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.
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.
The history of the Socialist Feminism Movement illustrated by examples of feminist print culture from the museum’s rich collection.
People’s History Museum Researcher 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.
A look at PHM’s t-shirt collection and how t-shirts have been used in politics and protests over the past 40 years.
In this blog post, we chatted with PHM’s Collections Officer Kayleigh Crawford to ask about the museum’s project to digitise its collection of objects related to the Miners’ Strike which led to the discovery of some hidden gems.
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