COMCOL

. Dear COMCOL friends, You still have until 17th of May to send in your proposal for this year’s conference in collaboration with SOMUS. We are also happy to announce that COMCOL will be providing up to 5 Travel Grants as well as 2 Young Members Travel Grants for COMCOL members. Applications are welcome until the 26th of June 2026! For more information, see the link in the bio. ——————————————- Estimados amigos de COMCOL, Tienen hasta, 17 de mayo, para enviar su propuesta para la conferencia de este año en colaboración con SOMUS. Nos complace anunciar que COMCOL otorgará hasta 5 becas de viaje, así como 2 becas de viaje para jóvenes COMCOL miembros. ¡Las solicitudes se aceptan hasta el 26 de junio de 2026! Para más información, consulta el enlace en la bio.

. LLAMADO A PARTICIPACIÓN Envía tu resumen antes del 17 de mayo (medianoche CET) Conferencia Internacional sobre Museología Social, Sostenibilidad y Gestión de Colecciones en Comunidad. Conferencia conjunta de Comité Internacional de Museología Social SOMUS-IC, Comité Internacional de Colecciones COMCOL-IC Museo de Sitio Túcume, Lambayeque, Perú 16–20 de agosto de 2026 Para más información, consulta el enlace en la bio CALL FOR PAPERS NOW OPEN Submit your abstract by May 17 (midnight CET) International Conference on Social Museology, Sustainability and Community-based Collections Management. Joint Conference of International Committee for Social Museology (SOMUS-IC) and the International Committee for Collecting (COMCOL-IC) Museo de Sitio Túcume, Lambayeque, Peru August 16–20, 2026 For more information, see the link in bio. #CallForPapers #MuseodeSitioTúcume #Sostenibilidad #ICOMSOMUS #ICOMCOMCOL

El Museo de Túcume @museotucume20 , en el marco de la conmemoración de sus 34 años de vida institucional, en compañía del Comité Internacional de Museología Social @icsomus (SOMUS-IC) y del Comité Internacional de Colecciones @comcol_official (COMCOL-IC) del Consejo Internacional de Museos y de su capítulo peruano @icomperu_oficial (ICOM-Perú), convocamos a la Conferencia Internacional de Museología Social, Sostenibilidad y Gestión de Colecciones en comunidad, a realizarse entre el 16 y el 20 de agosto de 2026. Gracias a todas las instituciones y organzaciones aliadas que nos apoyan. The Túcume Museum, in commemoration of its 34th anniversary, together with the International Committee for Social Museology (SOMUS-IC) and the International Committee for Collecting (COMCOL-IC) of the International Council of Museums and its Peruvian chapter (ICOM-Peru), announces the International Conference for Social Museology, Sustainability and Community Collection Management, to be held between August 16 and 20, 2026. Thanks to all the partnering institutions and supporting organizations. #icom #somus #comcol #tucume #museologiasocial

Dear all, as the end of the year nears, we are delighted to present you the newly elected board for the 2025-2028 term! The new board would like to thank Danielle Kuijten for two amazing terms as COMCOL Chair, as well as Leen Beyers for her exceptional treasurer work and Ying-Ying Lai for her long-time commitment! The new board is composed of: Chair Brandie Macdonald, Executive Director, Indiana University Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, Bloomington, Indiana, USA Secretary Sandra Vacca, Curation and Participation, DOMiD e.V., Germany and freelance Curator Treasurer Njabulo Chipangura, Professor, National University of Ireland, Anthropology Board-Members Patoo Cusripituck, Lecturer, Program Chairperson MA Museum Studies, Mahidol University, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Thailand Nara Galvao, Director, Instituto Ricardo Brennand, Recife, Brasil Alina Gromova, Director, Jüdisches Museum München, Germany Elina Holopainen, Senior Curator, KAMU Espoo City Museum, Finland Omar Id Tnain, Curator, Agadir Museum of Art, Morocco Chelsea Wang, Assistant Professor, Department of Cultural Vocation Development at National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan We look forward to working together and meeting at various events, online and in person!

