A presentation from the Collections People Stories project, about working with origin communities to better understand our collections. www.horniman.ac.uk/about/collections-people-stories

2.  Outcomes agreed with ACE
 review 30,000 objects
 photograph over 12,000 of these
 conserve circa 1,000 objects
 enhance our collections on-line presence

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5. EmilTorday, Kasai
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6. Rethinking the kinds of stories we can tell with
our collections through research and
community work

7.  Get more people learning about and using the Anthropology
collection.
 Increase our knowledge of the meanings and significance of
objects in the collection, and find ways to record and share this.
 Explore new ways of using the Horniman and its collections to
create positive changes in the lives of individuals and
communities.
 Develop the way we use digital technology to increase
engagement online.
 Gather ideas that will shape the redevelopment of one of the
Horniman galleries and ensure it meets the needs of new and
existing audiences.

9. Of central importance is a concern that we
do not present narratives which presume to
speak on behalf of other people.

10. •Are we in a position to
make a moral judgement?
•Who could we consult?
•Value in inviting dialogue
and debate, rather than
fearing it.

11.  Individuals or communities who have political
rights over objects collected in the past, and
claim these rights.
 The majority don’t claim them, and have little
interest in doing so.
 What is our responsibility in this context?

12. Mr Jean-Marie Witele, NHI, at our stores Reports to distribute

13. Josephine Kargbo, Sierra Leone National Museum, layout space

14. Centenary Gallery, opened in 2001