In 2025, Museum as Muck supported Lives Less Ordinary: Working-Class Britain Re-seen, an exhibition at Two Temple Place that celebrated the richness, complexity and diversity of working-class life and creative expression from the 1950s to today. We were proud to be part of the advisory group shaping the programme and its public engagement, alongside artists, networks and advocates for inclusion.
As part of the exhibition’s public programme, Museum as Muck hosted a Working-Class Tea Party, an informal, participatory event where audiences gathered over tea and (broken) biscuits to reflect on class, culture and representation within and beyond the exhibition. The event offered space for open conversation, shared experience and audience connection in a welcoming atmosphere, amplifying voices often overlooked in mainstream museum discourse.
Lives Less Ordinary challenged long-standing inequities in how working-class lives have been represented in arts and cultural institutions, presenting nuanced perspectives rooted in lived experience. Our involvement demonstrates Museum as Muck’s commitment to collaborative, audience-focused work that brings class into the centre of public programming.