Overview
Outreach is an integral feature of our work in promoting the value of our collections and the benefits of the image bank to the wider community.
As part of our on-going outreach work, we produce many local exhibitions making use of the rich and diverse images from the WMN collection. The SWiB Archivist also delivers talks and presentations to interested parties. We are happy to arrange tours of the image bank for groups and societies upon request. We are also undertaking several large-scale projects as an extension to our ongoing outreach responsibilities.
We provide consultancy and support to other projects which has also opened up the potential to work together towards the public accessibility of the region's visual archives. More recently, we have given support to the Royal Cornwall Museum, the Tavistock Photo Archive and the Plymouth DNA Photographic Project (Stoke Damerel Community College).
1) Volunteer AA Ros Dow, assisting with Local Studies Day, May 2008
2) Work placement AA Becca Hernandez interviewing former Dingles employees Monica Collins and Maureen Polz, looking through the Dingles collection, October 2008
3) Enjoying the Plymouth Argyle Exhibition with Gordon Sparks, Nov-Dec 2008
4) Alison Seabeck, MP - visit to SWiB, September 2009
If you are interested in hearing more about SWiB’s outreach work and availability please do complete our Outreach Booking Form.
Past outreach events
Given the volume of events we have undertaken so far, we've created a separate space for past outreach events.
please see our Outreach Archive page.
Current outreach events
Exhibition, 'Big Screen Plymouth' - 40 selected images, from a variety of our collections 'Exceptional Images' - Commences September 2008 to September 2012.
Exhibition (project), a visual history of Plymouth Barbican, part of our Virginia House Settlement Funded Project, 2009-2010. For further details see our projects page.
Forthcoming outreach programme (2009-2010)
Presentation/Exhibition, Plym Valley Heritage, Plymstock, 3rd December 2009.
Presentation, Plympton Probus Club, Elfordleigh, 14th December 2009.
Presentation, Pomphlett Methodist Church Friendship Group, 24 February 2010.
Presentation, Tavistock Local History Society, 9th March 2010.
Presentation, Devon Family History Society (Plymouth group), 23 March 2010.
Exhibition (project), Cooperative Society Anniversary Celebrations, Plymouth Pavilions, June 2010.
Presentation, Old Plymouth Society, 'A [SWiB] Christmas Carol; Visions of Plymouth, Past, Present and Future', 10th December 2010.
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