Living Museums is dedicated to history and heritage projects - created with and for young people
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This special event will explore the power of living history, and the use of role play in performing heritage in museums.
Bringing together practitioners, researchers and young people, the event will draw in particular on Dorothy Heathcote’s contributions to role-work, and to history and heritage education.
The programme features guest speaker Tony Jackson (author of Performing Heritage), alongside presentations from BCLM’s own costumed interpreters, who will share insights into their practice and the real historical figures who inspire their work; plus live demonstrations of role-work by groups of young people from local schools.
This event is free but places are limited.
For further details and to book, go to: livinghistory.eventbrite.co.uk
Presented by the Mantle of the Expert Network and Black Country Living Museum, as part of the Dorothy Heathcote Living History project. Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. With thanks to National Lottery players.
Our current projects
DOROTHY HEATHCOTE LIVING HISTORY PROJECT
The celebrated drama teacher Dorothy Heathcote undertook a number of history projects in schools, and also projects with heritage sites. Now, the Mantle Network has been awarded a grant by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, to research her work in this field - and to create new local history projects inspired by her work.
“FELLOWSHIP WITH NATURE”
THE ARBORETUM AND GARDENS MOVEMENT
Arboretums, botanical gardens and landscaped parks, were created in England in the 19th and early 20th centuries, as part of an environmental, educational, social and aesthetic movement, to restore the “fellowship with nature.”
We believe that this is an opportune moment to explore the historic roots of the movement, and celebrate its environmental vision. In this project, we are working with 5 groups of young people, aged 9-18, based in schools in different parts of the Midlands.
For more details, click on the link below.
Funded by a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Big thanks to the lottery players for helping
Previous projects
SPITFIRE OVER THE MIDLANDS
In this project, we looked at the impact of the Spitfire plane on people's lives. We worked with 175 young people across the Midlands.
Funded by a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund
THE MUSEUM OF LOST STORIES
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The Archway of Tears was the name given to the entrance to the Birmingham Workhouse. Now, it has been demolished. We have created The Museum of Lost Stories, to commemorate the lives of people who lived there.
And the lives of others, whose stories are also in danger of being forgotten...
Funded by Birmingham City Council