Museum Partnership Grants

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African-European Museum Partnership Grants for Exhibitions and Public Engagement

Organisation: African-European Museum Partnership (AEMP)
Location: Sub-Saharan Africa / Europe
Support: Project funding (amounts not specified in the announcement)
Application deadline: 4 December 2026

About the Programme

The African-European Museum Partnership (AEMP) invites applications from museums and heritage institutions working in partnership across Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe for two funding opportunities supporting exhibitions, public engagement and audience participation.

Part of the Africa–Europe Partnerships for Culture, the initiative supports collaboration between museums and heritage institutions to develop new approaches to exhibitions, public engagement and audience participation.

The programme is funded by the European Union, with contributions from Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands, in close cooperation with the African Union, and implemented by Expertise France and the Goethe-Institut.

Funding Opportunities

1. Innovative and Sustainable Exhibitions Grants

This call supports pilot exhibition projects that test innovative and sustainable exhibition practices. Funding is available for partnerships seeking to explore new approaches to exhibition development, presentation and sustainability.

2. Mediation and Public Engagement Grants

This call focuses on museum mediation, cultural education and public engagement, with particular attention to initiatives working with young people, women, local communities and diaspora audiences.

Eligibility

Applications must be submitted by a partnership of at least two organisations, with at least one partner being a museum or heritage institution based in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Eligible partnerships include:

African-European partnerships.
Partnerships between organisations based in African