Banner hanging in store


Banner hanging in store


Banner on parade

Special Exhibition Archive: Basically Banners

6 June until 28 September 2008

This exciting exhibition showcases banners held in the Museum's collections, many belonging to the National Union of Mineworkers (Yorkshire Area). The display will include twenty-four banners, six of which have been specially conserved for the exhibition.

The exhibition tells the story of banners - past, present and future. It explores why they were made and their close links with the trade union movement, as well as unlocking some of the symbolism used.

Visitors will be introduced to banner makers and techniques of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the work that the Museum is doing to protect these fragile objects for the future will be highlighted.

 
Workshops and Lectures

To run alongside this exhibition is a weekend lecture programme:

14 June 2008 - Banners On the March - Jim Garretts (People's History Museum)

5 July 2008 - Mining Banners From the Durham Coalfield - Chris Scott (Beamish)

2 August 2008 - Conserving the Banners - Michelle Harper

6 September 2008 - Textile Packing Course (how to store your wedding dress) - Michelle Harper (£10.00)

Please contact the Museum to book for any of the above events.