William Booth Birthplace Museum

01/03/2025

Light Night at the Museum and Community Centre - such an enjoyable time! Anna Roebuck of The Making House ran an incredible lantern art workshop based on caring for our planet and keeping our oceans clean and safe. 🤗 🌎 🐟 🐚

01/03/2025

Thank you to everyone for helping to make Light Night a wonderful event! ✨️🕯🤗

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And all the amazing volunteers!

18/02/2025

CANDLELIGHT TOURS
Friday, 28 February 2025
Tours at: 5.30pm, 6.15pm and 7.00pm (FREE, booking essential)
BOOK you ticket/s at: https://tinyurl.com/yc5wc9n7 or call the Museum on 0115 979 3464.

Join us for Nottingham's Light Night and see the birthplace of William Booth as you've never seen it before - in candlelight! Step back in time and enjoy a curator-led tour around Booth's Georgian home and learn about the young man who would go on to change the world. FREE tours; donations always welcome. Tours suitable for ages 7+. Prior to the tours, the Museum will be open from 4.00-5.25pm for drop-in visits in full lighting. We also have drop-in activities (free, all-ages crafts, complimentary hot drinks and biscuits, live music) in the Community Centre next door to the Museum from 4-8pm. Everyone is welcome!

Tours have limited spaces - book early to avoid disappointment. In the event you are unable to attend, please contact the Museum on 0115 979 3464 (or email [email protected]) to cancel your space so that we can make it available to another person - thank you! Wheelchair access limited to the ground floor of the Museum.

Hope to see you on LIGHT NIGHT!

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18/02/2025

Join us for LIGHT NIGHT
Friday 28 February 2025
4-8pm

Museum Open House: Drop in from 4-5.25pm (Free, lights on)

Museum Candlelight Tours at: 5.30pm, 6.15pm and 7pm. (Free, but booking essential. Book at: https://tinyurl.com/yc5wc9n7

A date for your Diary... We would love to see you here. Please share and spread the word.

19/12/2024

The William Booth Birthplace Museum will be closed for Christmas and the festive season from Friday 19 December. We reopen (for bookings) on Tuesday 7 January 2025 and look forward to welcoming you. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and wish you all a Merry Christmas!🎄

13/12/2024

Just 24 hours to go until we’re getting merry in the millyard! 🎼 🍷

Join us for our annual festive event, Carols in the Millyard. A Yuletide treat for all the family, complete with a lantern-lit mill yard, visit from Santa Claus, mince pies and mulled wine of course! 🎅🎄🎁

Carols will be performed by the Nottingham Ukulele Concert Band and the Salvation Army 🎶🎵

There will also be the chance to do some last minute Christmas shopping by browsing the stalls or buying a bag of organic flour!

FREE entry, 3pm-5pm.

Details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1230709908157833

13/12/2024

A Brief History of The Salvation Army

A story of faith, adventure, sacrifice, foreign lands and languages, self-discovery and the birth of something new. It is a story of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. It is the story of The Salvation Army. ❤️

https://peermag.org/articles/history-of-the-salvation-army/

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A story of faith, adventure, sacrifice, self-discovery and the birth of something new. It is the story of The Salvation Army.

09/10/2024

📢📢New Blog Alert 📢📢

The latest blog from the Salvation Army International Heritage Centre looks at the recently catalogued papers of General Erik Wickberg (1904-1996). It focusses on his work in WW2, acting as Liaison Officer between the UK Salvation Army HQ and Salvation Army officers in occupied Europe:

Read the blog:
https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/about-us/international-heritage-centre/international-heritage-centre-blog/general-wickbergs-second-world-war-papers

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27/09/2024

📣 Job opening next door to the museum at the William Booth Memorial Community Centre - Sneinton!

Administrator, part-time.

Work with a great team and help make a positive difference in people's lives. 🤗Closing date: Sunday 13 October 2024.

