Heritage Open Days-World War Artefacts

This year the Sikh Museums Initiative teamed up with the Leicester City, County & Rutland: At Risk and War Memorials Project. This gave visitors a chance to learn more about the At Risk and War Memorials Project. We also be displayed some rare artefacts from various Sikh campaigns: this included

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First 3D Sikh Interactive at The Royal Armouries

Interactive display of rare Sikh objects opens at Royal Armouries Museum The digital project painstakingly recreated three objects from the museum’s South Asian Sikh collection, enabling visitors to interact with digital versions of rare historical pieces of armour for the first time in its 700-year history. Following on from the

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SMI-30 Best Sikh Blogs and Websites

The Sikh Museum Initiative has been nominated as part of the top 30 best Sikh Blogs and websites in the world. We have been ranked at number 14 as part of the selection by Feedspot. This is another honor for the team who have: Amongst many accolades that we have

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Festival of Thetford & Punjab 2023

Friday 7 Jul 2023 – Sunday 9 Jul 2023 Festival of Thetford & Punjab 2023Friday 7 July – Sunday 9 July The Festival of Thetford & Punjab 2023 takes place in venues across Thetford in Norfolk, and will be a weekend of cultural celebrations inspired by the life and legacy

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Defence Sikh Network-Vaisakhi event

Defence Sikh Network Event Ministry of Defence, LondonMarch 2023 Really previleged for the Sikhmuseum team to be invited by the Defence Sikh Network UK Committee, for the Vaisakhi Event in Whitehall. There was speeches from members of the military and the House of Lords. A panel discussion looked at ways more Sikhs and non

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Mapping Sikh Heritage Sites in the UK

Mapping Sikh Heritage in the UK The Sikh Museum initiative has been working for many years with many public and private institutions to discover locations of Sikh Heritage. We are now looking to map Sikh heritage sites in the UK. We would like your help in shaping our potential project

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Global Sikh Conference-Commemorating 400 years of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji

Global Sikh Conference-commemorating 400 years of Guru Tegh Bahadur jiby Global Sikh Vision – GSV and United ColoursWalsall Football Ground 29/05/2022 A very important Sikh conference considering various facets of Sikhi.Key note speech was by Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh. Followed by Gurinder Singh Mann then Gurcharanjit Singh Lamba, Retired Justice Ranjit

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Vaisakhi at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery

The Sikh Museum Initiative supported the Leicester Museum service in holding the first Vaisakhi event at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery for many years. The day was filled with a brilliant Vaisakhi performance by Falcons Primary School pupils, Talks & activities by Sikhmuseum, Gatka demonstrations, Arts & Crafts and so

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Sobroan Day-Special Lecture Report

Special lecture by Gurinder Singh Mann2nd Battalion The Ranger RegimentKeogh Barracks in Ash Vale, Surrey25th March 2022 The Sobroan Day event took place on 25th March at the Army barracks in Surrey, England. Here Gurinder Singh Mann historian of the Sikh Museum Initiative gave a lecture on the Anglo-Sikh Wars

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Revisiting the Sikh Empire Event Report

Revisiting the Sikh Empire Event by the Sikh Museum Initiative16th March 2022Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester On the 16th of March 2022, Leicester was the location of a great evening exploring the history and heritage of the Sikh Empire. The packed-out event was a Q and A was with

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