Heritage
Sikh Herstories
Sikh Community Curators are working with Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre to explore the heritage and culture of Sikh women in history.
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Harborough at Work
Earning a Living in a Ladybird World Harborough at Work is a family friendly exhibition looking at the Ladybird Books series ‘People at Work’. This exhibition considers how occupations and...
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1485 Around the World
1485 was the year Leicestershire experienced the Battle of Bosworth, but what was happening around the world during that period?
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m’Other – We are Artists, we became mothers… …and we are still artists
M’Other Art is a new and unique interventional exhibition to celebrate artists mothers.
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Hijaz Trust. A Tale of Two Reinterments
‘A Tale of Two Re-interments’ is an exhibition at Bosworth Battlefield Centre which reveals the similarities between Richard III and His Eminence Murshid Muhammad Abdul Wahab Siddiqi (RA).
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We Are Harborough, We Are Our Home!
Over summer 2023 the people of Harborough created a Cloth House with Danielle Vaughan, our new Artist in Residence at Harborough Museum. ‘We Are Our Home’ is a Community Curators...
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We Are Harborough
A community led exhibition celebrating what makes the Harborough district special to the people who call it home.
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Loughborough Welcomes…. Our Community Garland Project
The Re-building Lives exhibition at Charnwood Museum commemorates the 50th anniversary of the expulsion of Asian people from Uganda in 1972 by President Idi Amin. 27,000 people arrived in...
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Bosworth Medieval Festival Community Board
We are always looking to improve our events and exhibitions and enlisted the help of some not-so-secret-shoppers at the 2022 Bosworth Medieval Festival!
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Uganda 50
2022 marks 50 years since all the Asian people living in Uganda were forced to leave their homeland. Charnwood Museum will be hosting an exhibition called Rebuilding Lives exploring stories of local people who started new lives in Loughborough.
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Anand Mangal – My Happy Place
Local ladies of South Asian heritage, mostly aged over 60, have been working in partnership with Loughborough University exploring South Asian memories of Partition and their relevance to contemporary life.
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Community Curators Virtual Museum
Take a virtual tour of these amazing exhibitions developed by local people which include 'BLM Too!' and 'Do You See What I See'? The first of its kind!
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Celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in Charnwood
The Local History Volunteer Group are celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with an exhibition at Charnwood Museum. They’ve been putting their research skills to the test to find out more...
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Black Lives Matter Too!
This project has been capturing the responses of local people to the challenges raised by Black Lives Matter campaigns with the aim of making real and positive change.
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Unlocking Our Sound Heritage
This project aims to preserve and provide access to as much as possible of the nation's rare and unique sound recordings. It is a partnership led by the British Library, with funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
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DoYouSeeWhatISee? South Wigston
Do You See What I See? in South Wigston was developed to explore the heritage of South Wigston through the eyes of local people.
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DoYouSeeWhatISee?
DoYouSeeWhatISee? is a project which comes from the hearts and souls of the people of Loughborough. It takes a new look at history, heritage and culture through the eyes of local people.
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Telephone Family History
When lockdown 3 hit in January 2021 we decided to set up a family history activity using the good old telephone!
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HMP Gartree Exhibition
Leicestershire Library Service are pleased to showcase the fantastic activity that has been taking place by members of the HMP Gartree reading community in response to a project developed by the BBC.
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Simply Sounds
Our sound collection is now available to inspire reminiscence and improve wellbeing. Please take a listen and enjoy!
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Market 800
2021 marks the 800th anniversary of Loughborough’s Market and Fair.
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