Museum X

Focus | Celebrating local African-Caribbean culture and our stories

Aspire Black Suffolk aims to create a long-lasting legacy to the Power of Stories exhibition

Focus | Making under-told stories the star of the show

Melanie Hollis shares how Ipswich Museum created the Power of Stories exhibition

Trendswatch | Critical friends

The directors of Museum X on how outside voices can help museums create meaningful change

Case study | Extending your reach

Red Earth Collective and Birmingham Museums Trust produced a series of films and a livestreaming event

Building the future

Leading voices from across the globe share their insights and experiences of their efforts to advance the world’s understanding and knowledge of Black history

Waiting for myself to appear

Artist and playwright Michael McMillan discusses how decolonising museums and the education system can help ensure that Black history is no longer overlooked

You’ve got to get your history right

Tehmina Goskar traces the roots behind years of misrepresentation of social and cultural history in museums and argues change can only come from within

Facing up to the past

Harewood House in Leeds is taking active steps to be more open about its colonial past, but more can be done, says Emily Zobel Marshall

Best in show | Commodities, 2021, by Carl Gabriel

Brodsworth Hall and Gardens, South Yorkshire

Into the groove

Patrick Vernon is preserving African diaspora heritage through a radio show broadcast from a space station in the year 2300

Out of many, one museum

Curating content that allows people of colour to see and be themselves might one day give them a sense of belonging, says Carol Ann Dixon

Past tense

Tokenistic gestures are not enough to tackle colonial legacies, says Errol Francis