A @CraftingRel partnership programme connecting people through heritage & wellbeing get-togethers in museums & libraries. #loneliness #socialisolation.
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Not long till our live online launch of #WomensThings creative writing anthology of #menopause. Join us for this free event in partnership with @WritingEM with support from @FiveLeavesBooks for this event on 17 April. #TheSilentArchive project @HeritageFundUK @HeritageFundM_E
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Do you have any stories to share about Bennerley Viaduct in #Nottinghamshire #Derbyshire #OralHistory. We're excited to be part of #voicesfromtheviaduct. Get in touch with @TheIronGiant if you would like to get involved.
Do you have any story to tell or memories of the Bennerley Viaduct you could share as part of our #voicesfromtheviaduct programme in conjunction with @Erewash_Museum @erewashsound @EastMidsOHA and @uniofleicester
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There are now less than 40 tickets left for Thursday's Lockdown Lecture on historic graffiti. Best to book your place soon as it will not be recorded. If you have booked but can't make it please do return your ticket so someone else can join us :-) triskeleheritage.triskelepub…
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At Derby Silk Mill, the new Museum of Making will be opening very soon - "...the world’s first factory [rising] again from the ashes of its former self, repurposed as a new cathedral for the maker movement." theguardian.com/culture/2021…
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But 2020 wasn't quite done, of course. November & December would see Tier 3 & new lockdowns. But this time, we didn't have to stop. Work went on behind the scenes. We became a Digital Partner in @LocalHistoryCaf from @CraftingRel creswell-crags.org.uk/2020/1…
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We are delighted to announce that we've become a @LocalHistoryCaf Digital Partner from today! We're huge fans of Local History Cafe, which is all about making connections through our shared heritage & are thrilled to be part of it. Read more here:
creswell-crags.org.uk/2020/1…
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We're Crowdfunding @CreswellCrags! My drawings of the Crags, a #Mammoth and our #hyena 'Spot' are becoming a postcard bundle! Very excited!
#creswellcrags #museums2020 #crowdfunder #hyaena #iceage #stoneage All support SO appreciated. Please retweet!
crowdfunder.co.uk/give-the-p…
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Are you joining us for 'New Approaches to Local and Community History' at #History Day 2020 (online) this Thursday? Remember to bring along your object for #ShowAndTell, representing your own community & #LocalHistory activity. Would be great to see them all on screen! #HistDay20
ALT Participants holding up objects in a Zoom meeting.
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We'll be presenting #sounds at History Day with our friends @MidlandSounds this Thursday. It's online and all about new approaches to local history. Come and join us.
history.ac.uk/events/history…
@HyPIRUoL @CUHLeicester @RecordOffice @ElhFriends @LocalHistoryCaf
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We're looking for people who were involved in the Marconi Company to take part in oral history interviews! More info here: drive.google.com/file/d/1BwY… Get in touch via DM, Facebook or communicatingconnections@gmail.com
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❤️ There's just over a week to go until the BBC's #MuseumPassion event! ❤️
A whole day dedicated to bringing the UK's incredible museums to a global online audience.
Have you got 15th October in your diary?
Find out how to get involved here: mus.ms/33KsK6J
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We would like to ask who perhaps lived locally in Leics when the Coal Mines were about if they have any stories, pictures etc ... on the Miners Galas that took place at all the local pits ... We would like to put together an online slideshow and info board. Please contact us.
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It’s King Richard III’s birthday today! To mark the occasion we’re offering free admission to Richards. So if your name is Richard you can visit us for free from today until Sunday.
Visits must be booked in advance on 0116 454 4315, between 10am and 4pm.
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Mapping the sounds of #Leicestershire & #Rutland. Find out more about this digital sound project in our new guest blog post by Elizabeth Gray.
eastmidsoha.home.blog/2020/0…
@LeicsMusStud @MidlandSounds @HyPIRUoL @ELHLeicester @rutlandmuseum @rutlandlibs
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Are you a radical changemaker in your museum? Enter the Museums Change Lives Awards today: ow.ly/eIoA50B7kmQ #museums2020
Image: 2019 Radical Changemaker winner Victoria Rogers, Museum of Cardiff
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Is your small museum making a big impact in the community? Enter the Best Small Museum Project category of the Museums Change Lives Awards: ow.ly/Es9l50B7kDJ #museums2020
Image: Best Small Museum Award 2019, Kirkleatham Museum, Redcar and Cleveland, for Steel Stories
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This is a really fun opportunity from @LocalHistoryCaf . We'd recommend taking part if you can.
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We’re looking for new speakers for our online Local History Cafe talks. This is our great Facebook group sharing fun and interesting life long learning for those over 50 at risk of social isolation at loneliness. DM us if you’d like to give a talk and for info!
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And we’re open! Finding The Fallen on @leicestermuseum & Art Gallery on til mid November. Free entry. Booking essential. Get tickets here leicestermuseums.org/book-ti… I hope you enjoy the exhibition. Feel free to share photos using the hashtag #findingthefallen
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Twitter can you help? As part of the @mappingmuseums project we’ve been interviewing people who founded their own museums from 1970 onwards. So far, and despite deliberately conducting interviews in multi-ethnic areas, all the founders have been white....