Black Cultural Archives

Who we are

Black Cultural Archives is the home of Black British History.

We use our mission to collect, preserve and celebrate the histories of people of African and Caribbean descent in the UK and to inspire and give strength to individuals, communities and society.

Our HQ is 1 Windrush Square in Brixton, London.

At our HQ we run a series of gallery exhibitions, educational programmes and public engagement events. We provide free access to our unique set of archives, museum objects and reference library.

We have become the leading non-governmental and heritage institutional voice for the Windrush Generation. We are part of the Windrush Action Group and the Windrush National Organising Committee.

BCA’s network includes current collaborations with the Universities of Roehampton and Kings College.

We are leaders in the heritage sector for our work on workforce diversity, and we are interrogating decolonial archival practices.