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
Thanks to the generosity of Ryde Heritage Action Zone, The Earth Museum has recently created an experimental pop-up experience in the coastal town of Ryde. Inspired by anecdotes from this… Read More »#Undiscovered Ryde: Experimenting with a New History Pop Up Experience
Chesterfield African Caribbean Community Association have joined forces with Chesterfield Museum to launch a new exhibition that will help residents learn about the history and experiences of Chesterfield’s black community.… Read More »Sharing Chesterfield Black Stories from the Windrush Generation
Moses Roper was an amazing man with an important story. The work of Hannah-Rose Murray at Edinburgh University has made visible the vital and unsung role Roper played in the… Read More »An African American Abolitionist’s Daventry Visit 1844
The Earth Museum is coming to Ryde! A mysterious band of time-travelling explorers has landed in Ryde and is adding content to our map about the town’s wonderful history! They… Read More »Mapping Ryde’s Wonderful Heritage: Explorer Trails and Workshops
The Isle of Wight may only be 22 miles long and 13 miles wide, but it is packed full of history stretching back over 400,000 years. Seven great community museums… Read More »Small Island, Big History: The Isle of Wight Museums Explorer Maps
Did you know the humble little Smarties tube was invented in Chesterfield, and that without the radio transmitting station in Daventry there would have been no BBC radio playing into… Read More »Discovering History on Your Doorstep in the East Midlands
European and American explorers arrived on the shores of this Pacific Island as transitory visitors passing through, spending a few days at most walking its contours and meeting a few… Read More »Taken Rapanui Heritage: The Museums Artefact Map
The current impact of Cyclone Tauktae in India, the historic heatwave and wildfires of the North American west, and the catastrophic floods in Europe remind us that there has never… Read More »Environmental Education for Sustainable Development in the C21st
Recently returned from a trip to the East Midlands visiting some of the community-based museums we are working with on the East Midlands Map Your History project. Inspirational to meet… Read More »Endeavour, Resilience and Industry: Mapping Heritage in the East Midlands