Understanding the content
The Museum's learning provision is carried out through a range of activi tie s outlined in the Learning Policy. These include illustrated talks and demonstrations, drama and role-play sessions, storytelling, and music/dance/drama performances (41 activi tie s are listed in all). Thus, we see the link between learning, access and social inclusion being made, and various kinds of performance being framed within this context.
Revealing Histories
The Greater Manchester Museums Hub's 'Revealing Histories' project is the context within which the performances took place at Manchester Museum . 'Revealing Histories, Remembering Slavery' aims to explore the history, impact and legacy of the slave trade on the cultural institutions of the Greater Manchester area, a region greatly influenced by the slave trade (see the DCMS website). As part of the bi-centenary of the abolition of the slave trade, each museum in the hub researched its collections to locate links with the trade and uncover hidden narratives which were variously articulated over the year 2007. Revealing Histories was a major programme of exhibitions, talks, debates, performances and self-guided walks involving eight museums [For further information visit www.revealinghistories.org.uk].
