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The Culture Lab

The Culture Lab is a teaching and sharing space which works with collections from UCL and beyond to support and nurture a new generation of curators.

Located at Marshgate, UCL East, the Culture Lab builds on UCL’s long tradition of object-based learning and collections-based research. It’s a space for students, artists and community groups to work with collections and archives to creatively share with each other and the public what matters to them through teaching, exhibitions and events.

Current exhibition 

Jeremy Bentham ring on pink background
Power!

An exhibition exploring the meaning of power through diverse collections of University College London, alongside everyday objects from our homes and communities.

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Meet the curator

Photo of Johanna Zetterstrom-Sharp
The Culture Lab is curated and managed by Dr Johanna Zetterstrom-Sharp, Associate Professor of Heritage at UCL’s Institute of Archaeology. Prior to coming to UCL in 2022, Johanna worked as Senior Curator of Anthropology at the Horniman Museum in South London, where she has worked for over a decade, and as Lecturer in Anthropology at Goldsmiths. The focus of her museum practice is community-led research and creative partnerships as a means of working through barriers to access for communities who are underserved by the arts and cultural sector. Johanna’s research explores the colonial history and inheritance of museum practice in the 1970s-90s, as well as the colonial history of milk and dairy.

Get involved

Interested in using the Culture Lab or collaborating? Contact Johanna Zetterstrom Sharp to find out more.

Plan your visit

The Culture lab is based at the UCL East Marshgate building in Stratford and is open to the public on Wednesdays at 2-5pm and the first Saturday of every month. How to find us.