Seeing Truth in Museums Conference

This half-day conference brings together artists, curators, and Indigenous knowledge holders to critically examine the colonial legacies of museum collections. British artist and art historian Dr Jane Wildgoose and Tasmanian Aboriginal artist Janice Ross will lead discussions on how museums can address the violent and coercive histories behind many collections, tackle intergenerational trauma, and advocate for truth, reconnection, and reparation.

The event also features contributions from experts exploring how visual and material culture, collected during the British colonial era, can be reinterpreted and used to challenge unequal power structures.

Developed by Dr Wildgoose with Artquest and Conway Hall, this conference is part of the University of Connecticut’s Future of Truth / Seeing Truth initiative, supported by The Henry Luce Foundation.

Seeing Truth in Museums brings together artists, curators and Indigenous knowledge holders to offer critical perspectives on visual and material culture historically collected for museums in situations of unequal power, in often violent and coercive circumstances, during the British colonial era.

Price:

Standard £15 • Living Support £10 • Students £10

Access Information

Due to the age and Grade II listing of the building, there is no lift access to rooms above the ground floor.

All the ground-floor rooms are fully accessible by wheelchair. Main Hall (street access, step-free), Brockway Room (street access, step-free), Bertrand Russell Room (street access, shallow ramp), Hive Cafe (street access, step-free). There is also an accessible toilet on the ground floor opposite the Brockway Room.

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