Glasgow Life

And to be fair to them, they did take it significantly forward from my tweet.

And they got in touch with someone at Glasgow Life, the company that runs, the quango that runs the museums in Glasgow.

And they said, oh, yeah, yeah, absolutely.

We've removed all the mummies.

So on Wednesday, Kelvin Grove Art Gallery removed Egyptian mummies from display.

With Glasgow Life citing...

This is an act of a fucking group in this lot.

Oh, I hate them.

With Glasgow Life citing a lack of informed consent from the deceased individual for the decision...

So basically, the mummy didn't agree to be put on display.

The mummy didn't agree for this.

Grow the fuck up.

It reads, We have removed human remains from this display as a mark of respect.

Glasgow Life, the charity that runs the city's museums, gave Newsweek the list of what came off the display.

A painted coffin holding the remains of the priest Nekt from Benai Hassan, Dynasty 12, a mummified male head, a mummified right hand recovered from the Valley of the Kings at Luxor, and a mummified right foot.

The head, at least, has gone into storage.

The charity says the removal of archaeological human remains from the History Discovery Centre and from Scotland's Early People Gallery is ongoing, and STV reports that a coffin and mummified remains at the city's St. Mungo Museum are coming off display as well.

A spokesperson pointed to the International Council of Museums Revised Code of Ethics, published in June 2026, which says, "...museums should uphold the inherent dignity of human remains and promote respect for their significance." Glasgow Life Museum's draft human remains policy, the spokesperson said, proposes that human remains should only be displayed where there is documented and informed consent from the deceased individual or, in appropriate circumstances, their descendants.

And in the absence of such consent, the statement went on, "...we believe removing ancient Egyptian human remains from display is more respectful to the deceased individuals." How you're supposed to get consent from that person or their family for a thousands of years old Egyptian mummy, they don't say.

Manchester Museum took the mummy Osru off display in September after more than 200 years, saying the decision aligns most closely with what we understand about Osru's own wishes.

Bosses at one of Scotland's most popular museums are at the center of a woke row over removing mummies from a display because of lack of, quote, informed consent from the deceased individual.

Glasgow Life, an arm's-length charitable organization funded by SMP-run Glasgow City Council, said a mummified male head was among the items removed at Kelvin Grove Art Gallery and Museum.

The changes came to light after a visitor posted an image on X of a sign of the museum stating, "...we have removed human remains from the display as a mark of respect." Glasgow Life chiefs said that human remains would no longer be on shows.

This reflects contemporary museum practice.

Condemning the move, Scottish Tory culture spokesman Murdo Fraser said, this is woke madness at its most ridiculous.