Oral history creates a rich world of storytelling around any type of collection. Its methods can also shape a museum’s relationships and core identity.
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Room to Breathe: The Stories of Migration
Room to Breathe is a new exhibition from the Migration Museum, London, which aims to tell the stories of migration to and from the UK over the centuries.
‘Up the Dale – history is made, not bought’: making history from below in the industrial revolution
In 2017, three centuries of iron-making came to an end in Coalbrookdale, the birthplace of the industrial revolution. Now iron workers are writing their own history as the legacy of the foundry hangs in the balance.
Radical Objects: New Zealand’s Socialist Cross of Honor and Antimilitarist Protest
Medals for antimilitarism. Jared Davidson on New Zealand’s Socialist Cross of Honour and the personal tales of the antimilitarist movement.
Radical Objects: A Radical Jug?
How do we determine whether an object is radical? Ruth Mather on the Farmer’s Arms jug at the People’s History Museum.
Queer Filing Cabinets to take over the streets of London
There is both precedent and demand for a queer museum. Make it happen!
