An exploration of British Colonialism
The Museum of British Colonialism is a network and platform for facilitating global conversations about British colonialism and its legacies. We make visible suppressed and marginalised histories and elevate underrepresented voices in order to challenge damaging myths. We are a transnational, anti-racist and anti-colonial organisation.
Anti-Blackness and Colonial Detention
In this exhibition, we examine the remnants of colonial detention camps in Kenya, focusing on Manyani Maximum Security Prison. The exhibition highlights how frameworks of environment, health, infrastructure, erasure, and resistance help us to understand how current models of imprisonment and anti-blackness are linked.
Paper Trails
An interview series platforming the work of early-career researchers working on British colonialism.
Projects
Discover the diversity of our projects, featuring interviews, oral histories, digital reconstructions, exhibitions, and fieldwork diaries.
Blog
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Latest Explorations
Prejudice, Punishment, and Protest: The Carceral Experience under Colonial Rule in India
by Ashish Rawat The punishment must proceed from the crime; the law must appear to be a necessity of things, and power
We do not hold a physical collection.
Instead, we create, share, and act as a repository for digital resources that highlight lived experiences of British colonialism.
We do not hold a physical collection.
Instead, we create, share, and act as a repository for digital resources that highlight lived experiences of British colonialism.
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