Our Purpose

Vision

Inspiring a more equitable future through collections-based research. 
 

Mission

To transform how the world is understood and knowledge is created through diverse collaborations that bringradicalthinking to collections-based research. 

Goals

To deliver world leading collections research across UCL through outstanding services, resources and spaces.

To maximise research quality and impact by building communities of practice, funding opportunities and collections expertise.

To open up the collections to non-traditional and practice-based areas of research by developing innovative projects and partnerships.

To encourage radical and critical thinking that challenges existing structuralhierarchies to develop alternative narratives of our collections.