{"id":9173,"date":"2025-12-21T15:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T15:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eunews.top\/index.php\/2025\/12\/21\/manchester-museum-seeks-help-to-uncover-hidden-histories-of-african-collection\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T15:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T15:09:10","slug":"manchester-museum-seeks-help-to-uncover-hidden-histories-of-african-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eunews.top\/index.php\/2025\/12\/21\/manchester-museum-seeks-help-to-uncover-hidden-histories-of-african-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester Museum seeks help to uncover hidden histories of African collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>New Africa Hub confronts colonial-era silences by asking visitors to share insights on 40,000 objects<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a rare thing for a museum to talk about what it doesn\u2019t know. But unanswered questions and archival silences are at the heart of the new Africa Hub at Manchester Museum, north-west England, which is inviting people around the world to help fill the gaps.<\/p>\n<p>The museum holds more than 40,000 items from across Africa, many of which were traded, collected, looted or preserved during the era of the British empire.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2025\/dec\/21\/manchester-museum-uncover-hidden-histories-africa-hub\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Africa Hub confronts colonial-era silences by asking visitors to share insights on 40,000 objects It\u2019s a rare thing for a museum to talk about what it doesn\u2019t know. 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