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30th December 2024
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Councils public art and museums
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For projects from January 2024 up to date
And for ongoing work and upcoming, planned work
Public art
1. What is being done to make the town hall space more inclusive in terms of race, and LGBT inclusion?
2. What artworks have been installed or removed to help with this? Paintings linked to empire and slavery for example/
3. What public art more generally, has been commissioned to improve diversity and inclusion?
4. What public art more generally, has been removed, or given greater context, or reviewed for links to offensive or outmoded issues - statues linked to empire and slavery, for example
Local museums
5. What is being done to make local museums (if applicable) more inclusive in terms of race, and LGBT inclusion?
6. What displays have been added or updated to help with this? For example, have outdated displays been taken down?
7. What research is being undertaken?
8. What tours are available?
9. What advice on racial inclusion and LTGBT issues is provided to staff?
Libraries
10. If applicable, what is being done to make local libraries more inclusive in terms of race, and LGBT inclusion?
11. What books have been added to stock in relation to this?
12. What books have been removed or moved to a reserve stack, or a less prominent place, because their content might be problematic; for example, outdated, racist, homophobic, transphobic, Islamophobic ?
13. Can you provide details of any compaint received in the timeframe relating to the above issues?
