Global Cultural Assembly 2025

At the beginning of June, 80 delegates from different regions of the world will gather at the Humboldt Forum. The aim is to engage in dialogue about future collaboration and to contribute to the development of a Global Cultural Embassy (GCE).

The meeting builds on a major event: in September 2022, on the occasion of the opening of the permanent exhibitions of the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art, Indigenous and international guests who had contributed to the development of the exhibitions in various roles came together. This encounter led to the Declaration of Dignity, Transparency and Continuity. Since then, an ongoing process has been underway to establish a permanent structure for participation and co-determination in and at the Humboldt Forum. This is already visible in a dedicated space within the Forum, curated by members of the Global Cultural Assembly (GCA). The GCA will also take part in shaping the content of the upcoming thematic focus on Family Matters.

From June, a seven-member Reference Group is charged to work towards a long term, just and collaborative governance process concerning museum collections and cultural institutions. At the same time, the Assembly will open itself to the interested public: through roundtable discussions, presentations, encounters, and a closing celebration as part of the Fête de la Musique.

These events offer an opportunity to experience what collaborative practice and shared responsibility in the cultural field can mean – not as a finished model, but as an invitation to think, feel, and engage in discussion together. There will be many opportunities to speak directly with the delegates of the Assembly.

Halim Gençoğlu, Lia Beltrami, Onias Landveld, Amparo Leyman Pino, Eliaou Balouka, Patrick Mudekereza, Lopeti Senituli, Rohit Ranjitkar, Wynema Morris, John Gladstone, Lori Lea Pourier, Peter Herbert, Arazu Hassan Mohammed, Osaisonor Godfrey Ekhator-Obogie, Ndukuyakhe Ndlovu, Whiti Hereaka, Assumpta Mugiraneza, Roey Zeevi, Lisa Hilli, Karufe Kotile, Maria Cristina Juan, Zubeni Lotha, Margarita Martínez Pérez, James Riding In, Alfredo Villar, Yana Lucila Lema, Sandra Benites, Francisco Huichawueo, Alima Khusravova, Jayne Curnow, Prince Koum Ndoumbe III, Andrei Fernandez, Laurentine Bayala, Bayarmaa Dariima, Tarisi Vunidilo, Marcella Katjijova, Gwyneira Isaac, Vanessa Dawn Hamilton, Walmeri Ribeiro, Imani Tafari-Ama, Marie Nadège Tsogo Momo, Rodrigo Duarte, Josephine Ebiuwa Abbe, Sophia Olivia Sanan, Phil Osaize Omodamwen, Kate Beane, Anthony Shelton, Prince Kamaazengi Marenga, Priya Basil, Alex Stolze, Florence Rojas Keyser, Silvina Der Meguerditchian, Marta Oliveira Sonius, Yanan Wang, Müjgan Arpat, Marianne Ballé Moudoumbou, Yuko Matsuyama, David Dibiah, Anna Sara Dias Portugal Guimaraes, Hans-Werner Klohe, Carolina Petrell, Magueye Kassé, Henrique Entratice, Tara Devi Rai, Snejanna Atanova, Elhalm Assadhikonsari