The Tower Museum in Derry will this week host two free talks on the city’s history.
Taking place at noon this Friday, the first will discuss the city’s most well-known leaders of the civil rights movement, Bridget Bond, and the other will explore how people living here experienced the Second World War.
The talks will be presented by two of the museum’s current placement students, Julia Robinson and Sarah Jones, both studying Library and Information Science at the University of California in Los Angeles. As part of their studies, they have been conducting research on the Museum’s archival collections.
The second talk on how the people of the city lived throughout the Second World War will feature a handful of different collections from the museums archives based on the War Memorial and Gerard Cunningham collections.
It will offer a glimpse into our military contributions to the war and the daily life of our civilian population, including artefacts from a royal visit to the city in 1945.
Sarah Jones, who will be presenting the talk on Bridget Bond, said: “Bridget’s work is inspiring, and her collection really gives a glimpse into the struggle for civil rights.
Julia Robinson, who will give the second talk, said, ‘I love looking at multiple collections the way a researcher would because it really gives you a sense of the larger picture.
Both talks are free of charge.
For more information contact the Tower Museum on 028 7137 2411 or email tower.reception@derrystrabane.com.
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