The guidance covers all areas of practice, with sections on collaboration, collections, workforce and more. It offers prompts for thinking, discussion and action, recognising there is no single 'right' way to decolonise museums. It is intended to help people from across the museum sector to engage with decolonising practice, regardless of size or type of institution.
Supporting Decolonisation in Museums was produced by the Museums Association’s Decolonisation Guidance Working Group, with support from Association’s Ethics Committee. It was developed following the findings of the 2019 Empowering Collections report, which recognised the growing interest in decolonising museums, but a lack of confidence in how to put this into practice.
On the same day, the new Decolonisation Confidence and Skills programme was announced. The programme will help museums to implement decolonising practice in their work and further details will be announced in 2022.
