Toppled Edward Colston Statue May Be Permanently on Display in Bristol

Bristol City Council (BCC) has applied for the toppled statue of Edward Colston to become a permanently museum display, the council said on Monday. The statue of the 17th century merchant and Bristol benefactor was pulled down, vandalised, and dumped into the river during a Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest on June, 7, 2020, because of Colston’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. The damaged statue was recovered four days later and has been on temporary display in the M Shed museum since 2021. BCC has filed an application to formalise the statue’s inclusion in the permanent collection of the Bristol City Council Museums service in its current state, with red and blue spray paint over it....