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Bruce Castle Museum

Bruce Castle Museum (Haringey Libraries, Archives & Museum Service) has historical collections that reflect the different communities in the London borough of Haringey.

We work with residents, groups and other partners to collect, interpret and care for Haringey's unique and multicultural heritage. Our collections cover archaeology, objects, documents & official records, photographs, paintings and oral histories relevant to Haringey's past and present communities.

Bruce Castle Museum is always seeking to represent more communities in Haringey. Collections currently include material for the following groups: Irish, Caribbean, African, Greek Cypriot, and Jewish. Some of our collections for these groups can be seen on the Moving Here website: www.movinghere.org.uk.

‘Haringey Connections’ – based on material from our collections – is an education resource pack available for teachers and community groups. It covers the Black presence, the Jewish Community and the Irish in Haringey.

For access to our collections, please contact us to discuss your research requirements and to make an appointment.

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Kwame Kwei-Armah - one of Bruce Castle Museum's Local Heroes


African | African: Nigerian | Caribbean | Central & South America | North, West & Southern Europe: Irish | Religious Group: Jewish | Religious Group: Sikh

African

Items collected for Haringey’s ‘Local Heroes’ exhibition include: shirts from Nigeria and Sierra Leone. In addition there are oral histories and photographs of individuals from Nigeria and Sierra Leone covering their experiences and memories (in this country and back home) of the Second World War, Coming to England and general working and family lives. (Approximately 10-15 items; 1940-1945; 1949 onwards)


African: Nigerian

Items collected for Haringey’s ‘Local Heroes’ exhibition include: shirts from Nigeria and Sierra Leone. In addition there are oral histories and photographs of individuals from Nigeria and Sierra Leone covering their experiences and memories (in this country and back home) of the Second World War, Coming to England and general working and family lives. (Approximately 10-15 items; 1940-1945; 1949 onwards)


Caribbean

Items collected for Haringey’s ‘Local Heroes’ exhibition and the Moving Here website include oral histories and photographs of individuals as well as decorative, household and personal items collected from Jamaica, Barbados, Dominican Republic and Guyana. Includes some First World War individuals’ photographs (Approximately 50 items; 1912; 1914-1918; 1960-2005).


Central & South America

Items collected for Haringey’s ‘Local Heroes’ exhibition and the Moving Here website include oral histories and photographs of individuals as well as decorative, household and personal items collected from Guyana. Also a collection of photographs and related documents of Bernie Grant, who was born in Guyana (Approximately 50 items; 1960-2005).


North, West & Southern Europe: Irish

Collection mainly covers some 19th century and 20th century photographs (to include video footage), some prints and drawings and ephemera of local families and Irish Travellers who have settled in Haringey (approximate 50-100 items). The earliest mention in historical records in Haringey of the Irish is 1637.


Religious Group: Jewish

Items includes a large collection of photographs, prints and drawings, ephemera, objects and oral histories reflecting the histories of the Tottenham & Edmonton Hebrew Congregation and the Jewish Home and Hospital of Incurables. Covers places of worship, homes, events, personalities, general working and family life. (Approximately 150 items; c.1890 - 2004).


Religious Group: Sikh

Collection of photographic portraits of Sikhs (anonymous) who were among the groups of Colonial troops staying at Alexandra Palace during 1902 for the King’s (delayed) coronation. (Approximately 10-15 items; 1902)


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