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Introducing Saskia Tomkins, our first Artist in Residence!
May 19, 2022
Introducing Saskia Tomkins, our first Artist in Residence!

Connected Heritage – The Mixed Museum’s new partnership with Wikimedia!
Connected Heritage – The Mixed Museum’s new partnership with Wikimedia!
A mood board of images of old family photos. Caption reads BTCOTC Open Call Volunteers

Open Call – Family History Researchers
January 18, 2022
Open Call – Family History Researchers
Poster advertising the BTCOTC Open Day. A young mixed race man gazes into the camera. Overlaid around his face are historical images of mixed race families. The photo is set in a yellow background with the words BTCOTC and Open Day surrounding the photo.

BTCOTC Open Days – Booking now live!
January 5, 2022
BTCOTC Open Days – Booking now live!
A poster for the By The Cut of Their Cloth project. The Being Brent logo is in the top left. The caption reads Open Call BTCOTC - Family Archives. Below is a studio portrait of a mixed race family, taken in the early twentieth century. The Black father is wearing a pin striped suit and waistcoat. He is standing with an arm rested on the chair of the white mother who is wearing a formal black long-sleeved dress. Next to them is a small mixed race boy wearing a formal sailor suit type jacket.

BTCOTC project – Family Archives Open Call
December 20, 2021
BTCOTC project – Family Archives Open Call
A woman dressed in a white sweatshirt and whte trousers looks through a film camera viewfinder in a white studio. A white undressed manequin is behind her.

Job opportunity! Freelance filmmaker wanted for our BTCOTC project (CLOSED)
December 1, 2021
Job opportunity! Freelance filmmaker wanted for our BTCOTC project (CLOSED)

‘Brown Babies’ exhibition wins prestigious award!
‘Brown Babies’ exhibition wins prestigious award!

Mixed Museum colleagues awarded British Academy grant
Mixed Museum colleagues awarded British Academy grant
A smiling young man of mixed race sits on a desk in an art studio. He is wearing a black robe and silver necklace. On the wall behind and to the side of him are fabric art prints.

‘By The Cut of Our Cloth’ – The Mixed Museum collaborates with Brent artist Warren Reilly
‘By The Cut of Our Cloth’ – The Mixed Museum collaborates with Brent artist Warren Reilly
‘Indian Princess Marries Englishman: Nursing Home Romance’. Daily Mirror, 27 February 1914.

The Mixed Museum’s Director receives a Women’s History Network Award
The Mixed Museum’s Director receives a Women’s History Network Award