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Delegates from the Nisgaa Nation arrive at the National Museum of Scotland. Image courtesy of Duncan McGlynn and National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh.

An Active Interface

Originally established in 1975, MEG has a long history of bringing individuals, institutions and museum collections together to build knowledge and understanding. We are an active interface between museum professionals, university-based researchers, and institutional and community stakeholders, but many of our members do not have an academic background, and we value practice-based experience and knowledge.

Image courtesy of Ian Wandall and the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford.

For a Different Future

We believe that museums have an important role to play in building understanding, foregrounding respect, and caring for each other. However, this is predicated on institutional and practical changes that we all have a responsibility to work towards. We cannot do this work alone and we hope that you will join us as we strive to support each other, share best practice, and collectively imagine a different future.

The Museum Ethnographers Group is registered as a charity in England and Wales with the Charity Commission (no. 1023150).

Image courtesy of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford.

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We welcome new members – whether you are from an indigenous community, work as an educator, practitioner, or artist, or are involved in the research or care of world cultures collections in museums – MEG is the network for you.

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