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Collection Rebellion: Can museums be spaces for radical climate action?

03 November 2021, 2:00 pm–5:00 pm

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How can museums - especially those with colonial collections - be spaces for radical climate action? Join artist Bryony Benge-Abbott and architect John Zhang to explore the Grant Museum Collections through a drawing, making and discussion workshop.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Organiser

UCL Culture

Location

Grant Museum of Zoology
Rockefeller Building
21 University Street
LONDON
WC1E 6DE

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Take part in a creative workshop that draws from UCL’s collections. Following an introduction by Rodney Harrison (UCL Institute of Archaeology), architect John Zhang will share his work that imagines the decolonisation and rewilding of museum spaces. Take part in a hands-on workshop that explores this allegory within UCL’s collections and reflect on your ideas through a drawing workshop led by artist Bryony Benge Abbott

No experience necessary. This event is free. Places are limited, book in advance online.

This event is part of UCL’s climate campaign ‘Generation One’.  Together we are the new generation taking responsibility for climate action and turning science into actionable ideas. 

Join our new era of climate action at ucl.ac.uk/generation-one