A Safe Haven Imagine this: after months, and perhaps years of struggle, persecution and living a life of fear and need, you now find yourself in a safe harbour (literally)! How do you feel? … Relief, disbelief, sorrow for those you left behind? Hope, trepidation about where you are and how to communicate…? Uncertain about […]
Hi I’m Kat, and I’m one of the young producers from Medway who worked on BLINK: an exciting interactive walk through experience which explored peace in the UK, with the grand finale landing on Sheerness. BLINK was made up of five giant eyes, and each eye represented an area; Dewsbury, Stoke, Peterborough and Medway + […]
Meet work experience student Ellie, who has written a blog about her experience here. Obtaining the opportunity to complete work experience at the Huguenot Museum has been a truly enlightening experience and has widened my passion for History even further as a sixth form student. Over the years I have visited numerous museums across the […]
As I am a volunteer and a keen amateur textile artist, I have attended several talks at the Huguenot Museum about the Spitalfields silk industry. James Leman (1688-1745) work is always mentioned, as he is an important Huguenot being a designer of silk patterns and a master weaver. The brand design for the museum is […]
Maddy Clarke, sixth form student from The Rochester Grammar School, describes her work experience placement with the museum. As a student with a love for history, completing my work experience in a museum was an obvious decision, and I have had the opportunity to shadow the employees within the Huguenot Museum for the week. In […]
One of our volunteers, Isobel Belsom talks about volunteering! As a young volunteer, I am frequently asked why I volunteer. Like most other recent graduates, I left university looking for exciting new opportunities that would make the most of my new skills, but I was left feeling a bit clueless about where to start. Unlike […]
As a volunteer at the Huguenot Museum and a weaver, the opportunity to attend the Margo Selby Weaving Workshop was too good to miss. The 2-day workshop was held at the museum on the 16th and 17th February 2018. I have a 4 shaft loom that I use at home and was excited at the […]
The article in the Hackney Gazette from 1914 relating to my Great-Great Aunt Alice? A wonderful notion, but yet to be proven! We are very lucky to have such a wonderful group of volunteers at the Huguenot Museum who help with all aspects of our work from manning the reception desk to documenting our collections. […]