Museum of the Home considering moving statue of slave ship owner

After local campaign London museum says Robert Geffrye statue could be moved to ‘less prominent space’

A statue of a slave ship owner outside a London museum may be moved to a less prominent place after a campaign for it to be taken down.

The statue of Robert Geffrye, a 17th-century trader and former lord mayor of London, at the Museum of the Home has been the subject of a tussle between campaigners and the government, which said museums must “retain and explain” controversial artefacts.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/3ozjkWa