UCL East Masterclass - Heritage, Sustainability and Society

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Topic: Museums and their colonial legacies

Date: Wednesday 5 July 2023, 4 - 5pm

In this taster lecture we will explore museums and their colonial legacies. We will think about why it is important to both acknowledge historical wrong doing on the one hand, and think about what can be done to begin to a better future on the other. Drawing on 10 years of experience working as a curator with the collections at the Horniman Museum in South London, Johanna will explore some of the practical steps the museums has taken to embed change, including community-led research and the recent repatriation to Nigeria of belongings looted by British colonial forces from Benin City in 1897.