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WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH | MARCH 2021
Women’s History Month: Barbara Walker
To mark the international celebration of women throughout March, I am focusing on 4 women, or as I like to call them my Hometown Sheroes, integral to the past, present and future of the England’s second city – Birmingham. Every Saturday throughout March I will be posting a blog about each of the women, checkout my @museum_maverick Instagram page for… Continue Reading →
Women’s History Month: PC Andrea Reynolds
To mark the international celebration of women throughout March, I… Continue Reading →
Women’s History Month: Jessie Eden
To mark the international celebration of women throughout March, I… Continue Reading →
Women’s History Month: Dame Elizabeth Cadbury
To mark the international celebration of women throughout March, I… Continue Reading →
History Girls
8 WOMEN’S HISTORY PODCASTS PERFECT FOR WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
7th March 2021
I featured a paragraph in the fabulous #historygirls collective blog post curated by the amazing Claire of the Hisdoryan blog, my podcast choice is from the Gallus Girls and Wayward Women and is all about the Irish revolutionary, Constance Markievicz. Give it a read!
Guest Blog Posts 2021:
Birmingham Museums – The Tommy & Grace of Aston Hall
HistoryGirls – 8 Women’s History Podcasts for Women’s History Month
House21 – Film Review: One Night in Miami
House21 – The Supremely Glamorous: Mary Wilson
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Why Museums?
A series of micro-blog posts on topics that interest and inspire me to continue to work and engage with museums…
Motown Mondays
Motown is my favourite genre of music, its soulful, catchy and glamorous. This series looks at 6 of the best Motown artists…
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USA Museums Tour: Motown Museum, Detroit, Michgan
I have been a fan of Motown for a number of years, having being introduced to it very early on by my dad. So when myself and a friend were planning a trip to America – Detroit was top of my list! My friend was a little hesitant about it at first, but having known… Continue Reading →
Museum Reviews
It’s no secret – I live and breath museums! Check out some of my favourites…
People’s History Museum, Manchester
Weston Park Museum, Sheffield
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
USA Museums Tour
In August and September 2019 I visited 6 of the most musical cities in the United States of America. Whilst there I visited 10 museums! Read all about them below…
Detroit: Motown Museum | Detroit Historical Museum
Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago
Nashville: Country Music Museum
Memphis: Graceland | The Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum | National Civil Rights Museum
New Orleans
New York: Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island Museum | Natural History Museum
Museums
Art Gallery | Community | Participatory | Learning
Exhibitions
Permanent | Temporary | Travelling | Pop-up
History
Social | Cultural | Economic | Intersectional
