Exhibition: The Museum of Drug Policy

The Museum of Drug Policy is a pop-up arts and cultural hub featuring live programming and art from around the world, highlighting how drug policies impact and shape our communities.

The Museum will make its third stop on its global tour at Ugly Duck for three days in early November.The Museum provides a powerful, emotional experience that illustrates the harms caused by drug prohibition, and advocates for new approaches rooted in dignity, health, and human rights. It will transport audiences across the globe, pushing visitors to think and act outside the box through interactive installations, powerful documentary photos, multimedia displays, and more.

Release, the UK’s centre of expertise on drugs and drugs law, will be hosting the Museum as part of our 50th anniversary celebration. We have been providing free non-judgmental, specialist advice and information to the public and professionals on issues related to drug use and drug laws since 1967. We will also be celebrating Release’s own work and history alongside the Museum.

Alongside the exhibition, panels and interactive workshops themed under three overarching categories will take place:

– Gender, sexuality, and criminalisation: this will address specific issues faced by women, LGBTI communities, and sex workers.