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Event: This is what we do! Advocacy in social history museums and beyond
6th November 2018, Nottingham Castle, 10am-4pm
Call for articles - SHCG Journal 2017, LBGTQ History
Abstract deadline 16th September 2016
Identifying dolls - firstBase Editor's choice
What to look for in attempting to make an identification.
Attend SHCG seminar ‘Beyond the Hashtag’ for Free!
This offer is open to any SHCG member either personal or institutional, who has not attended an SHCG Seminar before
firstBASE Editor's choice - inspired by the seaside
Explore the social history and material culture of seaside holidays and summer fun!
Event: Knowing and Throwing Seminar - How to Identify and Rationalise Social History Collections
27th April 2015, Peterborough Museum
Event: What to do with wooden spoons!
2010, MoDA
Event: Marvellous Medicines seminar
From the numerous drug jars, surgical implements and anatomical drawings held by the specialist medical museums to the odd tooth extractor, pill box or hernia truss we find in our social history stores many of us are faced with medical objects in our cura
Object Focus : Fancy Ices
Fancy ices were a very popular part of late nineteenth century dinner menus for the middle and upper classes. They were shaped using moulds many of which have subsequently found their way into museum collections.