The Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights is once again pleased to present our programme of events for Black History Month 2026
In putting the programme together, we were pleased to work with a range of partners from across the community, voluntary and public sectors. This helped us to collaboratively create a Black History Month Programme that includes an exciting range of events from talks, performances, workshops, film screenings, exhibitions and more. Thank you to the organisations and individuals who have contributed events for their continued support.
Upcoming events:
Paxton House: Parallel Lives, Worlds Apart: from sugar plantations in Grenada to life at Court, and other stories from the costume at Paxton House
Parallel Lives, Worlds Apart costume exhibition explores the lives of past owners of Paxton House with those whose lives were intertwined – enslaved Africans, friends and family descendants. 18th century court dress and specially commissioned replica clothing is used to tell the real stories from Paxton’s archives.
The exhibition is open daily from 10am - 4pm.
Further details: Parallel Lives, Worlds Apart - Paxton House
Location: Paxton House, Paxton, Nr Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Scottish Borders TD15 1SZ
Booking details: The exhibition is part of the standard house tour. Booking via: www.paxtonhouse.co.uk
Adults16 and over £16.96
Concessions: Students, Senior Citizens, People with Disabilities £15.90
Children £7.95
Families: 2 adults + 2 children £44.52
Members of Art Fund / Historic Houses: Free
Paxton House: Caribbean Connections, Slavery, and Paxton House exhibition
Explore the award-winning exhibition about African cultures, the origins of the transatlantic slave trade, and the impact this had on those connected to the former plantations owned by past members of the Home family, particularly in Grenada in the Caribbean. This has been updated in 2026 with three new films created by our partners in Grenada, England, and Scotland.
Find out more: History - Paxton House
The exhibition is open from 10am - 4pm (please check website for autumn opening hours, these are likely to be 10-3pm).
Location: Paxton House, Paxton, Nr Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Scottish Borders TD15 1SZ
Street Level Photoworks: ‘Mandela, in Glasgow’ by Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert Exhibition
Nelson Mandela holds a press conference in HMP Barlinnie, in Glasgow, 10th June 2002. © Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert 2026.
Exhibition featuring photographs of Nelson Mandela’s two visits to Glasgow - 1993 when he came to accept the Freedom of the City, an award which had been bestowed upon him years previously in 1981, when he was still imprisoned in Robben Island, South Africa. Then in 2002 visiting Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, who was then serving a prison sentence in HMP Barlinnie, convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie Bombing.
The exhibition will be open Monday – Friday 9am till 5pm throughout October.
Location: Glasgow City Chambers, 82 George Square, Glasgow G2 1DU
Booking details: Free
Further information: Street Level Photoworks
JOM Charity: Scottish Essence, African Beat: The Galala Story from Ajegunle to Scotland Exhibition
JOM Charity (SCIO) proposes a hybrid physical and online exhibition titled “Scottish Essence, African Beat: The Galala Story from Ajegunle to Scotland”, celebrating the legacy of Nigerian music icon Mighty Mouse – John Oboh and award‑winning Scottish piper Norman MacLeod. The exhibition highlights the historic fusion of Galala music and Scottish piping, showcasing archival materials, music recordings, visual storytelling, and cross‑cultural artistic collaborations.
Please check the Black History Month calendar for details of a music festival accompanying the exhibition, to be held at the same location on Saturday 3rd October from 1pm - 5pm.
Location: JOM Charity Art & Culture Centre 26A Station Road, Milngavie, Glasgow, Scotland G62 8AB
Booking details: Free event; call 07900396707 or email jomcharityonline@gmail.com
Historic Environment Scotland: Traces of Empire
Co-curated by four community groups, this exhibition looks at how we can explore imperial histories, represent different voices and offer collective healing. Grounded in the lived experience of different communities, it tells the stories they are impacted by. Touching upon a breadth of themes including cotton, belonging, language, reclaiming past and future narratives, and healing. The exhibition looks to understand some of the legacies of empire still experienced today and how we might move forward together.
Location: Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life, Heritage Way, Coatbridge ML5 1QD
Booking details: Free; no booking required
AfroCaledonia Exhibition
Happening during BHM, the exhibition showcases works by 3 Black artists in Scotland. The exhibition highlights the creativity and excellence of Black Artists today, portraying Black History and stories through art. The exhibition will run for 2 weeks, including an opening night on 9th October and opportunities to meet the artists and hear about our personal creative journeys and processes. See Black History Month calendar for all dates.
Location: The Alchemy Experiment, 157 Byres Rd, Glasgow G12 8TS
Booking: Free; drop in during venue opening hours.
Glasgow Life and Mental Health Foundation: Reclaiming Our Power Exhibition
Reclaiming Our Power is an exhibition celebrating the artwork made by participants of the Reclaiming Our Power project.
Reclaiming Our Power was a two-year project which engaged adults from racialised communities and raised awareness of the mental health impact of racist microaggressions through creative workshops facilitated by artists with lived experience of racism, and staff at GoMA.
The exhibition will run from 16th October – 10th January. Opening hours: Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Sat: 10am – 5pm; Fri, Sun: 11am-5pm
Location: COMMONSpace Gallery, Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), 111 Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow G1 3BJ
Booking details: Free; drop in any time during opening hours
Burrell Bite: Sugar and Tea
Burrell Bites, short single object talks, free and open to all, take place every Wednesday at 12.30pm at the Burrell Collection. In October all our Burrell Bites tie into Black History Month, on 21st October the focus is on Burrell Collection objects associated with sugar and tea.
Location: Burrell Collection, Pollok Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G43 1AT
Booking details: This is a free and unticketed event with no need to book. Meet at reception.
SMESCM: “Racemaking”: The Politically Intentional Process of Carving Racial Identities for Economic Gain
PhD student at the University of Glasgow, Christopher Reid will talk about the intentional and strategic process of race-making in the British Atlantic, to develop racial identities and hierarchies for economic and political gain.
Following, we will hear from BME communities on the ongoing struggle of confronting these systems, and their ongoing legacies on contemporary life in Scotland.
Location: Edwards House, 199 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3EX Project Space - Glasgow Life
Booking details: Free; registration required. Book on Eventbrite.
University of Edinburgh: Book Talk with Professor Stephen Small
Book Talk with Professor Stephen Small: Black Liverpool ‘The Real Thing’: West African, West Indian and Afro-American Culture at the end of the twentieth century.
