The Black Miners Museum project. has created a customised, digital map to pin point the locations of various mining and industrial heritage museums and organisations that include black miners heritage and diverse industrial heritage within the collections.
Take a look (click the link) and visit as many as you can, in person or online.
https://viewer.mapme.com/black-miners-museum-project/
Want to have a try a stain-glass window making? Always thought how stain glass is designed, cut, shaped to make amazing glass art? Well, simply watch our live online heritage arts workshop, facilitated by Nottingham based renowned stain-glass artist, Stella Chadwick.
Email info@blackcoalminers.com for more information of how to get involved.
As featured in the Nottingham Post:
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/history/artist-creates-stained-glass-window-4664989
YouTube videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLxhFRe89Zs&t=15s
https://youtu.be/ZpisGRPWeBI
https://youtu.be/OENX4gFABsU
Contact Stella Chadwick at:
https://crackingglass.co.uk
The Digging deep documentary film was selected for screening as part of the Workers Unite Film Festival 2020, hell annually in Manhattan, New York, USA but due to restrictions, the film festival was held virtually and successfully online. Read more at:
https://www.workersunitefilmfestival.org
https://www.workersunitefilmfestival.org/films-and-directors-2020
If you missed previous tour dates, visit the Digging Deep touring exhibition opening from October 2020 at the Woodhorn Mining Museum. Northumberland. Follow the story at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-54569902
Main Gallery
Woodhorn Mining Museum
QEII Country Park
Ashington
NE63 9YF, UK
Tel. 01670 624493
For more information and bookings https://museumsnorthumberland.org.uk/woodhorn-museum/whats-on/
The Museum Association have announced the shortlist for the Museums Change Lives Awards 2020. The awards celebrate the achievements of museums and individuals that have made an impact on the lives of their audiences and communities.
The winners will be announced at a virtual ceremony at 1.20pm on Thursday 5 November as part of our annual conference – free to attend for all Museums Association members. This year’s awards have four categories, including a new award for the Best Lockdown Project, which recognises the best museum responses to the coronavirus crisis.The Best Museums Change Lives Project award recognises the best project in the past year that reflects one or more of the themes of the MA’s Museums Change Lives campaign: Promoting Health and Wellbeing; Creating Better Places; and Inspiring Engagement, Reflection and Debate. The Best Small Museum Project recognises the best project at museums with an annual turnover of less than £320,000. The Radical Changemaker Award recognises the achievements of an individual in promoting one or more of the themes of Museums Change Lives in their museum
Norma Gregory, heritage leader and coordinator of the Black Miners Museum Project, has been shortlisted in the category of Radical Changemaker and states: “This is a amazing achievement milestone and celebration for the work over many years, preserving and sharing the heritage of diverse communities in mining history. We share this success with all miners, living and deceased and will continue working in partnerships with museums helping to re-shape and transform interpretations in industrial heritage museums across in UK and overseas.”
For more information and full shortlist visit:
https://www.museumsassociation.org/campaigns/museums-change-lives/museums-change-lives-awards-2020/#changemaker
Register for the Museum Association Conference 2020:
https://www.museumsassociation.org/events/world-turned-upside-down-exploring-the-future-of-museums/
Nottingham News Centre becomes a full member of The Royal Television Society (RTS) in January 2021, to promote and to share heritage media television production and the current work of Nottingham News Centre creating engaging, diverse television content.
RTS is an educational charity which promotes the art and science of television. It celebrates work in television and related fields. The charity hosts many events throughout the year such s Virtual Careers Fairs, lectures, workshops and award ceremonies. They support young people with Television Production and Technology bursaries for those in need of help. Visit www.rts.org.uk for more information.
Book a place for the RTS Virtual Careers Fair, 2nd-3rd February 2021. https://rts.org.uk/event/rts-virtual-careers-fair-2021 Tickets £5.