Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 93437
Museums and Galleries: Slavery
Tabled: 21 November 2025
Answered: 1 December 2025
Question
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Labour — Clapham and Brixton Hill
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department had held discussions with museums and other cultural institutions on the potential merits of engaging with communities on colonial-era acquisitions and the transatlantic sl
Answer
Ian MurrayMuseums in the UK are independent from the government and so decisions on engaging with communities are operational matters for them and their trustees to decide. The Department is in regular contact with our 15 sponsored museums, and as part of this has ...
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