and disagreements revolving the exhibition of Time for Papua.
Next, curator Ad Maas will unravel what happened by means of an object from the collection, an oli-sample, that came to symbolize changing perspectives on fossil fuels.

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More editions

Does this sound like fun but you're not available on 8 October? No need to worry. This is part of a series of collaborations between various Leiden museums and Leiden University. Keep an eye on the student website for more activities involving other museums in Leiden.