PHM is the national museum of democracy, telling the story of its development in Britain: past, present, and future.
On this blog we share posts from the PHM team and other experts, with behind the scenes stories, coverage of PHM's exhibitions and events, and highlights from the museum's unique collection.
People’s History Museum Honorary Fellow Dr Shirin Hirsch uncovers the history of the 1926 General Strike to explain why a strike in Britain was called and the reason for its collapse just nine days later.
For International Women’s Day we caught up with PhD student Amy Todd, who discusses her research on the Women’s Liberation Movement (WLM) in Britain from 1968 to 1988, and related material held in the Labour History Archive & Study Centre at PHM.
For LGBT+ History Month 2026 we caught up with curator and Artistic Director Jez Dolan, to find out about the Re/Assemble exhibition and the events of 1988 which created the spark for a project to archive its memories and its legacy.
The history of the Socialist Feminism Movement illustrated by examples of feminist print culture from the museum’s rich collection.
Disabled historian Jaime Starr explores the history and legacy of the Disability Discrimination Act, 30 years on from it becoming law, through objects in People’s History Museum’s (PHM) unique collection.
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