Professor Stephen Small, born and raised in Liverpool, will be discussing his new about the city’s Black community and the arrival, embrace and transformation of waves of transnational Black culture from Africa, the West Indies and the United States in the final three decades of the 20th century.
Location: Edinburgh Futures Institute, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9EF
Booking details: Free; book online at https://hca.ed.ac.uk/updates-events/events/black-history-month-lecture-2026-professor-stephen-small
GWL, Streetlevel Photoworks and GSA: The Maud Sulter Annual Lecture with Joy Gregory
Glasgow Women’s Library, Street Level Photoworks and the Glasgow School of Art present the Maud Sulter Annual Lecture with Joy Gregory.
Joy Gregory is an award-winning artist renowned for her exploration of identity politics. Her major retrospective, Catching Flies with Honey, is on show at Arnolfini, Bristol, from October 2026. She is the editor of Shining Lights (2024), an anthology of Black British women's photography from the 1980s and 1990s, originally conceived in 1987, which led to her first encounter with Maud Sulter.
Location: Reid Auditorium, The Glasgow School of Art, 64 Renfrew Street G3 6RQ
Booking details: Free, registration required: Book online through Glasgow Women’s Library
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Tarbat Discovery Centre: ‘The Rosses of Cadboll and their links with Guyana’ talk by Dr David Alston
Dr David Alston, author of the book Slaves and Highlanders, will give a talk on his research around the Ross family of Cadboll estate in the Scottish Highlands. David will shed light on their connections with empire in Guyana and the largely unknown lives of their mixed-race children.
Location: Tarbat Discovery Centre, Tarbatness Road, Portmahomack, Tain IV201YA
Booking details: £6.50 per ticket. Book on Tarbat Discovery Centre’s website, Facebook and Instagram accounts.
Historic Environment Scotland: Maritime Leith's Black History
Trinity House is home to a treasure trove of fascinating maritime memorabilia. Today, visitors can explore an eclectic mix of artworks, navigational equipment, and curiosities collected by Leith sailors throughout the centuries and from all corners of the globe.
Join us for a tour of Trinity House and discover the stories that link our collections and maritime Leith with Black History.
This tour will run on Friday 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd October - 11:00 - 12:00 and 13:00 - 14:00
Location: Trinity House Maritime Museum, 99 Kirkgate, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6BJ
Booking details: Tickets can be booked at the Historic Environment Scotland website
Ticket price:
Adult: £7.50
Concession: £6.00
Child (suitable for ages 12 +): £4.50
Members: Free
10% discount for anyone with an EH6 postcode.
Capacity: 15 people per tour.
OnFife: Black History Collections Tour
This tour highlights some of Fife’s histories of slavery and empire through the objects in the Collections Centre.
Location: OnFife Collections Centre, Bankhead Central, Bankhead Park, Glenrothes KY7 6GH
Booking details: Free; registration required. Book on Eventbrite.
Historic Environment Scotland: Maritime Leith's Black History
Trinity House is home to a treasure trove of fascinating maritime memorabilia. Today, visitors can explore an eclectic mix of artworks, navigational equipment, and curiosities collected by Leith sailors throughout the centuries and from all corners of the globe.
Join us for a tour of Trinity House and discover the stories that link our collections and maritime Leith with Black History.
This tour will run on Friday 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd October - 11:00 - 12:00 and 13:00 - 14:00
Location: Trinity House Maritime Museum, 99 Kirkgate, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6BJ
Booking details: Tickets can be booked at the Historic Environment Scotland website
Ticket price:
Adult: £7.50
Concession: £6.00
Child (suitable for ages 12 +): £4.50
Members: Free
10% discount for anyone with an EH6 postcode.
Capacity: 15 people per tour.
Alasdair Grey Archives: Rich Things with Chitra Ramaswamy
Location: Woodside Library
343 St. George’s Road
Glasgow
G3 6JQ
Glasgow Women’s Library: Salon with Joy Gregory
Image credit: Tara Jang
Following on from the Maud Sulter Annual Lecture, this relaxed and informal gathering is designed to support emerging Black and women of colour creatives. The Salon offers a unique opportunity to learn from and be in conversation with fellow practitioners, as well as Joy Gregory - one of the most influential voices in contemporary photography, grounded in an exploration of social and political issues.
Location: Glasgow Women's Library, 23 Landressy Street, G40 1BP
Booking details: Free; registration required. To book, please contact eilidh.akilade@womenslibrary.org.uk
Glasgow Museums: A Van, a festival and a story of cultural exchange
Discover the story of Glasgow’s Salaam Festival truck art van, created by Afshan Abid with students and now on display at Riverside.
Location: Riverside Museum, 100 Pointhouse Place, Glasgow G3 8RS
Booking details: Book via Eventbrite: A Van, a Festival and a Story of Cultural Exchange Tickets, Friday, October 23 • 2 PM - 2:40 PM | Eventbrite
Awaz FM: Celebrating Black History Month 2026
Awaz FM’s Africa Live will present Black History Month shows from 10am to 12pm live on Awaz FM every Saturday during BHM.
Location: Free on-air 107.2fm and online www.awazfm.co.uk / DAB and Radioplayer
CRER & Dr Rosie Spooner: Tracing Glasgow’s Imperial Past in Kelvingrove Park
Book your place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2002528727330?aff=oddtdtcreator
Glasgow’s often referred to as having been the ‘second city’ of the British Empire, a nickname coined in the early-nineteenth century that represented the might of its industries and the reach of its trade connections. The city’s capacity for making and exporting all manner of goods, commodities and capital was well known, and the influence of Glasgow and its citizens was as evident in Kingston, Jamaica as Kingston, Ontario. But, Glasgow’s involvement in the British imperial project had a profound impact here as well, including shaping the city’s built environment.
This heritage trail takes you through Kelvingrove Park, stopping at various locations that reflect Glasgow’s past as an imperial metropolis. Beginning at the eastern tip of Kelvingrove Park, we’ll wind our way along its avenues and pathways exploring sites that reveal Glasgow’s connections to slavery, colonialism and imperialism. Traces of this past are largely invisible today – there are no signs or plaques telling us about this – but by slow walking and close looking we can bring these ‘hidden’ histories into focus.
