Black history
Museum sector pays tribute following death of Geoff Palmer
Scientist and human rights activist chaired Empire, Slavery and Scotland’s Museums project
Q&A | ‘Archives can offer a cathartic moment that transcends time and space’
Decolonising the Archive co-founder Connie Bell on how the organisation is shaping a non-western model for archival practice
Science and Industry Museum teams up with Guardian newspaper on slavery exhibition
Project aims to increase public understanding of Manchester’s historic connections to enslavement
How Beyond the Bassline captured the hard-earned joy of Black British music
Miles Greenwood discovers a deeper narrative at this British Library exhibition
Vagina Museum names galleries after Black ‘mothers of gynaecology’
Museum honours enslaved women who were subjected to experimental surgeries in the 19th century
Profile | Listen. Learn. Act.
Simon Stephens talks to community activist Michelle Charters, who is now leading a revamp of the world’s first standalone international slavery museum
Heart and soul | United States International African American Museum, Charleston
Rebecca Swirsky learns how a new museum in South Carolina is honouring African Americans
New firm appointed to Liverpool museums project following Adjaye allegations
Architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios will lead transformation of International Slavery Museum and Maritime Museum
Heritage professionals respond to ‘woke archaeology’ claims
Museum of London research on plague victim ethnicity has faced criticism in parliament
