In October 2024, in Amsterdam, the ICOM International Committees CAMOC (City Museums) and COMCOL collaborated to investigate the intersection of museums and urban spaces at the Collecting with(in) the City Conference. Hosted by the Amsterdam Museum in collaboration with Imagine IC, the event served as a platform for museum professionals and scholars to discuss projects that interrogate institutional boundaries and redefine what it means to collect with and in the city today.

On this page, you will find the proceedings of the conference. It brings together the keynote talks and selected presentations from the conference, with more than 20 contributions from practitioners across the globe highlighting the conference’s five interrelated themes: Power and (in)equalities;  Creative engagements; Fluid borders; Tangible and intangible; and Concepts of care. Together, these articles offer insights and reflections on the challenges and possibilities of collecting with(in) the city today. 

Collecting With(in) the City
Publication of the CAMOC & COMCOL Conference 
09–11 October, 2024, Amsterdam

289 pp. | ISBN 978-2-487970-26-7

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