New exhibition exposes modern slavery in London

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23 August - 20 November 2011
In partnership with Anti-Slavery International

A new exhibition at the Museum of London and Museum of London Docklands will lift the lid on the shocking reality of trafficking and forced labour in the capital. The exhibition, which opens on 23 August 2011 to coincide with the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, is the Museum’s first cross-site exhibition and will run until 20 November 2011.  

In partnership with Anti-Slavery International, the world’s oldest human rights organisation, Freedom from: modern slavery in the capital explores the personal impact of human trafficking and slavery in London in the 21st century.

Alongside many personal stories of those affected by human trafficking are a series of large-scale commissioned photographs which form the centre-piece of the exhibition. Chris Steele-Perkins from Magnum Photos has taken eleven images which capture survivor journeys, their thoughts, and a survivor who is now campaigning against slavery and trafficking.

The exhibition will cross both the Museum’s sites. The photographic display will be exhibited in the Inspiring London Gallery at the Museum of London, and at the Museum of London Docklands a survivors’ quilt lent by Survivors Connect will hang alongside new patches created by women who have suffered trafficking.

Freedom from: modern slavery in the capital has free entry and opens 23 August 2011 and runs until 20 November 2011.

For more details visit Museum of London <http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/> , Museum of London Docklands <http://www.museumindocklands.org.uk/>