Decolonisation at North Lincolnshire Museums
At North Lincolnshire Museums we aim to create a space that is welcoming to all our communities.
The Museum’s collections are a rich resource with the ability to showcase diverse stories from North Lincolnshire’s history.
On this page we will share information, stories and updates about the Museums decolonisation journey. Decolonising the museum and collection is a long-term process. It involves looking at the museum, the collections, the stories we tell and who tells those stories.
Find out more about decolonising in Museums on the Museums Association website.
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North Lincolnshire Museums Statement on Black Face Makeup in the Coleby Plough Jag
Read the full North Lincolnshire Museum statement on black face makeup in the plough jag.
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Emotional Connections as Documentation: Working with the North Lincolnshire Sanctuary Group and Poet, Sharena Lee Satti
Community Curator, Kathryn Spence, on a recent project creating poems inspired by objects in the collection with the North Lincolnshire Sanctuary Group.
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Salim C Wilson
Ten Years A Slave, Fifty Years A Preacher
A century after his marriage to a Scunthorpe woman, Salim Charles Wilson’s name is largely unremembered locally. Tim Davies takes a fresh look at an unjustly forgotten celebrity from the early twentieth century.
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The Life of Salim C. Wilson (Hatashil Masha Kathish)
A biography of Salim C. Wilson’s (Hatashil Masha Kathish) life, including his childhood in South Sudan, enslavement, freedom, missionary work and life in Scunthorpe by Archie Wood.
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The Black Evangelist of the North
Poet and performer, Tia Goffe, shares the life of Salim C. Wilson/Hatashil Masha Kathish through verse.
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