Cultures and memories

Students from Birmingham universities worked with Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery to create an exhibition to showcase and explore the museum’s West African textile collections.

Our Histories promoted mental health recovery by offering participants the opportunity to research their personal histories through storytelling, research, and visits to heritage sites.

Through its Windrush 70 and Beyond project, Kingsway Project celebrated the 70th anniversary of the ‘Empire Windrush’ by recording and sharing Caribbean migration stories.

This year-long heritage learning project celebrated and promoted the rich cultural life of the LGBTQ+ community in Brighton and Hove.

Young people researched the experiences and impact of Birmingham's migrants and discovered what it means to be British.

Young people from Fareham researched and curated an exhibition exploring the relationship between technology and teenagers since the 1960s.

Students collected stories and discovered what life was like being blind or partially sighted in the past.

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.

Led by Liberal Judaism, this project recorded and showcased Jewish LGBTQ+ history from the 1950s to today.

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

Punk Snow researched unpublished diaries and collected memories of Liverpool's 1970s punk era to create a 15-minute documentary.

Local groups from across Warwickshire explored the history of health and medicine, in this community-led project.