Untold Histories Museum Tours

16/12/2019

The Untold Histories Museum Tours have now ended. We would like to thank all those who have supported us, and the hundreds of people who attended one of our tours since October 2018!

We will be continuing the work of engaging with and questioning museums through other projects. If you would like to contact us, please do so via email. Please note this page will no longer be monitored regularly.

08/11/2019

Our last tour is now sold out! Thank you everyone who bought tickets - we'll see you tomorrow morning at the Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology!

05/11/2019

📢 There's only one ticket remaining for our last tour this Saturday! 🌟 🎟🌟

Saturday 9 November 2019 Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology . Buy Tickets Saturday 9 November 2019 11:00Book tickets The Untold Histories Museum Tours cover lesser-known histories behind objects and their collectors at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge. After a sold out lau...

04/11/2019

All good things must come to an end! We're sad to announce the final Untold Histories tour, this Saturday at the Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology. TIckets available through the link 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

https://www.cambridgelive.org.uk/tickets/events/untold-histories-museum-tours-final-tour

Thank you for all the support over the last year. The three of us have other commitments right now like PhDs and postdocs, but keep your eyes open for individual future projects from 2020!

Saturday 9 November 2019 Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology . Buy Tickets Saturday 9 November 2019 11:00Book tickets The Untold Histories Museum Tours cover lesser-known histories behind objects and their collectors at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge. After a sold out lau...

29/10/2019

The German Historical Institute London - Deutsches Historisches Institut London has a series of podcasts of lectures and events, and a theme this year has been 'Contested Histories'. The most recent podcast 'From Collected to Contested: The Future of Museums after the Repatriation Debate' might be of interest to our followers. It is a round-table panel discussion featuring Subhadra Das, Clémentine Deliss, Tristram Hunt, and Alice Procter The Exhibitionist, and is chaired by Mirjam Brusius.

The German Historical Institute London (GHIL) is an independent academic institution. It promotes research on modern history, in particular on the comparative history of Germany and Great Britain, on the British Empire/Commonwealth and on Anglo-German relations within the context of the internationa...

25/10/2019

"My experience with the Asian Art Museum was an exercise in watching white people work out their identity on the back of mine. The platform they seemed to give me, it turned out, wasn’t actually for me—it was for them, a way to fashion my Brownness into something they could wear. White supremacy works that way, for all “minorities”; it censors any critique contained in nonwhite expression and commodifies and tokenizes whatever’s left, forcing people like me into the posture of the model minority."

My artwork was about appropriation. San Francisco's Asian Art Museum tried to appropriate it.

23/10/2019

Another disturbing development in our understanding of how the Museum of the Bible sourced artefacts, after the 2017 revelations that it had purchased thousands of smuggled objects.

Dr Obbink of the University of Oxford is under investigation for selling ancient Bible fragments from the Egypt Exploration Society collections.

It is alleged 11 items from a collection held at Oxford University were sold by Prof Dirk Obbink.

21/10/2019

We welcome the news that approximately 600 illegally removed Native American human remains and artefacts will be returned by the Kansallismuseo - The National Museum of Finland. Above all we applaud the work of Leigh Kuwanwisiwma and the Hopi, Zuni, Acoma and Zia tribes (representing the pueblos and Native peoples affected) in accomplishing this.

Mesa Verde looted of cultural property in the late 19th century

17/10/2019

Just over halfway through Black History Month, and there are still loads of fantastic events happening in Cambridge, including the Black History Month Comedy Show, Black History Month Panel Discussion, and a MARSHA P. JOHNSON ON FILM night! You can find a list of events through the link

Lectures, films, discussion panels and exhibitions are being held across departments and colleges during Black History Month 2019. From slavery and empire through to the experiences of black people today, the story of identity will be traced through a series of events, including:

16/10/2019

Toward An Antiracist Archaeology: What does an antiracist archaeology look like and how can it be accomplished in a profession that remains predominantly white and continues to privilege whiteness?

What does an antiracist archaeology look like and how can it be accomplished in a profession that remains predominantly white and continues to privilege whiteness?