
Beverley Cook
@beverley_bcook
Curator of Social History @LDN_Museum. Ask me about the Museum's Suffragette collection, printed ephemera and London's social history 1850-1945
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Thank you to InsideTime for an excellent article about the booklet “Changing London 1946-2022”.“Prisoners write their personal perspectives of London through the decades” insidetime.org/changing-face-…



I had a brilliant time talking to Nuala McGovern on BBC Woman's Hour about #NecessaryWomen - catch up here, my bit starts 46.30 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

For your leisurely weekend perusal here is my new catalogue of books and ephemera by and about women. 428 items - with a lengthy suffrage section at the beginning, Women in the 1st World War at the end, and all manner of women in time and space in between womanandhersphere.com/2023/07/07/boo…

It's not often you can see clothes worn by Dot Cotton and Princess Diana in one place but we live to serve at MuseumofLondon. 🎟 Tickets for Fashion City: How Jewish Londoners shaped global style go on sale today. Exhibition opens 13th October 2023. metro.co.uk/2023/07/12/dot…

MuseumofLondon collaborated with HMP Pentonville on a project that captures the ‘societal, cultural and economic change in post-World War II London’ through text and art.Beverley Cook Helena Baptista #prisoneducation museumoflondon.org.uk/discover/chang…


📢Job Alert📢 MuseumofLondon is looking for a new Assistant Registrar to join our team. Working on exhibitions, acquisitions, and of course, prep for our move to a new museum. Further details/apply online: jobs.museumoflondon.org.uk/vacancy/assist… Happy to answer any qs by DM UK Registrars Group

Two prints by the great Colin O’Brien of Irish Travellers just of London Fields in #hackney are part of the ‘At Home in Hackney, A Community Photographed 1970-today’ open now at the Hackney Museum free entry and no need to book #photography #exhibition #London





This Saturday I will talking about funerals on the streets of 18th century London in an exciting day at Southwark Cathedral - Join me for stories of coffins, undertakers and mutes on the capital’s streets. Tickets & info: eventbrite.co.uk/e/funerals-cem…



🎉 Celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth with a special late-night event LSE Library! Join us for behind-the-scenes tours, networking drinks & short talks by guest speakers on their research 📚 Book a space on a tour & get more info 👇 #WHM #IWD #WomenInHistory lse.ac.uk/library/events…

Feeling inspired thanks to Mari Takayanagi and Sir Lindsay Hoyle after attending the Speaker's Women's History Month Reception. Was great to catch up with/meet so many inspiring women + learn about the phenomenal Caroline Norton UK Parliament. Left with a spring in my step!
