This September will be BPHA’s 4th event for Birmingham Heritage Week.
Heritage Week 2025 is coming!
Successful family art workshop
Children, learning about the history of trade and industry, and the working lives of the labouring classes, thought about the connections between our industrial landscape of canals, factories and warehouses and the jobs that went on there.
Black History Month: SHS project remembers Avtar Jouhl
This October marked one year since the death of Avtar Jouhl, a prolific anti-racism campaigner and highly regarded General Secretary and National Organiser of the Indian Workers Association (GB).
Meeting Saturday: the origins of trade unions
The origins of the British trade union movement and the pieces in our collection which chart the birth and development of this transformative development.
National Archives backs BPHA with new grant
The Birmingham People's History Archive has been backed by the National Archive with a significant grant under the Archives Resilience grant scheme.
Professor Kevin Morgan visits BPHA
December's talk by Professor Morgan was very interesting.
BPHA talk at Birmingham & Midland Institute
Friend of the BPHA and local historian Ian Binnie gave a well-attended and thoroughly enjoyable talk at the B&MI.
Social History Society Awards BPHA grant
The Social History Society has awarded the Birmingham People's History Archive a grant under the BME small grants scheme.
Winter Talks Programme 2022-23
The programme of Winter Talks at the BPHA for 2022-23 has been agreed and published.
Birmingham People's History Archive 