Wellcome Collection close Medicine Man exhibition because it is "racist and ableist".

[Ginmonkeyagain]

The Wellcome Collection have decided to close their long standing exhibition Medicine Man as they feel it is "racist and ableist".

What does this say about modern museum curation? Are these types of collections always problematic? Could they have taken alternative action to reframe it?

DeeDeeCherry makes a sound argument. And it isn't as if health inequality is something that happened in the past - remember the problems around releasing Covid vaccine patents to the developing world, But also the exemplary and world-health saving way Congo and other countries have dealt with Ebola.

Using images from colonial times has to be done very carefully, and setting people up as 'victims' without giving them a voice is not the way to go.

Firstly its coming back with new labels, secondly a lot of the bodies/part are from enslaved and colonised people who didn't have a choice in how their remains are being used.

What is wrong with updating the exhibit to reflect that?