Accessibility
Most of this tour takes place across the lower portions of Kelvingrove Park, but there is a steep incline towards the end of the tour when reaching Park Circus where it finishes. The route through the park follows marked and paved pathways, but these surfaces are uneven in places. Wherever possible stops will be located next to park benches or other forms of seating. The tour takes place entirely outdoors and so attendees should dress for the weather and wear comfortable walking shoes. Public toilets are available at Kelvingrove Bandstand and inside Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum.
Additional Information
This event is part of a research project at the University of Glasgow that examines walking as a critical heritage practice. Led by Dr Rosie Spooner, a lecturer in the School of Humanities, the project involves developing, leading and seeking feedback on guided walking tours and self-led walking resources. By joining this tour you are participating in the experience of collective walking. This will be documented through written field notes and occasionally photography (no recording devices will be used during the tours). At the end of each tour, attendees will be given the opportunity to share their experiences and provide feedback through completing a short survey. Participation is voluntary and all responses will be anonymised.
Glasgow Museums: Celebrating Black Artists @ GoMA – Free family art activities
Image copyright: Christian Noelle Charles
Image credit: Josey-ann Green
Join us for a month of free family art activities celebrating Black artists at GoMA! This month’s Saturday Art Club sessions will be all about celebrating the work of artists such as Christian Noelle Charles, Chris Bramble, Camara Taylor, and Rabiya Choudhry and experimenting with the materials and methods they use to make their work.
Location: Studio, Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), 111 Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow G1 3BJ
Booking details: Free; drop in any time during the session.
GAMSCA: Celebrating our diversity; Black History Month with GAMSCA
In celebration of Black History Month 2026 in October, GAMSCA invites all community members to join us in promoting unity and harmony through cultural celebrations and activities. Let's come together as friends in Scotland to honor and learn about the rich history of Black people. Together, we can build a stronger and more interconnected community.
Location: Barmulloch Residents, 54 Quarrywood Road, Glasgow G21 3ET
Booking details: Free; drop in, no booking required
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Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow: Beyond Audubon: Exploring the colonial world of The Birds of America
A roundtable workshop inviting participants to learn about and share their knowledge of John James Audubon, the creator of the world famous The Birds of America, on show in the College Library. Audubon was born on Haiti just before the 1791 Haitian Revolution to a plantation owning father. The workshop will explore his world and his links to scientific racism.
Location: The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 232-242 St Vincent Street, Glasgow G2 5RJ
Booking details: Free; bookings via Eventbrite
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For enquiries, please contact: library@rcpsg.ac.uk
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CUPAR ARTS + Cheeky Monkey Art Club: Saturday Kids’ Art Club: Learn about African and African Diaspora Artists! Silvana Mendes
Join us in Cupar for Saturday Kids’ Art Club focused on African and African Diaspora artists. These sessions will be run by artist Sofia Sefraoui (Cheeky Monkey Arts Club), with creative activities inspired by specific artists. These will include Romauld Hazoumé (Benin), Silvana Mendes (Brazil), Kara Walker (USA), Lubaina Himid (UK) and the modern artists of the Casablanca art school.
Location: Castlehill Community Centre, Cupar
Booking details: Tickets will be £10 per child, with a maximum of 12 slots per session. Booking/ registration through Eventbrite: https://tinyurl.com/Cheeky-Monkey-Art-Club
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24/10/26: Silvana Mendes – Black Brazilian Artist – Collage – b. 1991- Brazil
Silvana Mendes is a visual artist whose work focuses on reimagining the representation of Black people in historical and contemporary images. She works with photography, digital collage, painting, and public art techniques like lambe-lambe (street posters). Her research challenges colonial visual traditions and highlights Black ancestry, identity, and dignity.
A central part of her practice is the series Afetocolagens Afectivecollages), where she takes colonial-era photographs—often of unnamed Black individuals—and transforms them into vibrant, imaginative scenes that restore their presence, beauty, and agency.
For this workshop, your child will make a large scale collage, using images of people, places, plants and animals. They will develop their creative thinking and analysis and association skills.
CRER & Dr Rosie Spooner: Legacies of Empire in Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum
Book your place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2002527332157?aff=oddtdtcreator
The modern museum came into being at the same time as European colonisation expanded across Asia, the Americas, Oceania and Africa. Museums in Britain benefited directly and indirectly from all forms of colonialism, whether through donations from individuals who worked in the colonies, formal collecting expeditions overseas, or the looting, seizure and dispersal of materials through imperial wars and conflict.
In recent years, debates about the repatriation of objects have captured headlines, but this is only one facet of the interconnections between museums and empire. What about the language used to describe objects and how they are exhibited? Is the history of European colonialism included in the version of the past that’s presented in museums? To what extent were European museums tools of empire and can a museum like Kelvingrove be decolonised?
This walking tour of Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum examines the entanglements between museums and empire. We'll discuss Kelvingrove’s links with chattel slavery, colonialism and imperialism; recognise the ways this history continues to shape it today; and think about how museums can be spaces for having meaningful conversations about empire and its legacies.
Meeting point: inside Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum in the Centre Hall underneath the organ. A floorplan of the museum is available on Kelvingrove’s website.
Accessibility
This event takes place inside Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum. Whenever possible, we will be stopping at locations where there are benches and other forms of seating. We will follow a route through the museum that makes use of lifts. There are toilets, including accessible washrooms and those equipped with baby changing facilities, throughout the building. Kelvingrove can be a noisy environment, particularly on weekends when it is especially busy. While the tour begins in the main central hall, we will for the most part be spending time in smaller galleries where noise levels are lower.
Additional Information
This event is part of a research project at the University of Glasgow that examines walking as a critical heritage practice. Led by Dr Rosie Spooner, a lecturer in the School of Humanities, the project involves developing, leading and seeking feedback on guided walking tours and self-led walking resources. By joining this tour, you are participating in the experience of collective walking. This will be documented through written field notes and occasionally photography (no recording devices will be used during the tours). At the end of each tour, attendees will be given the opportunity to share their experiences and provide feedback through completing a short survey. Participation is voluntary and all responses will be anonymised.
Paxton House: Caribbean Connections tour of Paxton House with Curator, Dr Fiona Salvesen Murrell
Special tour of Paxton House with Paxton’s curator focusing upon the African and Caribbean connections. Find out about individuals connected to Paxton's past and present through art, film, food, furniture, and archives.
