Westminster Menswear Archive Interpretation Workshop

This is a workshop considering the conference theme of challenging pasts, critical futures, in relation to objects from the Westminster Menswear Archive (WMA). Participants will engage with artifacts from the WMA that raise questions around ethical collecting, interpretation and display. The workshop will begin with an introduction from the WMA Curator, participants will then have an opportunity to ask questions of the objects from the collection. The aim of the workshop is to interpret the objects for temporary public display during the conference. Participants will have the opportunity to handle objects from the WMA collections and contribute to informing interpretation and display idea for the archive.

Please note that objects used in this workshop may incorporate images, references to historical events, or engage with discussions around discrimination that some people may consider sensitive, or find offensive or disturbing.