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MUSEUM X

Reimagining museums. Reconnecting histories. Creating new possibilities.

Museum X is an experimental museum and cultural organisation exploring how heritage is researched, interpreted and experienced.

Working with communities, artists, researchers and cultural institutions in the UK and internationally, we bring Black histories, living memory and creative practice into conversation.

Through collaborative projects, ethical research and new approaches to museum-making, we challenge inherited narratives, develop more inclusive cultural practice and explore what museums can become.

Our Black British Museum Project remains central to this journey, not just as a future destination, but as an ongoing process of experimentation, collaboration and collective imagination.

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What are we working on?

Black Beyond Data: Working with Descendant Communities

Find out about our latest partnership with Black Beyond Data and the Royal Museums Greenwich.

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Latest news

Working with Descendant Communities: Learning Towards an Ethical Framework, symposium on 20 November
23/10/26
A Pathway to Where? Who Gets Invited into Museums and Who Gets to Hold Power?
11/09/26
Ancestors are not collections. Why Museums Need to Rethink Care, Ownership and Responsibility
17/06/26
Black History Month 2025 at Republic Education Campus at East India Dock
23/09/25
Why We Need a Memorial for Victims of the Atlantic Slave Trade and the Importance of Community Involvement
29/10/24
Healing Through Trauma-Informed Practices: How We Structure Our Work In Archives
04/10/24
Why Archives Matter: Exploring Black British History Through Archival Preservation
20/09/24
A&H Episode 5: Reactivating Sounds of Blackness by Vanley Burke and Gary Stewart
29/11/23
‘It’s About Handing Over Power!’
13/11/23
Museum X Releases Trailer for TWDTB?
13/11/23
Meeting Point artist Vanley Burke receives prestigious 2022 Paul Hamlyn Award
13/11/23
New Project Coming Soon!
13/11/23

Recent Projects

Our Living Archives
Challenging the Western Museum
To Whom Does This Belong?

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...exploring Black culture and intangible heritage in Britain holds a quiet kind of power. People don’t recognise that they are in possession of such powerful stories.

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