Museums and colonialism

Alice Procter explains how modern museums often have problematic colonial histories and offers some ideas about how we should be rethinking these institutions

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July 10, 2020 at 2:41 pm

Historian Alice Procter discusses her recent book The Whole Picture, which explains how modern museums often have problematic colonial histories and offers some ideas about how we should be rethinking these institutions.

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