Free Black History Month Exhibition: Windrush 70 Brent’s .

TEL / MOBBrent Museum & ArchivesThe Library at Willesden Green95 High RoadLondonNW10 2SF0208 937 -archives/Free Black History Month exhibition:Windrush 70 – Brent’s pioneering Windrush GenerationAt The Library at Willesden Green until 29 Oct 2018We are celebrating 70 years since the Empire Windrush docked in the UK. Join usfor an exhibition and display exploring Brent’s Caribbean heritage with photographs of Brentresidents. Experience a traditional West Indian ‘front room’ with our instillation highlighting itemsfrom the local community and Brent Museum. Free Windrush Loans box – available from end of October forweekly hires. Free 10 minute Windrush assembly presentation at your school Free Windrush Exhibition exhibition i-spy nts/brent-museum-andarchives/schools-programme/ Free Introductory video about the Windrush 70 exhibition - KS2 andabove - 1.42 minutes long. y. Special offer: when you book a visit to the Windrushexhibition, you can book 1 free workshop for up to 35students from our standard workshops. Free 10 mins Local area assembly presentation about thearea around your school Free interactive downloadable apps for i-pads (requireiOS 6.0 or later).o Brent High Streets 1870–1914 - Explore historicphotos of high streets in the borough of reets/id1161364074?mt 8Mr Rev. Mitchell moved toHarlesden in 1957 where hedecided to settle as he likedBrent and found the people“social” which reminded him ofJamaica. His family, includinghis daughter Liz Mitchell, whowould go on to become anacclaimed reggae singer andmember of Boney M, thencame over to join him. He stilllives in Harlesden and wasawarded an MBE forCommunity Work and Servicein 2014.1

o Play our game to decipher a secret message transmitted by Colossus. The Post OfficerResearch Station in Dollis Hill employed engineers carrying out top-secret workconstructing and testing modules of the Colossus machine – the world’s firstprogrammable electronic computer. Assembled at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire,Colossus deciphered enemy radio signals and helped the Allies to win the /id1163215765?mt 8o Metroland Guidebook - Explore the world of railways in 1920s London. This Appfeatures an original guidebook to London’s ‘Metro-land’ from Brent Museum & Archives’historic collections. 161479512?mt 8 Follow this link to watch an introduction to Brent’s History (also an interactive in the Museumdisplays) or copy and paste this link https://youtu.be/m-vtVNZF 1UVisits to Brent Museum displays and workshopsBrent Museum’s interactive displays explore Brentfrom prehistoric times to the modern day.Themes include: early Brent (including prehistoric,Roman and Saxon), homes in the past, Brent at Warand Wembley Stadium/Olympics in Wembley. Thedisplays are very visual, colourful and engaging. Youcan find out more about Brent Museum here:https://www.brent.gov.uk/museumPrimary School workshopsNews! We are in the process of creating a KS2 prehistory workshop about Brent, availablefrom January 2019.Our interactive, hands-on history workshops all have strong links to the Brentarea. You can come to Brent Museum at The Library at Willesden Green or wecan come to your school. Our workshops give pupils the opportunity to explorethese topics: Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Ancient Egypt, Local Area studiestailored to the area around your school, WW1, WW2, Somali community inBrent, Victorians, Homes and Toys. All workshops are hands-on and use ageappropriate resources. We use artefacts, maps, images, replica artefacts and costumes to helpchildren engage with the topics. Our workshops support history, geography and literacy studies.There is a charge for workshops. We have a range of worksheets to support your pupils in thegalleries; classes can bring their own lunches to eat in the Education Room. Full details ofworkshops are in our brochure (attached to this email) or under ‘Things /We welcome bookings from teachers of SEN pupils. Do contact us to discuss what your students’needs and how we can support you.2

