Slavery

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Reframing the narrative

Nelson Cummins on how Glasgow Museums has reinterpreted a family portrait featuring an enslaved child

Radical Museums | S3E4: Nelson Cummins

Simon Stephens travels to Glasgow to meet Nelson Cummins, curator of legacies of slavery and empire at Glasgow Museums

What’s in a name?

Tracing ancestry through a surname uncovered a complex history shared by many, writes Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann

National Museums Liverpool to look at economic impact of waterfront revival

Organisation also announces £1m slavery research project and new chair

Museum sector pays tribute following death of Geoff Palmer

Scientist and human rights activist chaired Empire, Slavery and Scotland’s Museums project

Museums’ approach to decolonisation scrutinised in British Museum debate

Sector is currently going through 'process of reformation', says historian Tom Holland

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

MSPs hear how Scottish museums are addressing colonial legacies

Reception held in parliament to show how sector is embedding anti-racism in workplaces and public spaces

Planning approval granted for International Slavery Museum revamp

Architect reveals key design features as museums prepare to close for building work

Q&A | ‘There are intrinsic power dynamics that must be acknowledged’

Carrie Canham reflects on a co-curation project that explored the difficult legacy of British Museum founder Hans Sloane

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