On Wed 21 Nov the Black Country Studies Centre launched. This new education partnership between the University of Wolverhampton and the Museum will provide new learning opportunities for communities across the Black Country. The partnerships’s aim is to deliver learning outcomes that will help local people to develop their employability skills, raise aspirations and encourage community cohesion.
The Centre will offer guest talks, taster courses, student placements and research projects to create unique learning opportunities for the region and which build on the history of the Black Country.
Commenting on BCSC, Andrew Lovett said, “The Black Country Studies Centre has been created to formalise our current relationship with the University. Together and through a programme of inspirational activities we will continue to explore the history of the area and how that history informs our understanding of ourselves and our communities.”
Click here to find out more about Black Country Studies Centre.
Wednesday’s launch evening also included Snidge Scrumpin’ – an experiment to map smell and memory in the Black Country. Run by the University of Wolverhampton as part of the Being Human Festival 2018, the experiment exposed participants to a range of different smells and asked them about the memories and places they triggered. The results will be published in January and we hope they can input into the Museum’s interpretation plan for our 1940s-1960s town as part of Forging Ahead.
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