It might just be coincidence that a few weeks after we opened our exhibition on the British Empire Exhibition (BEE) we received two interesting enquires related to BEE. One of them was from a researcher writing a… Continue reading
It is an exciting time for Brent Museum and Archives. We are getting a brand new building and Brent Council is undertaking a programme of public consultation on its draft Museum and Archives Strategy.… Continue reading
On 22 June 1941, within hours of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, museum staff began evacuating the Hermitage and other heritage collections in and near Leningrad. One curator, Anatoly Kuchumov, wrote… Continue reading
The British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, Brent Archives BEE postcards album Here at the Archives we are constantly on the look-out for new images relating to Brent. Mostly this is a fairly passive process,… Continue reading