Location: Paxton House, Paxton, Nr Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Scottish Borders TD15 1SZ
Booking details:
Please book online at: www.paxtonhouse.co.uk
Adults16 and over £16.96
Concessions: Students, Senior Citizens, People with Disabilities £15.90
Children (please note this tour is suitable for children aged 12 plus) £7.95
Families: 2 adults + 2 children £44.52
Members of Art Fund / Historic Houses: Free
CRER: Glasgow Black History Walking Tour
Join CRER’s official Black History Month walking tour, running for over 25 years!
We take participants on a historical journey through Glasgow’s mercantile past, exploring how today’s build environment reveals Glasgow’s connections to tobacco, sugar, slavery and the abolition movement.
This year, tours will be led by CRER’s Lucien Staddon Foster, with fortnightly contributions from Amy Rich (Museums Galleries Edinburgh) and Nelson Cummins (Glasgow Museums).
Location: Meet at the David Livingstone Memorial Statue at Cathedral Precinct, Castle St, Glasgow G4 0UZ
Booking details: Free; registration required. Book via Eventbrite.
Black History Walking Tour of Edinburgh
Come on a Black History Walking Tour of Edinburgh. Hear inspirational stories of the long Black presence in Edinburgh from the 16th century to the present day. Expect to hear about women, men and children from Africa, the Caribbean and African Americans and the liberation movements in Edinburgh and all over the world.
Toilet stops, seating en route, wear warm clothing and walking boots. Wheelchair accessible. Generally suitable for 13 and up.
Location: Meeting point central Edinburgh – check tour details on www.blackhistoryscotland/upcoming-tours
Booking details: Book via www.blackhistoryscotland.com/upcoming-tours
£20 per adult, ask for discounts for children, students, retired and unwaged
Amanda Daud + CRER: Reclaiming Nature: We Are Nature Film Screening and Discussion Panel
CRER presents a screening of We Are Nature, directed by Amanda Daud.
This short documentary explores the intersections of environmental justice and racial equality through intimate conversations about memory, resilience and community.
The event will feature poetry from Phoenix Archer, followed by a discussion with Amanda Daud, Tariqua and CRER’s Lucien Staddon Foster.
Booking details: Free; registration required. Book via Eventbrite.
Location: Kelvin Hall Lecture Theatre, 1445 Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AW
Glasgow Museums: Plants and Empire Tour
From the damage and destruction of land to produce goods whose production was reliant on enslavement to the development of Quinene, described by Winston Churchill as saving “more Englishmen’s lives, and minds, than all the doctors in the Empire.” The use of plants was a key factor in Empire and continues to shape lives today. This tour will draw on the Glasgow Museums Collection to explore this.
Location: Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, 200 Woodhead Rd, Glasgow G53 7NN
Booking details: Free, registration required (limited to 15 spaces). Please email glmuseumsadminbookingshub@glasgowlife.org.uk or phone 0141 276 9300 to book your place.
Paxton House: Rewriting the Narrative and Archive: Descendant Voices Across Borders
The Beniba Centre for Slavery Studies at the University of Glasgow, in collaboration with Paxton House, presents an evening of film screenings, live performance, and panel discussion emerging from Palimpsest, the celebrated 2025 exhibition at Paxton House by multidisciplinary Grenadian artist Billy Gérard Frank, and the cross-cultural educational initiative Bridging Borders: Grenada, Scotland, and England.
Also featured is a film created by Descendants Children’s Charity exploring memory and historic sites in London connected to Cugoano and the abolitionist movement, as well as a live spoken-word and musical performance by Leilani and Beau Taneus-Miller, accompanied by video projections of Paxton House.
Moderated by Dr Shantel George, historian, writer, and co-director of the Beniba Centre for Slavery Studies, the panel asks what must follow historical acknowledgement and considers how memory, education, archives, and cultural institutions can contribute meaningfully to reparatory justice and descendant communities.
The discussion features historian Dr Stephen Mullen; Billy Gérard Frank, Artist and filmmaker; Leilani Taneus-Miller, Haitian-Scottish writer and Scholar; Zoe Smith, writer, journalist, and founder of the Caribbean Institute for Exodus Collective/EcoLiberation; Margaret Noel, founder of Descendants; and Dr Fiona Salvesen Murrell, curator and historian at Paxton House.
Location: Lecture Hall G59, Kelvin Hall, 1445 Argyle Street Glasgow G3 8AW
Booking details: Book online via Eventbrite
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Lighthouse Bookshop: The Comfort of Distant Stars: An evening with Orwell Prize finalist I.O.Echeruo
We could not be more thrilled to see out a whirlwind October of events with a bold coming-of-age tale blending physics, philosophy and Igbo cosmology, examining how we understand our place in the universe!
Join us for an Edinburgh launch of The Comfort of Distant Stars with Orwell Prize finalist I.O.Echeruo, hosted by T L Huchu. We promise you an evening pondering the big questions we all ask ourselves about the nature of time and of being, and diving deep into how fiction can ultimately reveal the startling vulnerability of the human mind.
The novel explores themes of neurodivergence, mental health, science, myth, belief and human connection - fans of Chigozie Obioma and Akwaeke Emezi are going to love it.
Location: Lighthouse Bookshop, 43-45 West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9DB
Booking details: Book online at: Lighthouse | The Comfort of Distant Stars: An evening with Orwell Prize finalist I.O.Echeruo
Samantha Likonde + CRER: Like Water Film Screening
Director Samantha Likonde and CRER present Like Water.
Like Water is an Afrosurrealist reflection of the consequences of the Museum as a point of colonial extraction. The short film invites viewers through the reimagination process alongside three siblings as they embark on a journey uncovering hidden elements of their cultural identity, whilst transcending into the lifetime of a trapped Ancestor.
Location: The Rum Shack, 657-659 Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow G41 2AB
Booking details: Free; registration required. Book via Eventbrite.
Burrell Bites
Burrell Bites, short single object talks, free and open to all, take place every Wednesday at 12.30pm at the Burrell Collection. In October all our Burrell Bites tie into Black History Month, on 28th October TBC
Location: Burrell Collection, Pollok Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G43 1AT
Booking details: This is a free and unticketed event with no need to book. Meet at reception.
