Who we work with
Jesse Jackson arriving at the International Slavery Museum last year. Photograph © Simon Webb
The International Slavery Museum project has consulted and gained support from many organisations, institutions and individuals, including the following.
International
- Anti-Slavery International
- Barbados Museum and Historical Society
- Free the Slaves
- Martin Luther King Center
- Muhammad Ali Centre
- Musée du quai Branly, Paris
- Nantes History Museum
- New York Historical Society
- Ninsee The National Institute of Dutch slavery history and heritage
- Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Steve Biko Foundation
- The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition, Yale
- TransAfrica Forum
- UNESCO Slave Routes Project
UK national
- Commission for Equality and Human Rights
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Embassy of the United States London, UK
- Heritage Lottery Fund
- National Museums Liverpool was awarded a £1.5 million grant towards the museum from the Heritage Lottery Fund in September 2006
- Plan UK
- Stop the Traffik
- Wilberforce Institute of Slavery and Emancipation
UK regional
- ACT
- Anthony Walker Foundation
- Community Groups including the Merseyside African Council, Granby Residents' Association, Black Police Association, Kuumba Imani Centre
- Historic Society of Lancashire & Cheshire
- Liverpool City Council
- Liverpool Hope University
- North West Regional Development Agency
- Rights and Humanity
- The Mersey Partnership
- The Respect Group including members from Liverpool Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service, Merseyside Black History Month Group, Anti Slavery International, Refugee Action
- University of Liverpool
Major funders
Northwest Regional Development Agency |
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
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