This ambitious chapter draws on a range of voices toexamine what the ethnographic museum is and what itcan be for the benefit of diverse audiences aroundthe world. Taking their 2013 publication Museum andCommunities: Curators, Collections: Collaborationsas a starting point, the authors critically considertheir own work internationally, for example withICOM (The International Council of Museums) and ICOMNamibia, as well as at everyday level with localcommunities, such as youth groups in Europe. Againstincreasing fear of difference, and movements to theright in world politics, they foreground the valuesof human rights, artist collaborations and thedevelopment of feminist pedagogy in museum work.Theoretically, the chapter unpacks the notions ofthe ‘human’, the ‘cosmopolitan’ and the inextricablerelation between theory and practice that canunderpin collaborative activities in museums ofethnography and world culture today.