CRER: Glasgow Black History Walking Tour
Join CRER’s official Black History Month walking tour, running for over 25 years!
We take participants on a historical journey through Glasgow’s mercantile past, exploring how today’s build environment reveals Glasgow’s connections to tobacco, sugar, slavery and the abolition movement.
This year, tours will be led by CRER’s Lucien Staddon Foster, with fortnightly contributions from Amy Rich (Museums Galleries Edinburgh) and Nelson Cummins (Glasgow Museums).
Location: Meet at the David Livingstone Memorial Statue at Cathedral Precinct, Castle St, Glasgow G4 0UZ
Booking details: Free; registration required. Book via Eventbrite.
University of Dundee Museums / Leisure & Culture Dundee Breaking the Chains – a Walking Tour exploring Dundee’s Links to Slavery
This walking tour accompanies an illustrated map highlighting sites in Dundee associated with transatlantic and American slavery. Join Local History librarian Erin Farley and University of Dundee museum curator Matthew Jarron on a guided tour of the city centre. Find out how slavery was central to much of Dundee’s economy and visit sites where previously enslaved people came to speak publicly about their experiences.
Location: Meet in foyer of Tower Building, University of Dundee, Nethergate, Dundee DD1 4HN
Booking details: Free; booking essential via Eventbrite
Glasgow Museums: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity in Glasgow: A Legacy of Political Posters
50 years on from the Soweto Uprising, we look at Glasgow’s role in Anti-Apartheid Solidarity through Glasgow Museums’ collection, with a particular focus on the political posters produced by community project, Cranhill Arts. We will have a behind the scenes tour of Kelvin Hall and a talk from Alistair McCallum about the posters produced in the 1980s and 1990s.
Location: Kelvin Hall, 1445 Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AW
Booking details: Free; registration required. Book on Eventbrite.
Bemis: Threads of Legacy: Celebrating Black Leadership, Community and Contribution
BEMIS Scotland, in collaboration with RCCG Beautiful Gate Parish, proposes an evening event exploring the life, legacy and community contribution of Rev. Josiah Akindayomi, a significant figure in the history of the African diaspora whose life provides a starting point for a wider conversation about Black leadership, community-building, resilience, service and legacy.
While Rev. Akindayomi's life has particular significance within the history of the Nigerian and African diaspora, the event will not be a religious service or faith-based celebration. Instead, his story will serve as a historical and community case study through which participants can explore broader themes relevant to Black communities across Scotland.
Location: RCCG Beautiful Gate, 69 James St, Bridgeton, Glasgow G40 1BZ
Booking details: Free; registration via Eventbrite.
Unison Aberdeen city in partnership with Aberdeen Universities Branch celebrates Black History Month
The event seeks to highlight Black contributions to Scotland, promote diversity and inclusion. Raise awareness of migrant workers’ rights and support migrant workers in the fair visa campaign. It also aims to promote Unison’s continued support, empowerment and representation for Black people in Aberdeen and surrounding areas.
Location: Elphinstone Hall, University of Aberdeen, Regent Walk, King’s College Campus, Aberdeen AB24 3FX
Booking details: Free; see Unison Aberdeen City Facebook for more information.
Awaz FM: Celebrating Black History Month 2026
Awaz FM’s Africa Live will present Black History Month shows from 10am to 12pm live on Awaz FM every Saturday during BHM.
Location: Free on-air 107.2fm and online www.awazfm.co.uk / DAB and Radioplayer
Glasgow Museums: Celebrating Black Artists @ GoMA – Free family art activities
Image copyright: Christian Noelle Charles
Image credit: Josey-ann Green
Join us for a month of free family art activities celebrating Black artists at GoMA! This month’s Saturday Art Club sessions will be all about celebrating the work of artists such as Christian Noelle Charles, Chris Bramble, Camara Taylor, and Rabiya Choudhry and experimenting with the materials and methods they use to make their work.
Location: Studio, Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), 111 Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow G1 3BJ
Booking details: Free; drop in any time during the session.
CUPAR ARTS + Cheeky Monkey Art Club) CheekMonkey Art Club: Saturday Kids’ Art Club: Learn about African and African Diaspora Artists! Kara Walker
Join us in Cupar for Saturday Kids’ Art Club focused on African and African Diaspora artists. These sessions will be run by artist Sofia Sefraoui (Cheeky Monkey Arts Club), with creative activities inspired by specific artists. These will include Romauld Hazoumé (Benin), Silvana Mendes (Brazil), Kara Walker (USA), Lubaina Himid (UK) and the modern artists of the Casablanca art school.
Location: Castlehill Community Centre, Cupar
Booking details: Tickets will be £10 per child, with a maximum of 12 slots per session. Booking/ registration through Eventbrite: https://tinyurl.com/Cheeky-Monkey-Art-Club
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31/10/26: Kara Walker– African American Visual Artist – Silhouette Art – b. 1969 -USA
Kara Walker is an American Artist best known for her large-scale silhouette installations, which use cut black paper to examine themes of race, power, memory, and the legacy of slavery in America. Walker uses the Victorian-era silhouette style to critique historical narratives and to revisit the history of the American South.
For this workshop, your child will design their own story. They will draw or paint their own background and cut out silhouettes. As it will be Halloween, we will ask children to make silhouette cut-outs of monsters, witches and wizards, cauldrons, spiders etc…
We will make puppets based on these silhouettes and with the help of an overhead projector, project the shadows onto their background.
National Museums Scotland: Music at the Museum
Musician Adam Heron
Join us for a celebration of some of the music of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, a pioneering French musician, composer, athlete, and soldier from the 18th Century. Performance by Adam Heron.
Location: National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF
Booking details: Free; no booking required
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CRER: Glasgow Black History Walking Tour
Join CRER’s official Black History Month walking tour, running for over 25 years!
We take participants on a historical journey through Glasgow’s mercantile past, exploring how today’s build environment reveals Glasgow’s connections to tobacco, sugar, slavery and the abolition movement.
This year, tours will be led by CRER’s Lucien Staddon Foster, with fortnightly contributions from Amy Rich (Museums Galleries Edinburgh) and Nelson Cummins (Glasgow Museums).
Location: Meet at the David Livingstone Memorial Statue at Cathedral Precinct, Castle St, Glasgow G4 0UZ
Booking details: Free; registration required. Book via Eventbrite.
