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Brent Museum and Archives

Brent Museum and Archives

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Current exhibitions and projects

Illustration of people meeting with gold geometric star

Portraits of Brent

black and white photo of two women sitting by sewing machines

Eighty Years On: Stories of War and Renewal World War 2 Exhibition

Celebrating 60 years of the London Borough of Brent

Online exhibitions and projects

image of an indian man and woman

Dress to Remember: A dementia-friendly programme

Togetherness 2007 - From the theme Freedom Song by Mahogany Mas

Carnival in Brent - Celebrate at home

Mr Rev. Norman Watson Mitchell MBE

Windrush 2020 - A celebration of Brent's pioneering Windrush generation

This postcard shows the east entrance of the Hong Kong Pavilion.

Hong Kong at the British Empire Exhibition

Past exhibitions and events

Becoming Brent project

Being Alive poster image

Being Brent

Portrait of Mary Seacole

Coming Home - Mary Seacole

Exhibition - conscious female perspective

Conscious of the Female Perspective

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Events from Brent Libraries, Arts and Heritage

Image of old photographs in black and white and letters in Arabic
01 April - 24 April 2026
Preserving Arab and SWANA Cultural Memory in London
Willesden Green library
Photo of a Somali woman and man in traditional somali clothes
Exhibitions
01 April - 26 April 2026
Display: Celebrating Brent’s Somali community
Brent libraries, Kingsbury library
Illustration of blue BookStart bear on a dark blue sofa reading to a blue bear cub on his lap. The background is a dark and light red diamond pattern
Courses and Workshops
15 April 2026
10:45 to 11:15
Book Trust Story and Rhymetime sessions
Brent libraries, Kingsbury library
+ 2 more events this month
Illustration of blue BookStart bear on a dark blue sofa reading to a blue bear cub on his lap. The background is a dark and light pink diamond pattern
Courses and Workshops
15 April 2026
11:00 to 11:30
Book Trust Story and Rhymetime sessions
Brent libraries, Willesden Green library
+ 2 more events this month
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The Boat Hotel and Pub, 1986

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