More generally, as Edson Burton (2021) pointed out, there was a sense of mistrust of white institutions among some members of Black communities, which led to a pessimistic and deliberate withdrawal from the museum, which was perceived as a white space or institution. Although there have been attempts to involve members of the Black community in the production of the museum space, these have tended to be small-scale, such as the purchase of artworks or various forms of engagement, without really challenging the concept of the ‘museum as space’ and, subsequently, the sense of place. Although the museum had set up a decolonisation group after the toppling of the Edward Colston statue, it was made up of white staff, and while some tried to push decolonisation up the agenda, others remained critical of these efforts.