Choublak: Haitian Marketplace
Come along to support an artist collective from St Marc, Haiti. For one day only, Haitian curator, Pierre Guirand, will be showcasing and selling paintings, clothing, jewellery and mixed-media art from Haiti.
The Haitian Market will be open from 10am-12pm and 3pm-5pm.
Location: granton:hub at Maldevic House, Granton Park Ave, Edinburgh EH5 1HS, UK
Booking details: Free entry; open to all
Enquiries: leilani.taneusmiller@yahoo.co.uk
GFT: TCB: The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organising
TONI CADE BAMBARA (1939 – 1995) was a writer, activist and cultural worker whose beautiful works, including The Black Woman (1970), Gorilla, My Love (1972), The Salt Eaters (1980), W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices (1996) and Those Bones Are Not My Child (1999) helped define and document Black life in all its fullness. Her ways of knowing and being continue to shape and inspire liberation, art and education.
TCB: The Toni Cade School of Organizing is a biography of Toni Cade Bambara, told by those who knew, worked and encountered her.
The film is structured as a series of lessons on cultural organising, gleaned from Bambara’s life and shared by her friends, colleagues and students. Through archival footage, contemporary interviews, and scenes from community classrooms and organizing spaces, the film situates Bambara’s legacy as a living blueprint for collective liberation.
We hope you can join us in getting to know Toni and what moved her to take action.
This screening is presented by Voodoo Visions Film Club and Inclinations Film Club, followed by an informal discussion and sharing at Garnethill Multicultural Centre. Everyone is welcome.
Location: Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow, G3 6RB
Booking details: Book via the Black History Month season page at the Glasgow Film Theatre website. Bookings open 23rd September.
Glasgow Museums: Kelvingrove, A Museum of Empire Tour
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum celebrates its 125th anniversary this year. Opened with the 1901 International Exhibition and funded with profits from the 1888 international exhibition, Glasgow’s connections to colonialism played a key role in both exhibitions. Empire has played a key role in Kelvingrove’s foundation and history. This tour, led by Nelson Cummins, Senior Curator will explore this history in the present day Kelvingrove through a tour of some of the current galleries and displays.
Location: Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AG
Booking details: Free; registration required. Book via Eventbrite.
CUPAR ARTS + Cheeky Monkey Art Club: Saturday Kids’ Art Club: Learn about African and African Diaspora Artists! Lubaina Himid
Join us in Cupar for Saturday Kids’ Art Club focused on African and African Diaspora artists. These sessions will be run by artist Sofia Sefraoui (Cheeky Monkey Arts Club), with creative activities inspired by specific artists. These will include Romauld Hazoumé (Benin), Silvana Mendes (Brazil), Kara Walker (USA), Lubaina Himid (UK) and the modern artists of the Casablanca art school.
Location: Castlehill Community Centre, Cupar
Booking details: Tickets will be £10 per child, with a maximum of 12 slots per session. Booking/ registration through Eventbrite: https://tinyurl.com/Cheeky-Monkey-Art-Club
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17/10/26: Lubaina Himid – Black British Artist – Painting and Installations – b.1954 – Zanzibar now Tanzania
Lubaina Himid is a Turner Prize–winning artist whose work focuses on Black creativity, identity, labour, and visibility. She emerged as a key figure in the Black British Arts Movement of the 1980s and continues to shape contemporary art through painting, installation, and curatorial practice.
In her work, she reimagines historical scenes by placing Black figures at the centre and highlights the invisible labour of women and manual workers. Her paintings and installations are very vibrant, she uses patterns to explore the concepts of belonging, community and power.
For this workshop, your child will design, paint and decorate large articulated cardboard cut outs of different characters in action (playing music, carrying a tray of food, watering a plant etc…). The activity encourages storytelling, colour exploration, and thinking about the people who make our world work.
Choublak: Unveiling Ecologies: Cassava Stories
Unveiling Ecologies: Cassava Stories is a half-day workshop leading to publication of a zine on rice paper by an Edinburgh based press.
Learn about the ancient tradition of cassava sustenance through the preparation of a Haitian/Taino-heritage flatbread made from grated, moisture-squeezed cassava. Followed by a creative writing workshop to develop a compilation of poems, drawings and collage.
Location: granton:hub at Maldevic House, Granton Park Ave, Edinburgh EH5 1HS, UK
Booking details: Booking by email: leilani.taneusmiller@yahoo.co.uk
Booking by Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1994304735148?aff=oddtdtcreator
Cost: £30 (one free place available)
Mount Stuart Trust: Veronica Ryan: The Weather Inside II
A contemporary art exhibition by Turner prize-winning artist Veronica Ryan OBE inspired by and embedded in Mount Stuart house. The exhibition fuses the domestic with the architectural, inspiring conversations about memory, family, care and perception.
The exhibition is open from 11.30am - 15.00pm. Please check the Black History Month Scotland calendar for further dates through the month of October.
Location: Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute, PA20 9LR
Booking details: Free with admission ticket to Mount Stuart house or by appointment
Glasgow Museums: Celebrating Black Artists @ GoMA – Free family art activities
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Join us for a month of free family art activities celebrating Black artists at GoMA! This month’s Saturday Art Club sessions will be all about celebrating the work of artists such as Christian Noelle Charles, Chris Bramble, Camara Taylor, and Rabiya Choudhry and experimenting with the materials and methods they use to make their work.
Location: Studio, Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), 111 Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow G1 3BJ
Booking details: Free; drop in any time during the session.
Choublak: Haitian Marketplace
Come along to support an artist collective from St Marc, Haiti. For one day only, Haitian curator, Pierre Guirand, will be showcasing and selling paintings, clothing, jewellery and mixed-media art from Haiti.
The Haitian Market will be open from 10am-12pm and 3pm-5pm.
Location: granton:hub at Maldevic House, Granton Park Ave, Edinburgh EH5 1HS, UK
Booking details: Free entry; open to all
Enquiries: leilani.taneusmiller@yahoo.co.uk
Awaz FM: Celebrating Black History Month 2026
Awaz FM’s Africa Live will present Black History Month shows from 10am to 12pm live on Awaz FM every Saturday during BHM.
