In 2025, Museum as Muck worked with Birmingham Museums Trust and Dr Samantha Evans to confront class inequality in museum work. The project combined lived experience, research and collective action to expose how class shapes who gets in, who stays, and who progresses.
At the heart of the project were Mucker Reps, staff supported to lead conversations about class across the organisation. Alongside training and consultation, Mucker Reps gathered insight from colleagues, challenged assumptions about ‘fit’ and progression, and pushed class inequality onto the institutional agenda as a structural issue, not a personal failing.
The work resulted in clear, prioritised actions and a growing commitment to long-term change at Birmingham Museums Trust. It also produced tools and a Mucker Rep model that other museums can adopt. If your organisation is ready to take class inequality seriously and act on it, contact Museum as Muck to work with us.