A banner from Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp that is included in the exhibition. Photo: Courtesy of The Peace Museum.
Peace banners on display
Twenty-eight peace banners from The Peace Museum have been loaned to the Banner Culture exhibition
The Peace Museum in Bradford loaned twenty-eight peace banners to an exhibition at the Brierfield Mill in Pendle showcasing signs from the protest movement. According to Charlotte Hall, curator at The Peace Museum, the items were chosen for the exhibition Banner Culture to represent key points in peace history, such as the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp and the anti-nuclear movement, as well as protests against apartheid and wars in the Middle East.
Charlotte Hall said they were ‘thrilled… we have over 100 banners in our collection and it’s great seeing them in a new context, alongside an eclectic mix of banners representing so many important issues. The renewed interest in protest collections is exciting and we hope people come away feeling inspired’. Other items in the exhibition, which is part of the British Textile Biennial event, were crowdsourced from artists and organisations across the UK, including: Durham Bannermakers, who keep alive the traditions of the miners’ groups; Thalia Campbell, whose work captured the resolve of Greenham women; Ed Hall, celebrated for his collaborations with artist Jeremy Deller; and Peter Carney who made memorials for the ninety-six people lost at Hillsborough.
[Correction 13/11/2019: We incorrectly said eighty-nine people died at Hillsborough. The correct number was ninety-six.]
