Diversity

Art Fund launches scheme to tackle lack of diversity in curatorial roles

Empowering Curators programme provides fellowships for curators from global majority backgrounds

Diversity in cultural leadership has ‘stalled’, report finds

Creative UK research shows that just 6% of higher-level heritage professionals are from an ethnic minority background

Relentless upheaval for American museums under Trump

A series of presidential executive orders is threatening museums’ diversity, equality and inclusion work. Simon Stephens reports

Museums must support diversity amid Trump attacks, says V&A East director

Gus Casely-Hayford expresses solidarity with US colleagues after Smithsonian gallery director is ‘fired’

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In the Trump era, the UK sector’s commitments to equity and inclusion risk being quietly eroded

Museums must not allow the wider political context to undo progress, say Suzanne MacLeod and Richard Sandell

National Portfolio museums are becoming more diverse, ACE report finds

New figures show rise in culture sector workers with protected characteristics, particularly at leadership level

Report shows lack of racial diversity in the heritage sector

Historic England survey suggests that less than 1% of workforce is Black

National Trust aiming to improve workforce diversity

Annual report shows progress is being made but more needs to be done

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Learning from Birmingham’s approach to workforce diversity

Prioritising the issue is empowering, says Sara Wajid

Case study | Creating inclusive fashion mannequins

Georgina Ripley shares how National Museum of Scotland has updated its fashion displays to better reflect society

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Building a shared future and avoiding divisive stereotypes

Ulster Museum is making space for diverse voices

Museums are failing to reflect working-class lives

The authors of a recent report hope their research will inspire a broader conversation about socio-economic representation in the sector