Diversity
All things to all people | How communities are reshaping heritage practice
Museums often ask communities to respond to collections. The Black Beyond Data project asks what ethical practice looks like when descendant communities put forward the questions, rather than just the answers
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’
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
Learning from Birmingham’s approach to workforce diversity
Prioritising the issue is empowering, says Sara Wajid