Decolonising knowledge

Decolonising knowledge in Switzerland is a project aiming at involving Swiss GLAMs, researchers, existing networks and volunteers in making open content related to colonisation, provenance, restitution, power dynamics and global critical perspectives available on Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, and engaging communities in improving articles and data.

The project focuses on a series of exhibitions organised in Switzerland in 2024-2025 as a starting point to engage GLAMs, researchers, existing networks and volunteers in improving Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects.

Location	Museum	Exhibition	Opening	Until	Opening hours	Prize	Link
Neuchâtel	CAN Centre d’art Neuchâtel	Spatial Convers(i)or	21.09.2024	10.11.2024	Wed-Sun 11am-6pm	Free	https://can.ch/en/project/spatial_conversior/
Neuchâtel	Musée d'ethnographie de Neuchâtel	Cargo Cults Unlimited	17.12.2023	31.12.2024			https://www.men.ch/fr/expositions/cargo-cults-unlimited
Geneva	Musée d'ethnographie de Genève MEG	Remembering. Geneva in the Colonial World	03.05.2024	05.01.2025			https://www.meg.ch/en/expositions/remembering
Zurich	Landesmuseum Zurich	colonial – Switzerland’s Global Entanglements	13.09.2024	19.01.2025			https://www.landesmuseum.ch/colonial
Zurich	Museum Rietberg	In Dialogue with Benin. Art, Colonialism and Restitution	23.08.2024	16.02.2025			https://rietberg.ch/en/exhibitions/indialoguewithbenin
Bern	Bernisches Historisches Museum	Resistances. On Dealing with Racism in Bern	25.04.2024	01.06.2025			https://www.bhm.ch/en/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/resistances
Zurich	ETH Zurich	Colonial Traces - Collections in Context	30.08.2024	13.07.2025	Mon-Sun: 10am-5pm	Free	https://extract.ethz.ch/en/exhibition.html
Zurich	Ethnographic museum University of Zurich	Benin Dues. Dealing with Looted Royal Treasures	24.08.2024	14.09.2025			https://www.musethno.uzh.ch/en/Exhibitions/benin-dues.html
Lucerne	Verkehrshaus / Hans Erni Museum	Kakao, Kunst und Kolonialismus. Die Schifffahrtssammlung Philipp Keller	21.11.2024	07.06.2026			https://www.verkehrshaus.ch/besuchen/museum/hans-erni-museum/sonderausstellung.html