Museums, Cities, Cultural Power

Museums, Cities, Cultural Power is a free two-day online symposium bringing together leading cultural and museum practitioners, academics, urbanists, architects and activists from around the world for a series of urgent discussions on the evolving power relationships between urban museums, their neighbourhoods and the people that inhabit them.

Organised by Brunel University London, the Museum of London and UCL Urban Laboratory, this event explores the dynamics of selected museum development projects in London, the UK and other cities around the world such as Cape Town, Santiago de Chile, Barcelona, Brussels, Rio de Janeiro and Rotterdam.

The event will run on Thursday 24th June 17:30 - 20:00 BST and on Friday 25th June 10:00 - 17:45 BST.

Museums, Cities, Cultural Power will provide insights into some of today’s most significant cultural development projects and the evolving power relations implicated in different approaches to their design and implementation in a range of urban contexts and emerging futures.

This is a free online event, taking place over two days, and open to everyone. It will consist of a series of live panel sessions, presentations, and informal conversations and workshops, alongside a short film and podcast series that support the programme and can be accessed at any time.