African
Science Museum, London
The Science Museum has a permanent display on the 5th floor relating to the practice of traditional medicines. One section deals with aspects of traditional African medicine. Objects on show come from groups across Africa - including the Ashante in Ghana, the Yoruba people of…
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Caribbean
Museum Of Croydon
Stories of immigration from, and emigration to the Caribbean are included in the stories of the Museum of Croydon. Follow the links below for more.Caribbean Related Objects At The Museum Of Croydon
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Museum of Croydon - collection overview
Museum Of Croydon
The Museum of Croydon reopened in October 2006 with new displays. Each collection of objects in the museum now has a touchscreen attached with deeper information about the objects on display. This also exists as a website - allowing you to virtually browse the museum.We've…
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London Metropolitan Archives - collection overview
London Metropolitan Archives
London Metropolitan Archives’ holdings are increasingly coming to reflect the cosmopolitan nature of the capital itself. The wide variety of nationalities living in London has always been an intrinsic part of the core collections held at LMA relating to the government of London; the records…
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Caribbean
Horniman Museum & Gardens
The African Worlds Gallery houses a selection of Midnight Robber headdresses from the Republic of Trinidad. The headdresses form part of a costume that tells the tale of a fearsome character who roams the earth and emerges to strike fear into the heart of wrong…
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African
Horniman Museum & Gardens
The Horniman’s African Worlds Gallery is Britain’s first permanent exhibition dedicated to celebrating African cultural heritage and contemporary art. In addition to a showcase of Ancient Egyptian artefacts featuring an Egyptian Mummy, Shabti figures, amulets and canopic jars, the collections focus extensively on West and…
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Cross-cultural
City of Westminster Archives Centre
Playbill advertising a performance by Morgan SmithAn exhibition "Celebrating the Black Presence in Westminster 1500-2000" is viewable at our website.Celebrating the Black Presence In Westminster: an online exhibition
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Caribbean
City of Westminster Archives Centre
Using documents and images from Westminster's archives and local studies collections the exhibition shows that black and Asian people are not new arrivals, but have played an important part in the history of Westminster for the past 500 years.The exhibition aims to encourage black children…
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Caribbean
Bruce Castle Museum
Items collected for Haringey’s ‘Local Heroes’ exhibition and the Moving Here website include oral histories and photographs of individuals as well as decorative, household and personal items collected from Jamaica, Barbados, Dominican Republic and Guyana. Includes some First World War individuals’ photographs (Approximately 50 items; 1912; 1914-1918; 1960-2005).
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African: Nigerian
Bruce Castle Museum
Items collected for Haringey’s ‘Local Heroes’ exhibition include: shirts from Nigeria and Sierra Leone. In addition there are oral histories and photographs of individuals from Nigeria and Sierra Leone covering their experiences and memories (in this country and back home) of the Second World War,…
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African
Bruce Castle Museum
Items collected for Haringey’s ‘Local Heroes’ exhibition include: shirts from Nigeria and Sierra Leone. In addition there are oral histories and photographs of individuals from Nigeria and Sierra Leone covering their experiences and memories (in this country and back home) of the Second World War,…
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Bruce Castle Museum - collection overview
Bruce Castle Museum
Kwame Kwei-Armah - one of Bruce Castle Museum's Local HeroesBruce Castle Museum (Haringey Culture, Libraries and Learning) has historical collections that reflect the different communities in the London borough of Haringey.We work with residents, groups and other partners to collect, interpret and care for Haringey's…
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African: Sudanese
British Museum
Sphinx of TaharqoThe Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan (AES) holds a substantial collection of archaeological material from Sudan including very large numbers of lithics, textiles, pottery sherds and complete vessels and small finds as well as an ever-increasing collection of human skeletal material dating…
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African: Somali
British Museum
The department of Africa, Oceania and the America holds the Museum’s collection of over 900+ Somali objects, including arms and armour, woodcarving (headrests, combs etc), basketry and pottery. Coins, medals and paper money from Somalia are held by the Department of Coins and Medals, from…
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African: Ghanaian
British Museum
Early 19thc Asante gold workThe department of Africa, Oceania and the America (AOA) holds a collection of some 8,000 objects from Ghana, dating primarily from the 18th century to the present day. Highlights include the collection of Asante gold, comprising regalia, jewellery, swords and sword…
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African: Ethiopian
British Museum
A 19th century picture of a religious procession by an unknown artistThe department of Africa, Oceania and the America (AOA) holds a collection of around 1450 objects from Ethiopia, including early archeological material, religious and secular paintings, ceramics, basketery, arms and armour, textiles and personal…
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African: Eritrean
British Museum
Basalt tombstone, 1188ADThe Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas (AOA) holds a small collection of Eritrean material includes archeological material, arms and armour, pottery and paintings. Coins, medals and paper money from Eritrea are held by the Department of Coins and Medals (C&M), from…
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African: Egyptian
British Museum
Cotton Dress with Embroidery, made by the Berber people. 20th century ADThe Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan (AES) has the largest and most comprehensive collection of its kind outside the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. It illustrates every aspect of ancient Egyptian civilisation (including Nubia)…
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African: Congolese
British Museum
Wooden carving of King, late 18th centuryThe Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas (AOA) holds a collection of around 9,000 objects from the modern Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly the Belgian Congo). A series of fieldwork expeditions made in the early 20th century by…
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African
British Museum
The majority of objects from the continent of Africa are held by the Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas (AOA), the Department of Ancient Egypt and the Sudan (AES) and the Department of Coins and Medals (C&M). The collections comprises over 200,000 objects and…
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