Cultures and memories

A person cleans a display cabinet in the Henshaws exhibition
An exhibition featuring oral histories about Henshaws

Projects

Henshaws: One Man's Vision

When Thomas Henshaw died in 1810, he left a legacy of £20,000 in his will to establish an 'Asylum for the Indigent Blind' in Manchester.

Young people working on the digital stories
Project participants working creating digital stories

Projects

Race through the Generations

This multi-media, intergenerational storytelling project explored the racial heritage of Bristol and South Gloucestershire.

An illustration of people

Projects

The community legacy of Rowntree in York

The project built on the interest generated through the opening of a new chocolate attraction in York, and a successful pilot project that used postcards to collect memories from those who benefited from the Rowntree legacy.

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