New archives workshops! Secondary School Archives workshopsStudents learn about the function of an archive and typical dailyactivities from a member of archives staff. They then learn howto handle and explore Brent Archives materials such asnewspapers, photos, maps and street directories to explore thetopic of their workshop. Workshop topics include WW2 inWembley and Suffragists in Willesden. Search Room space islimited to 15 students, classes normally divide into two and halfthe class visits the Museum whilst the other half has their 30mins workshop and then they swap over. Two half hourworkshops for up to 35 students in total cost 62.“Thank you again for organizing such a useful workshop for our AS students yesterday, it will bevery helpful in adding to our understanding of the local area”, Hilary Froome, AlpertonCommunity School.“The children really enjoyed the workshop and were very engaged, both in the museum andRoman workshop.” Mrs Martin, Preston Manor Lower School.“Thank you so much for Monday, it was great and the follow up lesson yesterday showed howmuch the class enjoyed it and gleaned loads of information from it”. Sharon Ezekiel, TorahTemimah Primary School.Brent Museum and Archives and Culture Department around the BoroughAurora Metro Suffragette Exhibition Tour - across all council libraries. 1 October – December2018. Learn about key figures in the fight for women’s suffrage, including the importance oftheatre and arts in suffragette campaigning and how these issues have developed 100 years on.Exhibitions and events at the Library at Willesden GreenCentral and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) Arts in Health Display,Community Wall, until 28 September. An exhibition of art work produced by NHS patients attheir on-site weekly studio sessions with works taking inspiration from pieces in the WellcomeCollection and Brent Museum and Archives.After The Storm, Performance Space. Friday 5 October, 6pm, Saturday 6 October, 3pm, Sunday7 October, 3pm. It is 1918. Okoli Madu, a returnee Soldier returns from the Western Front withhopes and aspirations, but his hopes are dashed and his resettlement plans become dishevelled.Produced by Learning Through The Arts; part of The Back from The Western Front Project. Apartnership with Brent Museum and Archives. Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Written byAdemola Adeniji. Directed by Sally Barnard.Tickets 12 via www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/262210Songs and Stories from a Pioneering Generation. Education Room, Thursday 11 October6.30–8pm. Join us for an evening of conversation as we reflect on the impact of Windrush 70years on. With guest curators from the British Library. FreeFrom Asphalt to Maplewood floor. Performance Space. Friday 12 October, Doors Open6.30pm. 7pm – 8.30pm. Namron OBE travelled from Jamaica to Brent joining the Willesden Jazz3

Ballet in 1961 and was the first black dancer to be employed by a British dance company. Spendan evening with him sharing his dance/life journey through storytelling, audio visuals and live solodance work. The evening includes an interactive Q&A. 8 in advance (booking fees apply) 12 onthe door. 2 for1 for Over 65s Booking: www.brent.gov.uk/whatsonBlack Genealogy: When Black History Meets Black Ancestry, Reading Room, Tuesday 30October, 6.15 – 7.45pm. Trailblazing author and family historian Paul Crooks captivates hisaudience with an account of how he traced his African forebears enslaved on a sugar plantation inJamaica, 200 years ago. Find out how to start exploring your family history. Who knows? Maybeyou'll be inspired to explore your Ancestry. FreeSomalis in the First World War, Community Wall on the ground floor, 1 October – JanuaryAn exciting collection of interviews, photos and objects exploring the involvement of Somalis in theFirst World War. Created by SAAFI community organisation, Brent Museum and Archives and TheSomaliland Scouts AssociationBrent at War, Community Space on the Ground Floor, 1 October – January 2019A colourful display that shows work from students at Edith Kay School in response to BrentMuseum and Archives’ military collections.Forests of Life, Exhibition Space on the second Floor, November 2018 – April 2019Kiln Theatre has commissioned a brand new exhibition that will celebrate the history of care andmigration in Brent. Through working with different community groups sourcing local stories thisunique exhibition pieces together the history of how we look after each other to ask the question‘who will look after us next?’ The exhibition is part of Kiln Theatre’s Heritage Lottery Fundcommunity project ‘A Friendly Society’ https://kilntheatre.com/creative-learning/Black and Afro-Caribbean Contributions to WW1, Education Room on the second floor8th of November 6:30 – 7:30pm. Join us for a fascinating talk about how Black and AfroCaribbean soldiers contributed to WW1. Refreshments included. Free entry.Traditional Somali Family Craft Workshop, Education Room on the second floor17th of November 2:00 – 4:00pm. Come and learn how to make traditional Somali crafts. Suitablefor children 3 . Free entryCare in Brent – what’s in the archive, Thursday 22 November. 6-8pm drop in, Archivesearchroom on the second floor. 70 years since the NHS was founded we are celebrating Archiveweek by exploring the history of care in Brent. Supported by the research of Volunteers for KilnTheatre and their exhibition Forests of Life we will be looking at archive material and techniquesfor undertaking your own research.Journey to Justice in Brent, Monday 10th December 5pm -7pm. On the 70th anniversary of theUniversal Declaration of Human Rights come and hear about the UK-wide work of Journey toJustice and significant historical human rights struggles in Brent. Help bring the JtoJ civil rightstravelling exhibition to our borough in 2019. For further information visitwww.journeytojustice.org.uk4