Cultures and memories

Guests enjoying the displays at the screening of 'The Family Way' , a film based on Bill Naughton's play 'All in Good Time'.
Guests enjoying the displays at the screening of 'The Family Way' , a film based on Bill Naughton's play 'All in Good Time'.

Projects

Bill Naughton's Bolton: A Legacy

A project focusing on Bill Naughton, Bolton’s most famous and successful writer, 25 years after his death.

Kashmiri Lives

Projects

Kashmiri Lives

Recording the culture of the Kashmiri community in Greater Manchester through the collection of memories.

Visitors to the exhibition

Projects

Never Going Underground: The fight for LGBT+ rights

Never Going Underground: the fight for LGBT+ rights’ was an award-winning exhibition developed by LGBT+ volunteer community curators and staff at People’s History Museum in Manchester.

Practical workshop at Manchester Museum
Practical workshop at Manchester Museum

Projects

Passing on hobbies within the South Asian community

This intergenerational project engaged migrant women in sharing the hobbies they had enjoyed back home in the sixties and seventies, ensuring these pastimes weren't lost forever.

Pride in the Past

Projects

Pride in the Past

Pride in the Past explores and celebrates the LGBTQ+ heritage and archaeology of the city of Chester.

Participants discussing one of the exhibition items
Participants discussing one of the exhibition items

Projects

Lest We Forget

Refugees and asylum seekers in Glasgow explored the experiences of Belgian refugees during the First World War.

A launch event for Celebrate Cumbria
A launch event for Celebrate Cumbria

Projects

Celebrating Cumbria’s LGBT history

The Celebrate project will collect memories, stories, photographs and objects in order to explore the heritage of LGBT communities in Cumbria.

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