This exhibition explores the colonial legacies of museum collections through a powerful collaboration between British artist and historian Dr Jane Wildgoose and Tasmanian Aboriginal artist Janice Ross. Centring on their research into 19th-century Tasmanian artefacts, it uncovers histories of stolen children, racial science, and intergenerational trauma, while addressing how museums can navigate power structures to advocate for truth, reconnection, and reparation.
Developed in partnership with Artquest and Conway Hall, this project builds on the University of Connecticut’s Future of Truth / Seeing Truth initiative, with support from 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.
Admission: FREE
Run time: 25 January – 2 February
Opening times: 11am – 7pm, everyday
Access Information
This exhibition is located on the ground floor, and is fully accessible by wheelchair.
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Further Info
Admission to this exhibition is FREE. No ticket necessary, just show up.
The exhibition is located in the Bertrand Russell Room on the ground floor, with its own entrance on Theobald’s Road. Attendees are kindly requested to use this entrance, as the Red Lion Square entrance may be closed for a private function.