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.
On Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), this blog revisits the Welcome Project at People’s History Museum (PHM) and how it has revitalised the museum’s visitor experience, building on our vision to be an exemplar for accessibility.
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.
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.
In this long read Q&A, historian Dr Greig Campbell shares historic photographs and oral testimonies of those involved with the march to explore its origins, impact, and legacy in the fight for workers’ rights.
People’s History Museum (PHM) in conversation with members of Calderdale Extinction Rebellion (XR) about how to make a ‘netty’ protest banner, and the climate protests these have been taken on.
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