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This is an email sent via the SHCG List. If you reply to this message, your message will be sent to all the people on the list, not just the author of this message. --------------- Dear all In late June this year we will be taking down a display case created with a group from Sheffield's Yemeni community. It was a co-curated project, with all the objects from the personal collections of a local Yemeni lady, and aimed to show life in Yemen in the 1960s to provide a contrast with life in Sheffield at that time (it's opposite a display about Park Hill flats). Many Yemeni men in particular came to Britain for extended periods of time for work in the 1960s (and other decades) leaving their families behind. The display includes traditional Yemeni objects, such as cooking implements and jewellery, costume, a large model of an interior room of traditional Yemeni tower house, and a film showing images of Yemen. The lady who co-curated it with me is keen for the objects to travel to other places, perhaps where there is a Yemeni community like in Sheffield. Would anyone be interested in finding out more about the display objects and whether they would be suitable for their museum? We included the story of one particular Sheffield Yemeni man, but this could be left out, and perhaps another person/ people local to your area included instead. It would not be a touring exhibition from Museums Sheffield- the contact would be Najla Maadi and her family, and you would work directly with them to adapt the display to your needs. It is possible that Najla would be able to make contacts in your local community should you need that link creating. Please let me know if this is of interest and if you would like more information. Thanks Clara Clara Morgan Curator of Social History Museums Sheffield Weston Park, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TP 0114 278 2644 [log in to unmask] http://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/ http://www.facebook.com/MuseumsSheffieldhttp://www.twitter.com/MuseumSheffieldhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/Museums-Sheffield/http://www.youtube.com/user/MuseumsSheffield http://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/coresite/html/whatson.asp?calendar=millennium-exhibitions#/?i=1 Millennium Gallery 2 March – 30 May Company Registration No. 3527746 & Registered Charity No. 1068850 as Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust. Registered Office: Riverside East, 2 Millsands, Sheffield, S3 8DT. This is an email from Museums Sheffield. Its contents are confidential to the intended recipient at the email address to which it has been addressed. It may not be disclosed to or used by anyone other than this addressee, or may it be copied in any way. If received in error, please contact Museums Sheffield on +44-(0)114-278-2600 quoting the name of the sender and the addressee, then delete it from your system. Please note that neither Museums Sheffield nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any). Museums Sheffield is the trading name of Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust and is the lead partner of the Yorkshire Museums Hub. It is an independent charity funded by Sheffield City Council, Museums Libraries and Archives Council and Arts Council England. The SHCG list is provided for members of Social History Curators Group to discuss subjects relevant to social history in museums. To join SHCG visit www.shcg.org.uk . Opinions expressed in this email are the responsibility of the author and are not necessarily shared by SHCG. To leave the list do not reply to this message but send an email to [log in to unmask] with a blank subject line and these words as the body of the email: SIGNOFF SHCG-LIST