Museum in Docklands to apply for World Heritage nomination
The building is a site of memory for the African Diaspora and London’s central role in the triangular trade
2 March 2007/ UNESCO Culture Sector’s Calendar of Events, March 2007
As part of its efforts to commemorate the Bicentenary Abolition of the British Slave Trade, the Museum in Docklands will announce its intention to apply for a trans-national serial nomination for World Heritage status on 22 March 2007 in advance of the 200th anniversary of the 1807 Abolition of the Slave Trade Act (25 March). In doing so, the museum would like to gain recognition of the building’s importance as a site of memory for the African Diaspora and London’s central role in the triangular trade.
The museum intends this to be a trans-national serial nomination in conjunction with partners in West Africa and Barbados in the Caribbean. This initiative is supported by the International Scientific Committee of the UNESCO Slave Route Project. The Barbados Museum and Historical Society in Bridgetown has agreed to associate itself with the Museum in this application.
The announcement will take place on the occasion of the visit of the Prime Minister of Barbados, Owen Arthur, who will be joined by the Mayor of London, Ken Livingston, and Prof. Rex Nettleford, President of the International Scientific Committee of the UNESCO Slave Route Project.
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