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The docs are displayed in our searchroom for the rest of the summer.
And if you feel moved by this to start researching Bristol’s LGBTQ+ histories, we’ve just published a new research guide archives.bristol.gov.uk/abou…
With thanks to @thehistoryb0y who got this work started 💖
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So little evidence exists of LGBTQ+ lives from the past.
This find is something to be celebrated, despite its tragic nature.
bristolmuseums.org.uk/blog/a…
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So little evidence exists of LGBTQ+ lives from the past.
This find is something to be celebrated, despite its tragic nature.
bristolmuseums.org.uk/blog/a…
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👇🧵🏳️🌈
Ahead of @Bristolpride this weekend, we want to tell you about a recent discovery at the archives.
A rare witness statement provides an important insight into what life was like for gay men in C18 Bristol.
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👇🧵🏳️🌈
Ahead of @Bristolpride this weekend, we want to tell you about a recent discovery at the archives.
A rare witness statement provides an important insight into what life was like for gay men in C18 Bristol.
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On the anniversary of #windrush, listen to the Welsh family and others who came to Bristol from Jamaica in the 1960s, discussing the differences between the 2 countries. Interviews available at Bristol Archives: becc.bristol.gov.uk/records/…
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We’re excited to launch Remaking Britain: South Asian Connections and Networks, 1830s to the present. It is an @ahrcpress-funded research project led by the @BristolUni (@smukherjee_hist, @FloStadt & Aleena Din) and @QMULsed (@RehanaSara & @maya_parmar), with @britishlibrary.
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Take a peep 🔍
This accordion-style paper peepshow from 1851 showcases the opening ceremony of the Great Exhibition attended by Queen Victoria, held in the purpose-built Crystal Palace in Hyde Park in London.
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📢 JOB ALERT 📢
We're looking for a paper conservator to work on one of these building plan volumes, for 4 months, based in the conservation studio @bristolmuseum
The post was generously funded by @TheNMCT
Application deadline 12 March
More details ce0389li.webitrent.com/ce038…
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Another (!) 📢 JOB ALERT 📢
We're looking for an Audio Digitisation Engineer to work with us for 1 year
The post was generously funded by The Foyle Foundation and Bristol Museums Development Trust
Application deadline Tuesday 7 March
More details ce0389li.webitrent.com/ce038…
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Join us next Thu 6.30pm (26 Jan) to hear about ongoing work decolonising our catalogues to make records of the city's historic involvement in the slave economy more visible, descriptive and accessible
Part of @uwehistory Regional History seminar series
bristolmuseums.org.uk/m-shed…
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It's stocktake fortnight (our searchroom is closed).
Today we are in A Bond, moving c. 128,000 council files from 2000 knackered, non-archival quality, boxes into proper archive packaging. This is the first step to making the records accessible.
Many hands make light work!
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The theme for #BlackHistoryMonth this year is Actions not Words, and we have an exhibition in our searchroom dedicated to Black activism individually and collectively, taken from both our Bristol and @BECCollection material.
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Also opening today is 'We Were Everywhere', an exhibition exploring the experience of Indian and Pakistani people during the world wars and the partition of India.
The exhibition combines archival material and objects from the @BECCollection and new oral histories.
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Do you identify as Disabled and/or D/deaf? Would you like to be part of an exciting new project which celebrates the history and creativity of Disabled people? We’d love to hear from you- email [email protected] to find out more.
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We've put together a small exhibition with @BECCollection about Queen Elizabeth II and her relationship with the city of Bristol and its citizens, as well as the wider Commonwealth.
Its in our searchroom and you can see it during our usual opening times.
















