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Antony Thrower

Museum closes its 'racist and sexist' Medicine Man display after 15 years

A museum has announced it has closed its free Medicine Man exhibit as it perpetuates “racist, sexist and ablest theories and language”.

The Wellcome Collection in London said the “problematic” display is ending after 15 years.

Founder Henry Wellcome collected more than a million pieces including books, paintings and objects in the 19th century with controversial objects such as the 1916 painting A Medical Missionary Attending to a Sick African.

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