New Issue: Museum International

Volume 78, 2026

Editorial

Reframing Provenance and Reclaiming Histories in Museums
Yunci Cai, Njabulo Chipangura & Sophie Delepierre

Reframing Provenance

Provenance Research and the Ethics of Ownership: Case Studies from the Archaeological Collections of the Allard Pierson (University of Amsterdam)
Rogier A. A. Kalkers, Daphne D. Martin & Stijn van Rossem

Integrating Life Histories into Provenance Research: Case Studies from the Yale Babylonian Collection
Sophia Slotwiner-Nie

Rethinking Provenance: Archival and Decolonial Perspectives on Object Biographies
Marie Hoffmann

Reimagining Provenance: Queer Possibilities in Provenance Research
Milana Stewart

Provenance Studies in the Realm of Natural and Human Sciences Museums: Singular Collections, Myriad Questions
Amandine Péquignot & Arnaud Hurel

The Changing Role of Provenance Researchers in Museums: Three Curators in Interview
Liza Weber

Interview

Conducting Provenance Research at the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum: A Curator’s Perspective
Maxence Garde, Sophie Delepierre & Yunci Cai

Reclaiming Histories

Beyond Restitution: Provenance Research as an Evolving (and Involving) Process
Célia Charkaoui, Madelon Dewitte & Sofie Dierickx

Uncovering Colonial Legacies: Collaborative Provenance Research on Malagan Carvings from New Ireland
Adam Hunt Kaminiel, Anthony Lupai & Katharina Nowak

Looking Beyond Knives, Buttons and Beaded Aprons: Indigenous and Maroon Agency in Colonial Collecting Practices and the Provenance of Ten Surinamese Objects in The Netherlands
Inez de Ruiter & Caroline Fernandes Caromano

Revisiting Colonial Legacies: Unprovenanced Ethnological Collections at the Livingstone and Moto Moto Museums in Zambia
Mary Mbewe & Constance Mulenga

Southeast Asian Artefacts at the National Taiwan Museum: Tracing Provenance and Engaging Migrant Communities Through Interpretation
Chia-Ying Lin

Arctic Indigenous Fashion: Honouring Women’s Roles and Sustainable Practices
Elisa Palomino

Book Review

Book Review Artistic Provenance Research
Matseliso Motsoane

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