Question follow-through · 93437

Museums and Galleries: Slavery

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

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
21 Nov 2025
Target answer date
25 Nov 2025
Answer
1 Dec 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 21 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    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

  2. 25 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 1 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    Museums 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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