Unveiling a very significant blue plaque today in Sheffield city center to Sir Nathaniel Creswick KCB, the cofounder of Sheffield FC at the birthplace of the modern rules of association football The FA Nat. Football Museum

Join us tonight Migration Matters Festival when we chat to Dig Where You Stand artists Wemmy Ogunyankin, Rosa Cisneros, Asma Kabadeh and Najma Heybe about their archive discoveries & their use of artwork to re-narrate these stories. 📍 Soft Ground, The Moor ⏰ 6pm - 7.30pm #exploreyourarchive #sheffield

The remarkable story of the Sheffield home for 'friendless girls' thestar.co.uk/retro/the-rema…

New blog: Jewish Life in Sheffield celebratingjewisharchives.org/news_feed/coll… The next in our Collection Encounter series is a visit to Sheffield City Archives Sheffield Libraries for a display telling the history of the Jewish community in the city and chat about what it means to share these stories. #NewBlog

Join us at Sheffield Cathedral tonight for a special evening of live performances bringing archive stories to life: dwys.co.uk/events/we-gath… be quick, only a handful of tickets left! #exploreyourarchive #sheffield #digwhereyoustand #archives

"The revival of the past through art hopes to empower people of colour to claim their connection to history, while acknowledging that there will always be ‘gaps’." Thanks very much to Exposed Magazine for speaking to us about our new exhibition 👇🏾 exposedmagazine.co.uk/culture/dig-wh…

📢THIS SATURDAY Drop into the DWYS Open Studio and watch how Cole Morris (shadowpuppets), Dal Kular (book making) and Jacqui Hilson (textiles) created their work for our exhibition. 🗓 27th July ⏰11am - 2pm 📍Soft Ground (The Moor) More info: dwys.co.uk/events/open-st…

A shout out to UoS Centre for Equity & Inclusion and Sheffield City Archives for their involvement in this fantastic and much-needed project, and Peter & Paul for their work too. The Dig Where You Stand Biennial runs until 18 August. More details of what they've got coming up - dwys.co.uk/biennials/bien…

Latest video from African Voices Platform featuring interviews with #archivists Cheryl and Tim, along with Sheffield City Archives Writer in Residence Désirée Reynolds talking about archives, local history and untold stories. Thank you Tchiyiwe T Chihana & John Roots Mbili Theatre 🙌🏾 #exploreyourarchives #dwys

Join author SK Buchanan as she revisits her great-great-grandfather's poetic legacy - featuring poems inspired by Wincobank Hill, Sheffield Manor, Haddon Hall and Ecclesall Churchyard. 📍 Stocksbridge Library 📆 Mon 5 August 🕝2.30pm To book: eventbrite.co.uk/e/953370596117…

We are BACK OPEN today. Gather with us at Persistence Works, or visit our satellite sites, and discover the real stories of migration, diaspora and empire in South Yorkshire. This week Persistence Works will be open on Thursday & Saturday (10am to 4pm). See you there!

“A groundbreaking cultural intervention that recovers, reclaims & retells our region’s racial history.” Dig Where You Stand Biennial features 14 artists' responses to stories in local archives. Our writer Rae on the exhibition & archival justice movement > ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/dig-w…

The original concept of a #GreenBelt was created right here in #Sheffield, thanks to our founder #EthelHaythornthwaite and her husband Gerald. Together they surveyed land and submitted a plan for a Green Belt. There are now 14 Green Belts in England. tinyurl.com/2mjbe7mx

Central Library is currently hosting the Beyond the Bassline exhibition, a celebration of 500 years of Black British music. We have also worked with local DJ and electronic music pioneer Winston Hazel to tell the story of his career in his own words. Free, no need to book.

The Women Against Pit Closures - In May 1984 there was a rally at Barnsley Civic where an estimated 10,000 women from across the UK attended. We are delighted to share a recording from the public rally! bit.ly/WomenAgainstPi…