Unofficial tour guides descended on the British Museum today at 2pm, urging the museum to repatriate objects acquired through colonialism and to end its long-standing partnership with the oil giant BP [1]. The event was publicly announced in advance, and included a call for the return of the Benin Bronzes housed in the museum. In … More British Museum closes Africa Gallery in response to our protest tour

UPDATE: The tour has now happened! Here’s the full film of the event, see below for the schedule to help navigate the film 🙂 On August 14th 2021, we held a disobedient livestreamed tour inside the British Museum, without permission, watched live by hundreds of people. This is the full recording of what happened… 0:00:00 … More The “Striking Back at the Empire” tour