What should happen to the toppled statue of slave trader Edward Colston? An exhibition in Bristol aims to answer that question, writes Steven Morris.
The statue of the slave trader Edward Colston will go on display in a Bristol museum almost a year to the day after it was hauled from its plinth in the city centre by Black Lives Matter protesters and thrown into the city’s harbour.
Colston’s statue will form the centrepiece of a temporary exhibition at the M Shed museum and a survey will be launched to try to find out what people think should happen to it next.
The statue will sit alongside a selection of placards from the BLM protest that took place in Bristol last year with a timeline of key events. An online version of the display and survey will be... Keep reading on The Guardian.
The statue of the slave trader Edward Colston will go on display in a Bristol museum almost a year to the day after it was hauled from its plinth in the city centre by Black Lives Matter protesters and thrown into the city’s harbour.
Colston’s statue will form the centrepiece of a temporary exhibition at the M Shed museum and a survey will be launched to try to find out what people think should happen to it next.
The statue will sit alongside a selection of placards from the BLM protest that took place in Bristol last year with a timeline of key events. An online version of the display and survey will be... Keep reading on The Guardian.