Map Stories - Family-friendly event

Map Stories - Family-friendly event

  • ALL AGES

Join this free, interactive open day to uncover the stories of maps and how they tell the history and heritage of India and Pakistan

By Women's Museum

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Women's Museum

Barking Wharf Square Barking IG11 7BB United Kingdom

About this event

  • Event lasts 4 hours
  • ALL AGES
  • No venue parking

Come along to this free, drop-in event marking South Asian Heritage Month, run by the MAHSA (Mapping Archaeology and Heritage in South Asia) project.

MASHA document and map archaeological sites and heritage in India and Pakistan. At this interactive, family-friendly afternoon, they are highlighting these histories with:

· Map based activities for kids

· An AR sand box

· Small exhibits on maps and archaeology

Join us to discover the stories of historic maps, which were snapshots of the land in India and Pakistan before many sites were damaged, destroyed or forgotten.

As MASHA dug up these histories behind the maps, they also came across the stories and adventures of the Indian mapmakers who traversed deserts, scaled mountains and recorded sites before even the archaeologists. Come along to find out more about these map stories.

Access Information

Please see the Women's Museum website for information about how to find the space and further details about accessibility.

About the MASHA Project

The MAHSA Project is based in the University of Cambridge and works in partnership with universities and institutions in Pakistan, India and Barcelona. They are funded by the Arcadia Fund, a charitable trust.

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Women's Museum

The Women’s Museum is a social, cultural space for everyone, platforming ideas, issues and histories relating to women, girls, trans and nonbinary communities through art and culture.

A broad and lively programme of exhibitions and public events happens in the Museum - a generative, conversational space to support activity informed by voices from across communities of London.

It is a safe space for local people. The Women’s Museum will keep evolving and changing and so that our identity is shaped by the communities who use it.

The Museum's programme is led by New Town Culture in the LBBD Culture and Heritage Team, building on deep, robust networks with communities, services and local infrastructure in LBBD. We work with artists local and internationally to reflect on the experiences of women, girls, trans and nonbinary communities in East London.

Free
Aug 29 · 12:00 PM GMT+1