In their hearts and spirit Dreamtime be The Aboriginal soldier Who gave all for you and me. Source: The Aboriginal Soldier – Creative Spirits On this day, remembering all those… Read More »Taking time to reflect on Remembrance Day
A series of workshops with residents of Ryde Village held in early 2022, was commissioned by The Earth Museum through Independent Arts, and led by facilitator, Jess Ong, a freelance… Read More »Reflection: Discussing the Past by People who Experienced it
It’s arrived! Gosport’s Ghosts of Haslar History Trail designed and created by Year 8 students at Gosport and Fareham Multi-Academy Trust in partnership with The Earth Museum, and generously supported… Read More »It’s Arrived! Gosport’s Ghosts of Haslar History Trail
It’s arrived! Ryde Step Back History Trail designed and created by Year 9 History students at Ryde Academy in partnership with The Earth Museum, and generously supported by Historic England… Read More »It’s Arrived! Ryde Step Back History Trail
In December 2020, the Rumble Museum, situated at Cheney School Academy, Oxford, was privileged to receive the gift of a wide and varied collection of artefacts from several different sub-Saharan… Read More »Engaging Africa: Discovering rich artefact stories at the Rumble Museum
One of my overwhelming feelings in the recent lockdown was that of nostalgia. By nature, I tend to think about the past, but the never ending sense of time took… Read More »Ziggy played guitar – and bought his tights at Woolworths!
Over the last few months, year 5 students at Rowner Junior School in Gosport (UK) have been researching C19th collectors of empire who created a museum at the local Haslar… Read More »Destination Haslar! Students discover surgeon collectors in the Royal Navy
Did you know that the town of Ryde on the Isle of Wight is connected with Paul McCartney, the Beatles and that famous song? Or that only 200 years ago… Read More »Your ‘ticket to Ryde’ with new Island history explorer maps
Ships of faraway empires sailing across the Pacific Ocean in the C18th and C19th found themselves arriving at the shores of the volcanic Rapa Nui Easter Island. Rapanui people found… Read More »Taken Rapanui Heritage: Discover The Expeditions Map
It is a great privilege to be working in education with the ‘Services Six’ team of students at Gosport and Fareham Multi-Academy Trust. They are enthusiastically helping us develop and… Read More »Education Students in Gosport Uncover Impact of World War 1
This powerful contribution from the National Holocaust Centre and Museum reminds us how humanity has the tragic ability to tear itself apart. Through prejudice whipped up by those who build… Read More »Remembrance Story: German Jewish Soldiers in the First World War
The East Midlands is one of nine official regions of England with a population of over 4.5 million. It covers an area of 15,627 km2 and sits right in the… Read More »Revealing A Global Tapestry of Place: Mapping East Midlands Heritage