Ancient empires. The British Empire. Oil empires. Whether it’s proudly displaying stolen artefacts, or holding a Nero exhibition sponsored by the oil giant BP, the British Museum seems keen to celebrate empires and imperialism right now.

Join our livestreamed disobedient tour, making links between objects in the museum’s collection, the history of the British Empire, and struggles for global and climate justice around the world today.

Featuring:

Zita Holbourne, National Vice President of PCS Union, National co-chair of Artists' Union England, National Chair of BARAC (Black Activists Rising Against Cuts) UK

Mona M., Iranian visual artist and researcher

Onyekachi Wambu, Project Director of the Return of the Icons programme, African Foundation for Development (AFFORD)

Hosted by activist theatre group BP or not BP?

With special contributions from singer-songwriter Hellena (hellenaofficial.com) and others TBC...

On Saturday 14 August at 2pm BST, we’ll visit a number of contested artefacts in the museum, to hear speakers from the countries whose objects are on display. We’ll be joined by museum workers and climate justice campaigners to connect the dots between these issues.

The museum is hiding the truth about the British Empire, while propping up the modern-day polluting empire of BP. Join us to call on the museum to stop this modern-day colonial behaviour and instead start acting in the interests of the public and the communities whose objects it holds.

More details to follow soon - register here or email us at info@bp-or-not-bp.org to sign up for updates

MAIN PHOTO: The crowd listens to Ariana Davis and Ahilapalapa Rands from the Interislands Collective at BP or not BP?'s 2018 Stolen Goods Tour in the British Museum. Photo by Diana More.

Stolen Goods Tour: Striking Back at the Empire

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