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London's Voices
 

London’s Voices explores, reflects and celebrates London’s great diversity through the voices, memories and opinions of Londoners. It opens up the Museum of London’s rich oral history collection.

  London's Voices   LINKED   Colour Contacts
This downloadable booklet offers London’s Voices as a case study for others planning oral history projects. Find out more about this soundscape by Graeme Miller that stretches along the route of the M11 Link Road in east London. This performance piece shared personal memories through dance, music and voice.
  "Women talk"   Questioning London   "Women talk" installation
Visit this online exhibition to hear memories of women in the home, the workplace and the community. Visit this online exhibition to see what Londoners have to say about themselves and their city – and voice your own views. This installation at the Museum of London explored the experiences of women in 20th century London through their own voices.
  "you cannot forget VE Day"   London 16-19   Holidays of a Lifetime
Visit this online exhibition to listen to memories of VE Day. Visit this online exhibition to discover more about the lives of young people in London today. This touring exhibition looked at the history of holidaymaking through the eyes of Londoners.
  Stage and Silver Screen   Lewisham Voices   Postcards to London
Visit this online exhibition featuring stories of cinema and theatre going in London. Browse the memories and peek into the family albums of people who live and work in Lewisham. Look at postcards featuring extracts from the Museum’s oral history collection.
  Voices Online   Memory Bags   The London's Voices Exhibition
Access full oral history interviews and explore the connections that we have within our families, our communities, the city and the world. Meet some of the stallholders at Ridley Road Market and discover how shoppers took a bit of history home with their shopping. This exhibition showcased the Museum’s oral history collection and explored different methods of presentation.
    The Museum is delighted that London's Voices was shortlisted in the website category for the 2003 Race in the Media Awards.

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