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GKN: Creating an exhibition
Ever wondered how we create our house exhibitions? Our curator, Henrietta Lockhart, takes you behind the scenes of our latest exhibition, which showcases the history of Guest, Keen and Nettlefold (GKN), one of the UK’s greatest steel producers and tool manufacturers of the twentieth century. Our GKN exhibition has now opened on the first floor,
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Tolkien and Winterbourne
The name Tolkien has a long association with Birmingham. The writer J. R. R. Tolkien spent some of his childhood nearby and many local landmarks have been linked to locations in The Lord of the Rings. However, at Winterbourne we have an object that demonstrates a different kind of creativity in the Tolkien family; our
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A catalogue of treasures
In our Collections Centre at Winterbourne, we have a room dedicated to archival material relating to Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds (GKN). I have been working on a catalogue of items manufactured by a subsidiary of GKN called Joseph Sankey & Sons, dated March 1905. Sankey’s came into being when Samuel Joseph Sankey bought out the
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Day in the life of an archive volunteer
Claire Young, who has been volunteering at Winterbourne for over a decade, gives us an insight into her work, from her very first day to the present. I’ve been a volunteer in the archive group at Winterbourne for over ten years, joining the original team when extra help was needed to transcribe several of Margaret
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Between the Covers
By Collections Officer, Henrietta Lockhart On 18 May we celebrate International Museums Day, and one of this year’s themes is “the power of community building through education”. Here at Winterbourne, education takes many forms, from Royal Horticultural Society courses to University of Birmingham internships. Our collections also provide a useful resource for academic departments. I