Climate Justice Museum Late Night
The seashore is no longer here (Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, May 2022). Photo by Kristina Varaksina
Friday 6 June 2025, 19.00 - 22.00
Free but booking required. Please note that all tickets need to be pre-booked. Walk-ups will not be accepted on the night.
Book your free ticket here
Enjoy the Museums at night and meet researchers, activists, academics and NGOs for pop-up talks, craft activities, games, tours, poetry, film and much more to find out about climate change, biodiversity loss, social justice and how we can all be part of a better future for our planet.
The Pitt Rivers Museum will have a 'Film Fest' vibe with multiple film screenings, panel discussions and photography. The programming will include:
- Screening of Itu Ninu by Itandehui Jansen, an Indigenous Sci-fi film set in a dystopian future city, where two lonely climate migrants try to connect by writing old fashioned letters. This will be followed by a discussion between Jansen and Abdul Wahid Khan about migration, sustainability and the surveillance state.
- In Our Own Words: Screening of Climate Criminals? by CHANGE Festival, which follows the stories of UK activists convicted for their direct actions, followed by a discussion with the audience, film directors and activists, on eco-anxiety, personal storytelling and the merits and dangers of taking direct climate action (Ticketed event with limited spaces. Book your ticket here)
- Screening of Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes: The British East India Company on Trial by Dutch artist and propaganda researcher, Jonas Staal, and Indian activist and lawyer, Radha D'Souza. Commissioned by the Serpentine Galleries, London, in collaboration with Framer Framed, Amsterdam, CREAM and Centre for Law, Development and Conflict Studies (University of Westminster). The film puts the British East India Company on trial for crimes against lives, landscapes and livelihoods in the past, present and future. The hearings took place from 4-6 April 2025 at Ambika P3, London.
- Multaka Oxford's Culture Club: Multaka Youth Club and Fusion Arts join forces to create a photo-booth opportunity, as part of their greater local green spaces photography project.
- Defend Our Juries Silent Vigil of the Free Political Prisoners campaign for imprisoned climate activists and land-defenders around the world
- Photography projection on ceiling by RHRN Photography4Humanity: 'A Lens on Climate Justice' and 'Impact and Resilience: Experiencing the Climate Crisis in the Global South' photos from the Young Lives research study.
- Young Lives photography: An international study of poverty and inequality, Young Lives is investigating the impact of the climate crisis in the Global South.
- Witness Stand testimonies for the International Court of Justice: Listen to the witness testimonies of the effects of climate change on island nations, from the South Pacific collective Witness Stand, who brought their testimonies before the International Court of Justice, plus watch their short film What is Owed.
- Museum of Climate Hope tours
- Short Festival Film Shorts: Woven Together by ClimArts, Come Gleaning by Empathy Media, The Tapestry of Hope and Letters from the Future by Tamarack Media
- HAWAII Ma uka to Ma kai: Quilting the Hawaiian Landscape: Explore Hawaiian traditional ecological knowledge and how people preserve the earth through preserving culture and sustainable practice. Curated by Dr Marenka Thompson-Odlum.
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See the full timetable of events and activities across both museums here
This event is held in association with the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit, as part of the Oxford Local Programme of events themed around climate change, human rights, and climate justice.
