Natalie McGuire

Barbadian curator Dr. Natalie McGuire centers her practice on community-led museology of the global south.

She holds a PhD in Cultural Studies from the University of the West Indies Cave Hill and is a Curator at the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, as well as a part time lecturer in Art History at the Barbados Community College.

She is co-founder of the Transoceanic Visual Exchange triennial, Vice Chair for ICOM Barbados, and serves on the executive boards of ICOFOM LAC and the Barbados National Art Gallery.

She has been published in edited volumes such as Communities and Museums in the 21st Century (Routledge, 2023).

Natalie McGuire will be speaking at the Green Museums Summit 2025:

Rhizomatic Museology and the SDGs in the Caribbean

An examination of Rhizomatic Museology in Barbados and how it has been articulated in a case study of a project developed by the Barbados Museum & Historical Society and the UNDP Barbados & the Eastern Caribbean.

Image: William Cummins, courtesy the Barbados Museum & Historical Society.