Common Strands 2: Black History Month dress display. ON DISPLAY NOW at Portland Basin Museum, Tameside.

ON DISPLAY NOW

Common Strands 2: Black History Month dress display

A dress made from artwork by Dixons Ashton Academy students, culminating a project exploring Tameside’s cotton industry links to the transatlantic slave trade through local history, art and design.

When
ON DISPLAY NOWTuesday to Sunday, 10:00 to 16:00
Where
Portland Basin MuseumPortland Place, Portland Basin, Ashton under Lyne, OL7 0QA
Price
Free
Borough
Tameside

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Getting there

Portland Basin Museum, Portland Place, Portland Basin, Ashton under Lyne, OL7 0QA

Street map of the area around Portland Basin Museum, Portland Place, Portland Basin, Ashton under Lyne, OL7 0QA, marked with a pin. Also marked: the tram stop Ashton-under-Lyne, about 400m away in a straight line, and the railway station Ashton-Under-Lyne, about 500m away in a straight line. The ring around the venue is 800m in a straight line.
Gold pin, the venue. Cream pins, the nearest tram stop and railway station. The ring is 800m from the venue in a straight line, not a walking time.Map data OpenStreetMap contributors and OpenMapTiles, rendered by Geoapify.
Nearest tram
Ashton-under-Lyneabout 400m in a straight line
Nearest rail
Ashton-Under-LyneAHNabout 500m in a straight line

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About this event

Students examined museum objects and printmaking before dressmaker Flora Danso created the garment, inspired by a 1930s Cotton Queen dress in the museum collection.

About the venue

Portland Basin Museum sits at the meeting of three canals in Ashton under Lyne, telling the story of Tameside life. Entry is free and it is run by Tameside Council Cultural Services.

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