The 2025 General Conference of WORKLAB – International Association of Labour Museums – will take place in Hamburg, hosted by the Museum der Arbeit from 5–7 November. This year’s theme is: Workers’ Culture In an era of growing social and … Continue reading →
The call for papers for the 2023 WORKLAB General Conference is now open! Work ties the world together and connects people across the globe. As a central feature to industrialization, wage labour has transformed societies and the daily life of … Continue reading →
We are happy to announce that the 2023 WORKLAB General Conference will take place on 16th – 18th November 2023 in the amazing surroundings of the Museum der Arbeit in Hamburg, Germany. Information about registration and call for papers will … Continue reading →
The call for papers for the 2022 WORKLAB General Conference is now open! The conference will be conducted as a joint effort between WORKLAB and the ICOM committees CAMOC (International Committee for the Collections and Activities of Museums of Cities) … Continue reading →
LAST NEWS: The conference will start on Monday 29 November as planned (see program below). Due to the COVID-19 situation masks are mandatory inside and corona passes are required for instance on restaurants. We are doing our best to make … Continue reading →
The Workers Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark is leading a project to identify all relevant and still existing workers’ assembly halls worldwide. They might be known under other names such as trade union hall, labour union hall, labor temple, labor lyceum, … Continue reading →
WORKLAB General Conference will be organized 29 November – 1 December 2021. Because of COVID-19 pandemia we decided to postpone the conference. It is organized during the 150th anniversary of Paris commune. The conference will take place in the wonderful … Continue reading →
Radical Museums: Registration for WORKLAB 2019 conference now open! Radical Museums – labour history museums as social agents, 2019 WORKLAB Conference will be organized 11-13 November 2019. The conference will take place in the wonderful city of Copenhagen. The Workers … Continue reading →
Musée de l’Histoire Vivante, France Our museum, which was established in1939, can be defined as a museum of work and social history. We are based in Montreuil near Paris in an old house which belonged to a manufacturer from the … Continue reading →
The call for papers for the 2019 WORKLAB conference in Copenhagen 11-13 November 2019 is now open! Radical Museums – labour history museums as social agents, 2019 WORKLAB Conference will be organized 11-13 November 2019. The conference will take place … Continue reading →
