Cotton Threads: Bury's Industrial Links to Slavery
The Cotton Threads project is aimed at broadening the audience to Bury Museum and Archive Service
. Using key material from their collection, two formal learning resources will be created which will be aimed at Key Stage 2 and 3. The project will focus on key themes from 1850 such as the transatlantic trade with slavery still in existence in the USA, local cotton production and working conditions and domestic consumption. Material will also be digitised and made available on a website with a linked online catalogue.
The website is an interactive resource with the content also available on the museum touch screens. There will also be a display of the material from the museum and archive to tour local libraries.
To access the project website go to www.cotton-threads.org.uk.
For more information about this project please email: Joanne Fitton
.