📍 ICOM International Committee Day | 15.11.2025 🤝 COMCOL · CIDOC · SOMUS 📌 Sharjah, Emiratos Árabes Unidos Visita al Museo de la Civilización Islámica y su exposición temporal, con presentaciones sobre liderazgo, colecciones y patrimonio inmaterial en Sharjah. Luego, recorrimos el Sharjah Heritage Museum y Bait Al Naboodah, dialogando sobre documentación, colecciones y museología social. Visit to the Museum of Islamic Civilization and its temporary exhibition, with presentations on leadership, collections and intangible heritage in Sharjah. Then, we explored the Sharjah Heritage Museum and Bait Al Naboodah, discussing documentation, collections and social museology. Visite du Musée de la Civilisation Islamique et de son exposition temporaire, avec des présentations sur le leadership, les collections et le patrimoine immatériel à Sharjah. Ensuite, découverte du Musée du Patrimoine de Sharjah et de Bait Al Naboodah, autour de la documentation, des collections et de la muséologie sociale. #ICOMDubai2025 #ICOMSharjah #COMCOL #CIDOC #SOMUS #MuseologíaSocial #Documentation #Collections #SharjahHeritage

Will we see you in #Dubai for @icomgc ? Or maybe you will join us online? We worked hard to create some nice sessions. The #COMCOL program can be found on our website. Sessions A, B and C will livestreamed for our digital conference participants. See you there!

Join us on November 3rd 2025, 17:00 CET, for our COMCOL Annual members meeting featuring Special Guest Noelle Kahanu! The talk is organised in cooperation with @iumuseumaa and will take place in English. Spanish translation will be available. In addition to this keynote, we will be announcing the voting results for the next cycle of COMCOL Board members. The link to the online event can be found on our website. We look forward to seeing you there! *** Noelle Kahanu's keynote: I Ka Pō Loa, In the Long Night.  Hawaiians believe that darkness is not to be feared. Rather, it is a time of creation and genesis. How can we find opportunities despite local, national, and global challenges to our museums and related institutions? What does it look like to share authority and seed trust to build a future together? Noelle will engage with these questions, and how work around imagining Indigenous futures for colonial collections can become a catalyst for generative opportunities, transformative experiences, and reciprocal relationship building. Noelle M.K.Y. Kahanu (Kanaka ʻOiwi/Native Hawaiian) is a fifteen-year veteran of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, HI, where she developed scores of exhibitions and programs. She worked on the renovation of Hawaiian Hall (2009), Pacific Hall (2013), and the landmark E Kū Ana Ka Paia exhibition (2010).  She has a law degree from the University of Hawaiʻi and previously served as Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C. where she worked on issues affecting Native Hawaiians, American Indians, and Alaska Natives. She is currently an associate specialist in Public Humanities and Native Hawaiian Programs at UH Mānoa's American Studies Department and acting director of the Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Program. Her current research and practice explores the liberating and generative opportunities when museums “seed” rather than cede authority. @icomofficiel

Dear voting members, You can now elect your new COMCOL Board – Please cast your vote until midnight CET on October 28, by following the link sent to each one of you per mail. You can vote for 8 candidates for the general board position and one for the chair position. To refresh your memory, you can find all the candidates and their motivation on our website. The results of the elections will be announced during our Webinar and online Annual Members Meeting, which will take place online, on November 3, 2025. Program, time and meeting link will follow soon. If you have any question or if you have not received your invitation to vote per email, please get in touch! Happy voting! ... Image by John Mounsey from Pixabay

O II Simpósio de Coleções e Colecionismo foi um sucesso! ✨ Durante três dias, reunimos pesquisadores, curadores, artistas e gestores para debater o papel das coleções na arte contemporânea no auditório do Instituto Ricardo Brennand. O evento foi realizado pelo Ministério da Cultura, Instituto RB, COMCOL e ICOM Brasil, promovendo discussões cruciais sobre gestão de museus, processos curatoriais, mercado da arte e políticas internacionais. Agradecemos a presença de todas as pessoas que estiverem conosco! 🤎 #institutorb #museu #recife #simposiodecolecoesecolecionismo #colecionismo #curadoria #icom

Já é nesta semana! 🖼️ O II Simpósio Internacional “Coleções e Colecionismo: Práticas e Narrativas no Sistema da Arte” começa na sexta (29), aqui no Instituto Ricardo Brennand. Confira os detalhes e inscreva-se agora mesmo no link em nossa bio 👆 #InstitutoRB #InstitutoRB #SimpósioColeções #Colecionismos #Pesquisa #Recife

Meet now the amazing candidates for the board 2025-2028 to bring COMCOL forward ✨ (link in the bio)

🔍 Elections New Board (2025-2028): We are looking for Candidates! 🗳 This year a new COMCOL Executive Board will be elected for the next three-year term. The outgoing Board invites all members to consider a position in the board to join forces in creating new inspiring projects for the membership. ✨ Are you interested? You can nominate yourself by filling in the Nomination form, to be submitted by 31 July 2025. All infos and relevant documents can be found on our COMCOL Website. We look forward to your nominations!