Digital Benin
Digital Benin brings together information from 5,246 objects across 131 institutions in 20 countries on the royal artefacts looted by British forces from the Kingdom of Benin (now Edo State, Nigeria) in February 1897 and distributed in its immediate aftermath. Historic Benin objects are…
The Migration Museum
The Migration Museum explores how the movement of people to and from Britain across the ages has shaped who we are – as individuals, as communities, and as nations. Programmes include exhibitions and events, an education programme, and…
Taking Care: Ethnographic and World Cultures Museums as Spaces of Care
Project to include ethnographic and world cultures museums as ways to understand and challenge the interlinked crises in climate, decolonisation, democracy, and global inequality. The project explores the potential…
The Museum of British Colonialism
Network and platform for conversations about British colonialism and its legacies. Events, discussion and projects to publish suppressed and marginalised histories. No physical collection: the Museum instead creates, shares, and holds digital resources that highlight…
Arts&Heritage
Links contemporary artists to heritage organisations and diverse audiences for projects, residencies and commissions. Includes resources and training for artists in working with museums.
An Uncomfortable Library
Selection of books, websites, and resources relating to museums, race, identity and curation. Selected by Alice Procter, historian of material culture, heritage tour guide and curator under the umbrella of The Exhibitionist.
Anti-Raids Network immigration raids data
Data and mapping on immigration raids compiled by the Anti Raids Network, made up of groups and individuals building resistance to immigration raids since 2012. Data analyses immigration raids in London by postcode area and…
UAL Decolonising Arts Institute
University research centre to challenge colonial and imperial legacies to drive cultural, social and institutional change. Projects include research, artist residences, publications and talks.
Uncomfortable Oxford
Academic led organisation raising awareness about the ‘uncomfortable’ aspects of history. They conduct walking tours of Oxford and Cambridge, panel discussions and events to provoke discussion about racial inequality, gender and class discrimination, and legacies of empire.
Labelling Matters
A project to review the Pitt Rivers Museum‘s use of language in display cases and websites. It extends work on temporary exhibitions, research, and events, into the permanent galleries. Aims to address language that is outdated, offensive, inappropriate…
Edo Museum of West African Art
The Edo Museum will be a world class museum, research and education centre connecting West Africa’s ancient heritage to its contemporary arts and culture. It aims to be a hub for contemporary creatives in…
Decolonising Museums campaign: Museums Association
The Museums Association is a membership organisation that campaigns for socially engaged museums and a representative workforce. Their Decolonising Museums campaign began in 2021 to create guidance for museums, encouraging them to reinterpretation and decolonise…
https://www.museumsassociation.org/campaigns/decolonising-museums/
Colonial Film: Moving Images of the British Empire
Detailed information on over 6,000 films showing images of life in the British colonies. Over 150 films are available for viewing online. Find films by country, date, topic, or keyword. Over 350…
Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery
Database containing the identity of all slave owners in the British colonies at the time slavery ended, and all the estates in the British Caribbean colonies. Building on two earlier…
Museum Detox
A network for people of colour who work in museums, galleries, libraries, archives, and the heritage sector. Museum Detox champions fair representation and the inclusion of cultural, intellectual, and creative contributions from people of colour. They challenge and work to…