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CULTURE& IN collaboration with the Museums Association are set to host a joint UK and US symposium on how our museums are responding to racism and what needs to happen next.

The tumultuous events that followed the May 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis shone a globally bright light upon all forms of racism and anti-Blackness, including its impact on museums and their communities.

While the events of last summer may have faded in some memories, the issues raised remain current.

Culture& and the Museums Association will reflect on what happened last year, and look forward to the future.

A UK and US panel of distinguished arts and culture leaders will probe the statements of solidarity issued by various arts and heritage organisations in 2020, what they have achieved since then, and what further changes need to be made.

UK panelists include Arike Oke, Managing Director at the Black Cultural Archives; Hassan Mahamdallie, diversity specialist and former Director of the Muslim Institute; and Rachael Minott, Inclusion and Change Manager at the National Archives.

They will be joined by US experts including Monica O. Montgomery, Curator of Special Projects + Programming at the Smithsonian Institution Arts + Industries Building; Ian Damont Martin, Executive Director of Inclusion & Belonging at the Art Institute of Chicago; and OnRa LaTeal, Senior Manager of ARTLAB at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

The discussion will be moderated by Culture&s Chief Executive, Dr Errol Francis.

Sharon Heal, Director of the Museums Association said: We are delighted to be working with Culture& on this critical issue for museums. A year after the murder of George Floyd its vital that we turn the commitment to anti-racism that many museums expressed at that time into action.

Dr Errol Francis, Chief Executive of Culture& added: The Black Lives Matter movement has intensified longstanding concerns about equality and diversity in the arts and heritage sectors both in the UK and US.

One year on from the outcry at the murder of George Floyd we want to scrutinise, along with our US colleagues, the actions of those institutions who said they stood in solidarity with the Black community throughout the world and to assess what actions they have implemented and what remains to be done.

Museums and Black Lives Still Matter will be held on Zoom on Wednesday 2 June at 1pm EST / 6pm BST. Book free tickets here .

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