Blogs
This page will be updated every few months with our ‘Object of the Moment’ blog which features some treasures from our collection and usually relate to current exhibitions or peace events throughout history.
Blogs are written by our staff and volunteers.
For #MuseumFromHome Day which takes place on Thursday 30th April 2020, we thought we would bring a special blog written by our intern Emilia Bazydlo giving an insight into what it’s like to work at The Peace Museum. Read more
On the 7th May, to coincide with VE Day, The Peace Museum was supposed to open a new exhibition funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Bombs…Away! will explore the impact of civilian bombing against civilians during World War Two and how the peace movement responded to it. Whilst we have had to postpone the exhibition for now, we hope to be able to open it later in the year once it is safe to do so. Read more
Blog post about 2014's International Women's Day. Featuring a Greenham Common poster from the collection. Read more
Object of the Fortnight 27/03/2014. In this blog post you can learn all about the 'All-Atomic Comics'. Read more
2014 Blog about the Sierra Leone Exhibition taking a closer look at some of the objects that were included in it. Read more
Object of the Fortnight 25/04/2014 This 2014 blog focuses on the Easter Marches of 1958 and 1965. Read more
Object of the Fortnight (06/05/2014) To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the founding of the Peace Studies at the University of Bradford the object of the fortnight was two Margaret Glover sketches. Read more
Object of the Fortnight 29/05/2014 2014 Blog about 'International Day Of UN Peacekeeping' Read more
Object of the Fortnight 16/7/2014 This 2014 blog explores the WILPF and an print block of the women in the collection. Read more
OBJECT OF THE FORTNIGHT –13/08/2014 2014 Blog featuring 'Bread not Bombs' Poster Read more
2016 Blog about Anti-Nuclear objects from the collection. Read more
10/09/2014-‘PEACE ONE DAY’ This 2014 blog discusses the organisation 'Peace One Day' and an object linked to them in the collection. Read more