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    • FOI request (FOIR-806890696)

      Councils public art and museums

      Requested Wed 04 March 2026
      Responded Tue 24 March 2026

       

      Could you please provide the following information.

       

      For projects from January 2024 up to date

       

      And for ongoing work and upcoming, planned work

       

      Public art 

       

      What is being done to make the town hall space more inclusive in terms of race, and LGBT inclusion?

       

      What artworks have been installed or removed to help with this? Paintings linked to empire and slavery for example/

       

      What public art more generally, has been commissioned to improve diversity and inclusion?

       

      What public art more generally, has been removed, or given greater context, or reviewed for links to offensive or outmoded issues - statues linked to empire and slavery, for example

       

      Local museums 

       

      What is being done to make local museums (if applicable) more inclusive in terms of race, and LGBT inclusion?

       

      What displays have been added or updated to help with this? For example, have outdated displays been taken down?

       

      What research is being undertaken?

       

      What tours are available?

       

      What advice on racial inclusion and LTGBT issues is provided to staff?

       

      Libraries 

       

      If applicable, what is being done to make local libraries more inclusive in terms of race, and LGBT inclusion?

       

      What books have been added to stock in relation to this?

       

      What books have been removed or moved to a reserve stack, or a less prominent place, because their content might be problematic; for example, outdated, racist, homophobic, transphobic, Islamophobic ?

       

      Can you provide details of any compaint received in the timeframe relating to the above issues?


      Response

      The Freedom of Information Act is based on recorded information held by a local authority, it is not a tool to ask questions.  

      Your request is simply asking questions therefore, falls outside the remit of the Act. 

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