{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/325413.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":325413,"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Create a British Slavery Museum in Bristol.","background":"After seeing the fall of the Edward Colston's sculpture in Bristol, it is clear that our society needs an honest and truthful discussion about our past.","additional_details":"Restoring the sculpture to its previous position would send a devastating message. An updated approach to History is necessary. A museum in which these kinds of items can be properly exhibited would help to explain our history and, simultaneously, help to turn controversial items into educational assets.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":21,"created_at":"2020-06-07T19:46:34.217Z","updated_at":"2020-07-13T13:51:28.308Z","rejected_at":"2020-07-13T13:51:22.102Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-06-07T19:54:04.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"The commissioning of new museums, and those museums' acquisitions policies, are a matter for local authorities and individual museum groups, not the UK Government or Parliament. \r\n\r\nIn any event, there is already a International Slavery Museum in Liverpool: https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/international-slavery-museum. You could contact your local councillor and ask them to encourage Bristol City Council to donate the Edward Colston statue to this museum if that's what you'd like to happen."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}