In 2001, Wandsworth Museum held an exhibition, “West African Ties”, to coincide with Black History Month. The memories of 6 local people of West African origin (5 from Nigeria, 1 from Ghana) were recorded for this project.

In 1993, Wandsworth Museum held an exhibition looking at the local South Asian, Jewish, Caribbean, Polish, Irish and Italian communities. A number of Asian objects were purchased at this time: 5 items of clothing, 20 cooking utensils and 20 votive/religious items.

In 2003, the Museum ran two projects focusing on the Asian community in Tooting. The first involved recording the memories of 9 Asian businessmen and women from a range of backgrounds. The second resulted in an exhibition about Asian festivals. Museum staff visited the Tooting Mosque, the Sikh Khalsa Centre, a local Catholic church that holds a weekly service in Tamil and two Hindu temples (Tamil and Gujarati) and a festival organised in a hall (Bengali). 5 items of printed ephemera were donated to the Museum (in Urdu, Punjabi, Tamil and Gujarati) and staff took around 40 digital photographs at the places of worship.In 2004, the Museum was given a small collection of photographs and a belt relating to Shapurji Saklatvala, who served as Communist MP for Battersea North in the 1920s. The Museum also holds a handful of Saklatvala election leaflets.The above items are not currently on display but can be viewed by appointment.

In 1993, Wandsworth Museum held an exhibition looking at the local South Asian, Jewish, Caribbean, Polish, Irish and Italian communities. 12 items (skirt, hat, baskets, cooking utensils and postcards) were donated by a Battersea resident who emigrated from Jamaica in 1955. She brought them to England as mementoes of home. A small group of modern souvenir baskets, a plate and wall hanging from Jamaica were also donated. In 2003, the Museum took part in the London-wide “Local Heroes” project. Our subject was David Greaves (originally from Barbados), National Bishop of the New Testament Assembly and the Manager of Tooting Neighbourhood Centre. Bishop Greaves donated a TNC carer’s tunic to the Museum and his memories were recorded.The above items are not currently on display but can be viewed by appointment.

In 1993, Wandsworth Museum held an exhibition looking at the local South Asian, Jewish, Caribbean, Polish, Irish and Italian communities. Donations included a Black doll, made by a Wandsworth company that was founded in order to produce multi-ethnic toys for children. This item is not currently on display but can be viewed by appointment.

In 2001, Wandsworth Museum received a donation of around 20 items retrieved from the premises in Battersea formerly occupied by the South West London Synagogue. These included a pair of gates from the bimah, prayer shawls and printed ephemera.The Museum has also received individual donations of 2 memorial cards from the Putney & Wimbledon Synagogue (now closed) and a magazine from the Wimbledon & District Synagogue.The above items are not currently on display but can be viewed by appointment.