creating an inclusive museum for the 21 century• cildo meireles, babel tate’s mission promote...
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TateCreating
an inclusive museum for the 21st century
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• John Constable, Hampstead Heath with a Rainbow
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• Cildo Meireles, Babel
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Tate’s mission
Promote public understanding and enjoyment of British, modern and
contemporary art
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4Galleries
70,000Artworks
110,000 Members
1500 Staff
30%Government
funding
2.9 m twitter7,000,000Visitors
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Why does it matter?
• How diverse we are affects the diversity of our audience
• How inclusive we are towards each other affects how inclusive we are towards new audiences
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Consider that in 2001-2010…• ‘White British’ population decreased from 87.5% to
80.5% • ‘Indian’ identities increased from 2m to 2.5m• ‘Mixed heritage households’ increased from 9% to
12%• In London, ‘White Britons’ now account for less than
half of the population for the first time in history (45%)• ‘Muslim’ identities increased exponentially to 4.8%• AND: in 2016 49% of 18-24yo identify as ‘not 100%
heterosexual
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How hard can it be?
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Our journey
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Early phase 2006 -2010
• Established Tate for All• Start of conversation• Focus on HR• Some questions framed unhelpfully…• No D&I role/distributed ‘expertise’
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Middle phase 2010-13 diversity-driven initiatives
• Schools and teachers• Family and early years• Volunteer schemes• Traineeships, internships, funded schemes• Staff networks• Dignity and Respect• International • Art acquisitions
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Focus for Tate 2015-18
• Inclusive Decision Making• Empowering Diversity• Accountability• Transparency and Voice• Education and behaviour
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We change - audiences change
People & Culture Programme & Audiences
Programme & Audiences groupAudience FrameworkInclusive Leadership
Employee engagement Brand, tone, visual id
Visitor Engagement
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‘The most important question is who gets to speak and why’
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Tate Exchange
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