Please may I go to the country?
How poverty, disability and lack of access to nature were all linked for some Guild members – and the language used to appeal for country holidays.
Kate Smith
Web editor at the History of Place project
Visited our MShed exhibition? please let us know what you thought
Could you spare five minutes to fill in a short survey on our exhibition about the Guild of the Brave Poor Things?
Brave, Poor – and Livestreamed
Save the link: we will be livestreaming our event looking to the past and future of disabled people from this page on 20th October as part of the Festival of the Future City.
Protected: ‘Looking out of the window and not seeing Downton Abbey’
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Heritage lover? Help shape the HLF’s funding decisions
HLF is seeking heritage lovers with a variety of backgrounds and skills to help shape its funding decisions in the South East.
Tender: M Shed Exhibition Fit out
We invite tenders to fit out our forthcoming exhibition at M Shed in Bristol.
Take the quiz: where would you like to live in history?
We bring you time travel! Find out where you would be happiest to live as a deaf or disabled person – from a medieval monastery to modern independent living.
Getting a job in museums and heritage
Our Heritage Hub member Jessica Starns describes how she followed a route that found her work at the British Museum
Clay, stained glass and monoprints at the Canterbury Medieval Pageant
Once again, we appointed artists to run workshops at Canterbury Medieval Pageant, including monoprint, stained glass window making and clay gargoyles.
Freelance job: Liverpool film Technical Assistant
Work with young people and our filmmaker to create a short film about the School for the Blind, Liverpool.