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Colonial Critters: Decolonising the Powell-Cotton Museum

NatSCA Online Conference 2020: Decolonising Natural Science Collections Second Session: Colonial Critters: Decolonising the Powell-Cotton Museum Rachel Jennings, Powell-Cotton Museum The Powell-Cotton Museum’s dioramas are visual spectacles that delight audiences, but they aren’t representations of ‘real life’. Starting in September 2020, we are undertaking a project called ‘Colonial Critters’, which will look critically at the context in which these displays were created. In this project we will delve into the history of the Museum and uncover the ‘hidden’ stories in our extensive archive, including those of the communities with whom Percy Powell-Cotton worked across the African continent, in India, and in Kent to make this place. We will engage our staff and audiences in the process to find out what stories they would like the Museum to tell, giving the opportunity for some uncomfortable - but ultimately more rounded - histories to be displayed. The aim of decolonisation is not to re-write history, but to be more open and transparent about the origins of our collections. This presentation will outline the Colonial Critters project, and discuss what decolonisation means to us at the Powell-Cotton Museum.