At British Museum, a Promising But Flawed Start to Grappling With Colonialism

Aditya Iyer, At British Museum, a Promising But Flawed Start to Grappling With Colonialism, Hyperallergic, December 3, 2020.

“Can public museums ever be decolonized? Is there a way to honestly showcase the often violent provenance of many collections in a space originally designed as a site for colonial science and codification? These are the sorts of questions that should be considered when confronting “Empire and Collecting,” a new permanent collection “trail” at the British Museum.”