Monsters and Moonlight
At the opening of the Staffordshire Hoard Gallery, there were hundreds of precious objects on display, but I was searching for just one; the Story Hoard. The front cover of the Story Hoard book This...
View ArticleA Lot of Hot Air
The gas lights in the Industrial Gallery Apart from being one of the most striking architectural features, the gas lights that hang over the Industrial Gallery are an important reminder of the Museum’s...
View ArticleBirmingham Stories: The First World War
Birmingham Stories is a series of blog posts exploring the experiences of Birmingham men and women during the First World War through the Museum’s collection. Harold Hall Harold Hall in his RAMC...
View ArticleMillers of Sarehole Mill win Award
Early in October I received a letter stamped by the British Museum. I was, of course, excited before I even opened it. The contents didn’t let me down, inside was a letter announcing that the Millers...
View ArticleThere’s No Dejection In Rejection…
How do you deal with rejection? Some, enviably, accept it, shrug it off and move on. If, however, you’re like me at the other end of the scale, you not only throw your toys out of the pram, but hurl...
View ArticleVolunteering at the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter
Fly press, drop stamp, jeweller’s wig, Archimedes drill, draw bench; a few months ago these terms would have been completely alien to me but that was until I started volunteering at the Museum of the...
View ArticleGeorgian Greetings from Soho House this Christmas
In 1644, only a century before Soho House was built, Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas! Carols were forbidden and anyone caught cooking a goose or baking a Christmas cake or boiling a pudding was in...
View ArticleWest Midlands Open – Grins & Growls
Oh, The grand old Duke of York, He had ten thousand men, He walked them up to the top of the hill, And he walked them down again. And when they were up, they were up, And when they were down, they were...
View ArticleScience & Industry Documentation Project
In July 2014, two volunteers were recruited for an exciting summer project at Birmingham Museums Trust. The aim of the project was two-fold: to reorganise the hard-copy documentation system of...
View ArticleThank you to our volunteers!
We are lucky at Birmingham Museums to have hundreds of volunteers support us each year. By the end of 2014 we will have had the help of over 600 volunteers! As the Volunteer Development Officer I feel...
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