As ’10 Objects I can’t live without’ exhibition opens at Whitehall, we’re catching up once again with the activities of our Whitehall Youth Panel, who over the last year have been planning this fun exhibition with exhibition designer Philip Simpson. Today’s post comes from Kathleen O’Sullivan (Yr. 9), who reflects on the final exhibition design and the project as a whole.
New reminiscence and learning resource packs available! Over the past months, we have been very fortunate to join the Alzheimer’s Society Info Cafe online and share some of our favourite photographs and objects from the archives and museums collections. Our aim was to create a remote way of restarting some of the engagement activities we… Continue reading Heritage Café Takeaway
You can now experience Whitehall both physically and digitally! We reopen on Thursday 20th of May with exhibitions, kids trails and plenty of family activities! Book a visit or see what’s on here. Using Matterport 3D space capture technology, Sutton Council’s Cultural Services has built an immersive digital model of Whitehall Historic House. The model… Continue reading Experience Whitehall Historic House like never before!
Join Millie the Mouse and her friends in Whitehall Historic House’s attics for a new Springtime adventure created in collaboration with Golden Toad Theatre and artist Helena Vaughan. Millie the Mouse is the new Whitehall Historic House Mascot. Millie loves the Spring, it is her favourite time of year! You can join Millie and explore Whitehall’s attics to find her brand… Continue reading Millie’s Spring Time Surprises: A virtual 3D trail for families
We’re catching up once again with the activities of our Whitehall Youth Panel, who over the last year the group have been planning an exhibition based around the theme of: ’10 objects I can’t live without’. Today’s post comes from Maahi Patil (Yr. 9), who recaps on some of the decisions they have explored in relation to the design of the exhibition. Additional contributions from Kathleen O’Sullivan (Yr. 9) and Arushi Khemani (Yr. 11).
Today we’re catching up with the activities of our Whitehall Project Youth Panel, which was set up in collaboration with Nonsuch High School for Girls last year. The group’s main project is to curate an exhibition around the theme of: ’10 objects I can’t live without’.
Whitehall Historic House has a new mascot! Millie the Mouse has been having lots of fun exploring Whitehall’s quirky attics and has brought some of her funniest friends along to play. Join Millie and her cheese-loving friends as they discover stories, crafts and other fun activities on our first ever 3D Virtual trail. Discover a… Continue reading Millie the Mouse’s Attic Adventure!
Last autumn, we invited people from all diverse backgrounds, living and working in Sutton, to share images and words about objects that connect to their heritage. In her contribution, a member of the Sutton Cultural Services team shared a photograph of her traditional Korean Hanbok. She reflected on its cultural significance, and how the object… Continue reading object_ive: A Hanbok, from Korea
Our most recent temporary exhibition at Whitehall is a vibrant display called A Good Yarn by Samia Tossio (SamiArt). Sadly, due to current restrictions, we’ve had to temporarily close our doors at Whitehall, which has meant the exhibition has been cut short. Therefore to ensure our visitors and followers have the opportunity to engage with this exhibition, we’ll be sharing images and snippets of stories from the project over the coming weeks, both here and across our other social media platforms. In addition, we’re also extending the dates for the exhibition so that visitors will still have the opportunity to see the displays in person when we reopen (N.B no confirmed date as yet but watch this space!)
We recently invited people from all diverse backgrounds, living and working in Sutton, to help us develop our Museum and Archives collections by contributing with images and words about objects that connect to their heritage. In her contribution, Kelly shared images of her intricate kajal (eyeliner) holder, alongside a childhood photograph from a trip to… Continue reading object_ive: A kajal holder, from India
What one object or thing represents something meaningful or important to you about your heritage? The objects and things that surround us are often connected to stories, experiences, memories and moments of change within our lives. Even though we sometimes take them for granted, the objects we keep express our identities and heritage. In October,… Continue reading object_ive: Share your heritage
Each year we try to make Halloween a spook-tastic family-fun oriented event at Whitehall, and indeed at Honeywood Museum in Carshalton. This year, whilst following the same restrictions as everyone else, we were pleased to be able to host children’s activities at both sites, in the form of spooky treasure hunts: What’s in the Whitehall… Continue reading Halloween reflections…
Earlier this month, we invited members of the African and Caribbean communities living and working in Sutton to contribute with images of a loved object -from a photograph, to a family heirloom and even a song or recipe- and the story behind it. In his submission, Simon shared images of the Gambian dish Benachin, alongside childhood memories.… Continue reading object_ive: Benachin, from The Gambia
Earlier this month, we invited members of the African and Caribbean communities living and working in Sutton to contribute with images of a loved object -from a photograph, to a family heirloom and even a song or recipe- and the story behind it. In her submission, Selam shared photographs of her Mesob, reflected on its… Continue reading object_ive: A Mesob, made in Eritrea
Black History Month (BHM) was first launched in London in the 1980s, to inspire local communities to challenge racism and educate themselves and others about the British history that was not being taught in schools. To mark the start of Black History Month this year, we launched a new project, The Locals: object_ive. For this… Continue reading Making connections
As we approach October and Black History Month, we have once again refocused The Locals with the aim of creating a rapid response style collection display. This iteration of the project asks the African and Caribbean communities living or working in the borough, to answer the following question: ‘What one possession or item in your… Continue reading the locals: object_ive
