About the International Slavery Museum

Support for the International Slavery Museum

"This new museum will aim to challenge preconceptions and will address issues which are of relevance to everyone today."
Loyd Grossman OBE FSA, chairman, National Museums Liverpool

Loyd is pictured above with Richard Benjamin, head of the International Slavery Museum, David Lammy MP, Minister for Culture and David Fleming, director of National Museums Liverpool, at an event in support of the museum at Winfield House, the London residence of the US Ambassador, Robert Holmes Tuttle.

The International Slavery Museum project has consulted and gained support from many organisations, institutions and individuals, including the following.

International

• UNESCO Slave Routes Project
• National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Barbados Museum and Historical Society
• Anti-Slavery International

UK national

• Department for Culture, Media and Sport
• The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
• Heritage Lottery Fund - National Museums Liverpool was awarded a £1.5 million grant towards the museum from the Heritage Lottery Fund in September 2006
• Commission for Racial Equality
• Wilberforce Institute of Slavery and Emancipation

UK regional

• Liverpool City Council
• The Mersey Partnership
• Community Groups including the Merseyside African Council, Granby Residents' Association, Black Police Association, Kuumba Imani Centre
• University of Liverpool
• The Liverpool Slavery Remembrance Initiative Steering Group
• Historic Society of Lancashire & Cheshire

Major supporter

Supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund