People's History Museum Blog
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On this blog People's History Museum (PHM) share posts from the museum team and other experts, with behind the scenes stories, coverage of PHM's exhibitions, events, and Learning Programme, and highlights from the museum's unique collection. Visit People's History Museum in Manchester UK, the national museum of democracy, telling the story of its development in Britain: past,..
People's History Museum Blog
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A look at the incredible life of one of the first female Labour MPs Ellen Wilkinson , featuring items from People’s History Museum’s (PHM) collection with PHM’s Visitor Experience Supervisor Sara Ferri. October 2024 will mark the centenary of Ellen Wilkinson MP taking office ..read more
People's History Museum Blog
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Find out more about this major event in Manchester’s history, and a defining moment for Britain’s democracy ..read more
People's History Museum Blog
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A look at PHM’s t-shirt collection and how t-shirts have been used in politics and protests over the past 40 years ..read more
People's History Museum Blog
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2024 marks the 40th anniversary of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM), which formed in the early months of the 1984 to 1985 Miners’ Strike. Joining us to explore this historical moment and the legacy that it created is People’s History Museum’s (PHM) Collections Assistant Jaime Starr ..read more
People's History Museum Blog
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In the second of two blogs about Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM), Jaime will discuss the relationship between marginalised communities and striking coal miners. Jaime tackles concerns such as reciprocal solidarity, prejudice in mining communities and the experiences of Black and Asian miners during the strike ..read more
People's History Museum Blog
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In this long read Q&A, historian Dr Greig Campbell shares historic photographs and oral testimonies of those involved with the march to explore its origins, impact, and legacy in the fight for workers’ rights ..read more
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People's History Museum Blog
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In this blog post, we chatted with PHM’s Collections Officer Kayleigh Crawford to ask about the museum’s project to digitise its collection of objects related to the Miners’ Strike which led to the discovery of some hidden gems ..read more
People's History Museum Blog
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PHM’s Visitor Experience Team’s Mollie Holden takes a closer look at Irish revolutionary Countess Constance Markievicz, her fight to improve the lives of the working class, and a poster in the museum’s collection ..read more