MCL Awards winners announced

Meet the winners of this year’s Museums Change Lives Awards.

Socially engaged museums and a representative workforce. Turning values into action. We advocate for and support museums and everyone who works in and with them.

Campaigns

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Anti-racist Museums

Museums Change Lives

Supporting Decolonisation

Museums for Climate Justice

Empowering Collections

Championing our Workforce

Events

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Members Together: Scotland

2 December 2026

Canmore Room at Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries

Intelligent Futures: Understanding the Impact of AI

9 December 2026

Online

The Joy of Text: Creative Approaches to Written Interpretation

20 January 2027

Online

Museums Journal

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News Slavery

International Slavery Museum welcomes prime minister’s comments on slavery apology

Director Michelle Charters says formal statement would be an 'important and long-awaited step' for the UK Government

News Repatriation

Almost 500 items repatriated by UK institutions between 2010 and 2022, study finds

Natural History Museum made the most returns over a period that saw a shift towards greater repatriation of material culture

News Moves

Steve Miller to become director of the National Army Museum

Miller joins the London institution after more than 13 years leading Norfolk Museums Service

Museums Connecting Communities

Conference 2026

A collage featuring a black electric guitar, a silver bull statue, a brick building with A Matter of Opinion written on it, red outlined shapes, and a portrait of a man in a dark coat.

2-4 November 2026

Birmingham Repertory Theatre

Restoring civic pride. Creating hope. Encouraging social change. Join us as we celebrate how museums are finding innovative ways to show up for their communities.

Programme

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