Oxford’s Christmas Light Festival is here — hooray!  It’s wonderful to have an event that draws Oxford’s array of communities together, especially in these difficult times. And this year, Multaka volunteers are teaming up with the History of Science Museum (HSM) to create our first ever live-streamed, festival family event.  The activities will take inspiration ... [Read more...]

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Rana Ibrahim, the Museum’s Collections Project Officer (Multaka-Oxford), tells us about her favourite object, an astrolabe engraved with a Quranic verse.

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The Multaka-Oxford team have had an amazing few months and the project is developing rapidly. In this post they talk about their work inside and outside of the Museum, and highlight some of their favourite objects. ** In the Museum… We have had some great sessions with volunteers over the last months. In May Silke ... [Read more...]

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We are excited to let you know more about Multaka-Oxford, our new project funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund. It will be running until September 2019. The project will create volunteer opportunities for forced migrants and use museums and collections as a ‘meeting point’ to bring people together. We are jointly delivering Multaka-Oxford with the Pitt ... [Read more...]

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