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Are you part of London’s Latin American or Central and Eastern European community? Join us to uncover new stories within our collection!

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What is this project about?


We want to open up our collections to different communities in London and make the knowledge we hold in our collections accessible to all. We want to capture the memories, the stories and the experiences of the different communities responding to objects from our collections. Last year, we explored oral histories related to London's Chilean and Polish communities. This year, our Latin American Community Research group will look at stories of Women’s Activism within our collection, while the Central & Eastern European Community Research group will look at stories linked to Modern Migration.

We are offering you the opportunity to research our collection, share your stories with us and contribute your own community interpretation to our collection catalogue.

What you will do:

  • Get to explore our collection and find out about different powerful stories.
  • Express your own thoughts and responses on these stories based on your lived experience and community histories.
  • Provide your own pieces of writing responding to the collection which will become part of the collection's official records.
  • Shape how these stories are shared and represented in the museum's collections.

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What's the time commitment:

  • One Community Research Skills workshop day on a Sunday in mid-September.
  • Five Collection Sharing workshops from October to February (every second Sunday of the month). Each session will last 2.5 hours, with snacks and drinks provided. You can join online if you prefer. Travel costs reimbursed.
  • Occasional work to prepare before and after the session may be required (no more than two hours per session).

What you get:

  • Training and support to conduct research in our collection and your own family and community legacies.
  • Staying connected to the museum for any additional volunteer opportunities during and after the project.
  • Taking part in museum display and exhibition tours.
  • The opportunity to take part in a community research skills workshop.

How to apply

Please fill in this form to register your interest, sign up to our Information Session online on Sunday 4th August or email [email protected] if you have any questions.

Deadline: 18 August