We’re proud to take part in Open House London 2023 with a wealth of events, free and radical and a special Women in Social housing & Architecture Panel Discussion.
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Job: Creative service promoter
A great opportunity for a creative, outgoing, marketing focused person to develop a market offering.A chance to develop a new service from grounds up.Your ideas welcome and encouraged! Learn skills of sales, engagement, screen printing and about upcycling, and refill. Learn great radical histories and help make Camden Sustainable through the Refill station and upcycling,… Continue reading Job: Creative service promoter
BBC interviews People’s Museum
London icon and institution Robert Elms interviewed the People’s Museum about stolen working class art from St Pancras Housing, and the quest to save this stolen Somers Town art by Gilbert Bayes. Founder Diana Foster and guide Steve McCarthy were up bright and early to go to the BBC, where they managed to get photos… Continue reading BBC interviews People’s Museum
Stolen art back from the USA!
The People’s Museum has made the front page of the esteemed Camden New Journal with our story of retrieving the ‘missing’ 1930s Gilbert Bayes artwork: Stolen art back from the USA. The Somers Town People’s Museum – known as A Space For Us, and based in Phoenix Road – raised thousands of pounds to bid… Continue reading Stolen art back from the USA!
The 1980s!
The 1980s are back – at our museum this February – the month of strikes, protest and a book launch – Badgeland!
We are recruiting!
Museum Promoter Help develop a Museum! Part–time role one year with extension possible for a museum / arts marketing professional An exciting opportunity for an energetic individual with audience development skills Do you spot opportunities and make connections?Are you a doer? Make a big difference to a small organisation Join us in this exciting phase… Continue reading We are recruiting!
Our Events in JUNE LFA 2022
The People’s Museum Somers Town is part of the London Festival of Architecture – we’ve a full programme of events on its themes of ACT Social Justice. We will offer Free Friday Curated lates and Wednesday Lunchtime Social Justice walks. Please note: we always have a low income option on all paid events: many of these are… Continue reading Our Events in JUNE LFA 2022
The Somers Town Mural
Who would you put on a new mural of Somers Town? We want your ideas. We will be working with youth from April onwards to design a mural to go onto the hoardings around Phoenix Road. We will be painting every Saturday morning in June so it’s ready by July. We’re also setting up a… Continue reading The Somers Town Mural
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas and we hope it’s going to be a better 2022. That’s the timing of our official launch of the Somers Town Museum – A Space for Us. Some of the history we will cover in the year to come.
Community Pop up
Our pop up went well. The Social Justice Walks were well attended – a look at Black Activism, in a week Cecli Rhodes name was erased from the block of flats – renamed Parkview.