Location: Free on-air 107.2fm and online www.awazfm.co.uk / DAB and Radioplayer
SMESCM: HIM Haile Selassie and Scotland
Come along to a celebration of the legacy of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie’s visit to Glasgow and Wemyss Bay in June 1936. The event will include talks, music, food and the rare opportunity to see Haile Selassie artefacts donated to Glasgow Museums by Lord Inverclyde.
Location: Kelvin Hall,1445 Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AW
Booking details: Free; registration required. Book on Eventbrite.
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National Museum of Scotland: ‘We Were Here’ Film Screening and In Conversation
“If the Black faces portrayed in these Renaissance masterpieces could speak, what would they tell us?"
"We Were Here" unveils the untold history of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe. The film interweaves art history with social narratives, offering a fresh lens on European Renaissance and the complex tapestry of Black presence often overlooked in conventional historical accounts.
Followed by in conversation and Q&A with Director Fred Kudjo Kuwornu and Dr Onyeka Nubia, historian, writer and presenter.
Location: Auditorium, National Museum of Scotland, Chambers St, Edinburgh EH1 1JF (Lothian Street entrance)
Booking details: Book via National Museum of Scotland website
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SMESCM: HIM Haile Selassie and Scotland
Come along to a celebration of the legacy of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie’s visit to Glasgow and Wemyss Bay in June 1936. The event will include talks, music, food and the rare opportunity to see Haile Selassie artefacts donated to Glasgow Museums by Lord Inverclyde.
This event, organised by the Scottish Museum of Empire, Slavery, Colonialism and Migration, will be held again on Saturday October 17th from 10am - 12pm.
Location: Kelvin Hall,1445 Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AW
Booking details: Free; registration required. Book on Eventbrite.
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National Museum of Scotland: Perspectives: Black History Month Tour
Join Lisa Williams for an after-hours tour of the National Museum of Scotland to celebrate Black History Month.
Discover the hidden histories behind our collections. Lisa will explore the stories behind iconic objects and give fresh insights on the links between Scotland and Africa and the Caribbean. From the Darien Chest to Althea McNish fabrics, you'll uncover groundbreaking design and new perspectives.
Location: National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF
Booking details: Free; booking required. Book online at National Museum of Scotland website
National Museum of Scotland: Perspectives: Black History Month Tour
Join Lisa Williams for an after-hours tour of the National Museum of Scotland to celebrate Black History Month.
Discover the hidden histories behind our collections. Lisa will explore the stories behind iconic objects and give fresh insights on the links between Scotland and Africa and the Caribbean. From the Darien Chest to Althea McNish fabrics, you'll uncover groundbreaking design and new perspectives.
Location: National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF
Booking details: Free; booking required. Book online at National Museum of Scotland website
Historic Environment Scotland: Maritime Leith's Black History
Trinity House is home to a treasure trove of fascinating maritime memorabilia. Today, visitors can explore an eclectic mix of artworks, navigational equipment, and curiosities collected by Leith sailors throughout the centuries and from all corners of the globe.
Join us for a tour of Trinity House and discover the stories that link our collections and maritime Leith with Black History.
This tour will run on Friday 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd October - 11:00 - 12:00 and 13:00 - 14:00
Location: Trinity House Maritime Museum, 99 Kirkgate, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6BJ
Booking details: Tickets can be booked at the Historic Environment Scotland website
Ticket price:
Adult: £7.50
Concession: £6.00
Child (suitable for ages 12 +): £4.50
Members: Free
10% discount for anyone with an EH6 postcode.
Capacity: 15 people per tour.
Glasgow Museums: Composer, Fencer and French Revolutionary: Joseph Bologne, Le Chevalier De Saint-Georges
Fencing Match, which took place at Carlton on the 9th of April 1787 between Mademoiselle...D'Eon De Beaumont and Monsieur De Saint George, 1787, published in London, England, paper, ink © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collections
Born in the French colony of Guadeloupe, Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–1799), became one of the most remarkable figures of the eighteenth century. The son of Nanon, an enslaved African woman, and George Bologne, a plantation owner and enslaver, he was raised in France, where he rose to fame as a virtuoso violinist, acclaimed composer, champion fencer and abolitionist.
Join Senior Curator, Laura Bauld, for talk exploring rare prints and books on display in our Fragile Art Gallery that commemorate Bologne’s extraordinary life.
Location: Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AG. Please meet at Kelvingrove Reception Desk five minutes before talk starts
Booking details: Free to attend, booking not required, but sign ups available via Glasgow Museums Eventbrite.
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David Livingstone Centre: Black History Month Special Tour: Livingstone’s Crew Spotlight
We invite you to dive deeper into Livingstone’s three expeditions through South and Central Africa by learning more about Livingstone’s crew members. Black History Month is about celebrating the achievements and legacy of African diaspora communities and there’s no better way than to discover more about those who translated, explored, navigated, and helped Livingstone survive during his travels.
Location: David Livingstone Centre, 165 Station Road, Blantyre, Glasgow, G72 9BY
Booking details: Registration via the museum website. Events - David Livingstone Birthplace
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Historic Environment Scotland: Maritime Leith's Black History
Trinity House is home to a treasure trove of fascinating maritime memorabilia. Today, visitors can explore an eclectic mix of artworks, navigational equipment, and curiosities collected by Leith sailors throughout the centuries and from all corners of the globe.
Join us for a tour of Trinity House and discover the stories that link our collections and maritime Leith with Black History.
This tour will run on Friday 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd October - 11:00 - 12:00 and 13:00 - 14:00
Location: Trinity House Maritime Museum, 99 Kirkgate, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6BJ
Booking details: Tickets can be booked at the Historic Environment Scotland website
Ticket price:
Adult: £7.50
Concession: £6.00
Child (suitable for ages 12 +): £4.50
Members: Free
10% discount for anyone with an EH6 postcode.
Capacity: 15 people per tour.
GFT: Pressure 4k Film Screening + Discussion
Glasgow Film Theatre celebrates Black History Month with two special screenings. On Saturday 3 October, Personal Problems (1980), Bill Gunn’s “exhilarating low-fi epic” (The Guardian) chronicles the struggles of a black working-class couple living in New York. Then, on Thursday 15 October, Horace Ové’s pioneering drama, Pressure (1975) follows a Trinidadian family living with British racism in London.
