
Culture
Opened in 1922, the Lady Lever Art Gallery houses William Lever’s private collection of fine and decorative art. The Executive Director of Galleries & Collections Care at National Museums Liverpool discusses the gallery’s current research into the sources of Lever’s wealth, which was, in part, derived from palm oil plantations in what was then the Belgian Congo. The gallery is now actively investigating this, along with their partners Port Sunlight Village Trust and Unilever, and will reflect the outcomes of their research in their exhibitions, public programmes and collections.
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