THE Tower Museum has launched a new project titled ‘Speeches, Strikes and Struggles’ that will chart the history of the Civil Rights, Labour and Trade Union Movements in the city over the past century.
The project also includes a digital archive of images collected over the past forty years, relating to the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Among the collections is the:
- Bridget Bond collection, containing items that relate to the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) movement within Derry and Northern Ireland;
- archive material from the Derry Housing Action Committee (DHAC) and other civil rights related matters;
- the Gerry Lynch Collection, which refers to the trade union and labour movements of the city;
- the Peter Moloney Collection that deals with the history of significant events in both Ireland and Northern Ireland, spanning over 100 years with a particular focus on the decades from the 1970’s to the present day.
- There are also 40,000 catalogued items within the Peter Moloney collection including posters, postcards, journals, badges and digital images of murals and parades.
For further information visit www.derrystrabane.com/towermuseum or telephone 028 7137 2411.
