Museums, libraries and archives

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Projects

Dickens Community Archive

The Portsmouth Museums and Records Service encouraged local community groups to explore their family, community and local history.

Visitors exploring Bethlem Museum
Visitors exploring Bethlem Museum

Projects

Bethlem's Museum of the Mind

This three-year project was designed to re-house the museum and archive, increasing public access to the history of mental illness.

Visitors enjoying an exhibit at Narberth Museum

Projects

Restoration Bonded Stores

After closing its doors to the public and putting its collection into storage, funding from Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and the Welsh Government enabled the trust to restore this historic building.

Participant as a VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) nurse in front of a green screen with an image of a First World War hospital
Participant as a VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) nurse in front of a green screen with an image of a First World War hospital

Projects

Yours Sincerely

Young people reinterpreted the changing roles of women during the First World War, through letters, films and an exhibition.

Visitors at the Heaton Avenues exhibition
The Heaton Avenues in Wartime exhibition

Projects

Heaton Avenues in Wartime

Heaton Avenues in Wartime uncovered 10 hidden stories of local residents during the First World War.

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The collecting panel for Fashioning Africa

Projects

Fashioning Africa

Meaningful relationships were built with local communities and diverse experts in this Collecting Cultures project, which saw new ways of working trialled and access widened.

Collecting the Troubles and Beyond

Projects

Collecting the Troubles and Beyond

This three-year project aimed to strategically develop the collection of material related to the Troubles in National Museums of Northern Ireland (NMNI).

A community archaeology project display
Community archaeology project display co-created by communities working with Tenby and Narberth Museums

Projects

Saving Treasures, Telling Stories

This project, supported by our Collecting Cultures fund, brought together museums across Wales with local treasure-hunters, improving long-term relationships and collections.

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