The film will be followed by a discussion about director Horace Ové's seminal work and its relevance today.
Location: Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow, G3 6RB
Booking details: Book via the Black History Month season page at the Glasgow Film Theatre website. Bookings open 23rd September. Sliding scale ticket price (free tickets to £12.90).
CRER: Jeanette R. Davidson on Black Lives in Scotland: Telling Our Stories
Hear from Professor Jeanette R. Davidson on her recent book, Black Lives in Scotland: Telling Our Stories.
The event is an opportunity to hear from Professor Jeanette R. Davidson on her recent book, Black Lives in Scotland: Telling Our Stories, published by Edinburgh University Press. Black Lives in Scotland explores the testimonies of Black-Scottish people, including new immigrant families from Africa and the Diaspora. The book seeks to highlight narratives of resilience, empowerment, care, belonging, survival, and accomplishment whilst addressing myths and realities of Scottish values and history and looking forward to possibilities for anti-racist liberation in the future. The event will include a talk and presentation by Professor Davidson followed by a Q&A session.
Location: Glasgow Women’s Library, 23 Landressy St, Bridgeton, Glasgow G40 1BP
Booking details: Free; registration required. Book via Eventbrite.
Lighthouse Bookshop: The Nuance Drought: An Evening With Natasha Devon
Mental health campaigner and broadcaster Natasha Devon discusses her topical new book The Nuance Drought, an irreverent, richly researched look at the hot topics - from race to sexuality, the wellness industry to voting habits - that are wielded against us in the culture wars. Devon empowers us all to see the bigger more complex picture and resist efforts to be pitted against each other.
Location: Lighthouse Bookshop, 43-45 West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9DB
Booking details: Book online at: Lighthouse | The Nuance Drought: An evening with Natasha Devon
Abertay Historical Society / Lifelong Learning Dundee: Black Lives in Scotland – Telling Our Stories
This talk by Jeanette Davidson (Professor Emerita of African & African American Studies & Social Work, University of Oklahoma) is based on her new book exploring what life was like for Black children growing up in Scotland. It will feature poignant stories of challenge, love, hostility, support, vulnerability, strength, abandonment, resilience, empowerment, accomplishment and identity.
Location: Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee, Old Hawkhill, Dundee
Booking details: Free; book via Eventbrite
AfroCaledonia: Clay Hand-Building Demonstration with Ese Johnson
Join artist Ese Johnson for a clay hand-building demonstration as part of the AfroCaledonia exhibition.
Happening during BHM, the exhibition showcases works by 3 Black artists in Scotland. The exhibition highlights the creativity and excellence of Black Artists today, portraying Black History and stories through art. The exhibition will run for 2 weeks, including an opening night on 9th October and opportunities to meet the artists and hear about our personal creative journeys and processes. See Black History Month calendar for all dates.
Location: The Alchemy Experiment, 157 Byres Rd, Glasgow G12 8TS
Booking: Free; book via Eventbrite
National Library of Scotland: 'Everybody to Kenmure Street' screening
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Join us at Kelvin Hall for a screening of ‘Everybody to Kenmure Street’, in partnership with the Hunterian.
In May 2021, a UK Home Office dawn raid triggered a remarkable response. In Pollokshields, Scotland's most diverse neighbourhood, hundreds of residents rushed to the streets to stop the deportation of their neighbours.
Special introduction by Zandra Yeaman, Curator of Discomfort at the Hunterian Museum.
Drop in from 4.45pm to view National Library of Scotland collections related to the themes of the film. Free tea /coffee from 5:15pm.
Location: National Library of Scotland, Kelvin Hall, 1445 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8AW
Booking details: Book via Eventbrite
The Hunterian: Twilight Tour – Yoruba Healing Traditions
Join Dr Ayodele Ige, an historian of medicine, to explore the rich world of Yorùbá healing traditions through rare objects from The Hunterian collections.
Learn how healing objects can tell powerful stories about knowledge, spirituality, identity and community. Explore Yorùbá approaches to health and wellbeing, and discover how these traditions continue to challenge colonial-era misunderstandings of African medicine.
Location: Kelvin Hall, 1445 Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8AW
Booking details: Free; registration required. £5 booking deposit, refunded on attendance.
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Glasgow Museums: Glasgow Green, Empire and the Clyde
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This walking tour will explore the ways Glasgow Green and its surrounding areas have been impacted by Glasgow’s links to slavery and empire. Led by Nelson Cummins, Senior Curator.
This tour will take place outside and the route has minimal shelter, so please come prepared for Glasgow weather.
Location: Glasgow Green, Glasgow G40 1AT. Meet by the Doulton Fountain, in front of the People’s Palace.
Booking details: Free; registration required. Book on Eventbrite.
Burrell Bite: Oliphant
Burrell Bites, short single object talks, free and open to all, take place every Wednesday at 12.30pm at the Burrell Collection. In October all our Burrell Bites tie into Black History Month, on 14th October the focus is on an Oliphant; a carved elephant’s tusk mounted at broad end with silver band.
Location: Burrell Collection, Pollok Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G43 1AT
Booking details: This is a free and unticketed event with no need to book. Meet at reception.
Glasgow Museums Resource Centre: Colonialism in Print
The Baptism of the Eunuch, 1641, Harmensz van Rijn Rembrandt. © CSG CIC Glasgow Life Museums Collection
This tour will examine intaglio, transfer and silkscreen prints within Glasgow Museum’s collection that explores themes of race, trade and colonial histories. From early works such as Rembrandt’s etchings to contemporary screen prints by Graham Fagen, we will look at the presence of African and Caribbean diasporas within colonial contexts and the symbols and histories presented throughout.
Location: Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, 200 Woodhead Road, Glasgow G53 7NN
Booking details: Free; limited to 15 spaces. Please email museumbookings@glasgowlife.org.uk or phone 0141 276 9300 to book your place.
Paxton House: Children’s workshop: African-themed textile printing workshop
Join us for African and Caribbean crafts exploring colour, shape, design, and stories using recycled materials through textile printing with Adrinka symbols, and beautiful bead-making to create your own special work of art to take home.
Suitable for ages 5-16.
Location: Paxton House, Paxton, Nr Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Scottish Borders TD15 1SZ
Booking: Tickets £5.30. Please book online at: www.paxtonhouse.co.uk