👉👉👉 Details and apply at: https://careers.salvationarmy.org.uk/vacancies/vacancy/Z01pM2tFRTV3ajRjR3M2RG9Kc2wxQT09/administrator

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We have an exciting new role available here at the William Booth Memorial Community Centre - Sneinton. Please share and spread the word. Thank You.

14/09/2024

Open this weekend!

Saturday & Sunday, 14-15 Sept, 10am-4pm.

See William Booth's Georgian home during Heritage Open Days. Free entry. Drop in anytime 10-4pm. Everyone welcome! 🤗

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05/09/2024

WILLIAM BOOTH GUIDED WALK
Friday 13 September, 10.30am-12.30pm
FREE, booking essential (limited spaces)

Join the curator of the William Booth Birthplace Museum on a walking adventure around Nottingham as you follow a trail of historical facts to discover the truth about the co-founder of The Salvation Army's formative days in Nottingham. As you visit places associated with Booth, you will pass some of the town's sites of interest, including: the Council House, St Mary's Church and the Lace Market Theatre. The trail ends at the William Booth Birthplace Museum in Sneinton, where you can step back in time and see William's home as it looked in 1829 and wander around the museum at your leisure. Event run in association with Heritage Open Days.

STARTS: In front of the Nottingham Tourism & Travel Centre, 1-4 Smithy Row, Nottingham NG1 2BY

Lasts approximately 90 to 120 minutes. Approximately 1.8 miles in length. Please wear suitable footwear for walking over uneven surfaces and bring along a bottle of water and perhaps a snack. Walk will go ahead regardless of weather.

BOOK:

Free, but booking essential. Book through the Museum’s Eventbrite link at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-william-booth-walking-trail-of-nottingham-tickets-1000146062797. You can also call the museum on 0115 979 3464 or email [email protected] to book.

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05/09/2024

MUSEUM OPEN HOUSE
Friday 13 September, 1-5pm
Saturday 14 September, 10am-4pm
Sunday 15 September, 10am-4pm

Join us for the nation’s largest celebration of heritage – Heritage Open Days – for a rare opportunity to explore the birthplace of William Booth over a long weekend.

Explore the birthplace of Nottingham's most famous preacher and social reformer - William Booth - co-founder of the Salvation Army. Explore the Grade II listed home and step back in time to see what a lower middle-class home would have looked like in the late 1820s. Find out about Booth's early years in Nottingham and the influences that impacted him and inspired him to lead a life of service. Learn about Booth's wife, Catherine, an incredible woman who was also a writer, preacher and co-founder of the Salvation Army. Explore the museum in your own time and explore one of Nottingham’s true hidden gems. Event run in association with Heritage Open Days. No need to book – just drop in. Everyone welcome!

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05/09/2024

"The only religious body which always has some of its members in gaol"

Read the latest blog post looking at the Salvation Army's work with prisoners and in prisons since 1883, as well as those Salvationists who were imprisoned for their faith. This blog post grew out of the work of The Salvation Army International Heritage Centre's Records Management team with modern records.

https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/about-us/international-heritage-centre/international-heritage-centre-blog/in-gaol

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Find out about the history of The Salvation Army's prison service, which goes back to 1883...

31/07/2024

‘Like a Bird on the Water’: The Salvation Navy, 1885-1888

In this story, Steven Spencer, Director of The Salvation Army International Heritage Centre, discusses the History of the Salvation Navy and its vessels, including its first flagship, The SS Iole.

Thanks to Hilary Carey and Sumita Mukherjee of the University of Bristol History (Bristol University Historians) for including the Salvation Navy in their Mariners project - exploring the histories of missions to seamen in British ports.

In this story Steven Spencer, Director of Salvation Army International Heritage Centre, discusses the History of the Salvation Navy and its vessels…

31/07/2024

The Story of a Bonnet

The bonnet is an iconic symbol of The Salvation Army, originally devised by co-Founder Catherine Booth herself. Learn more about the bonnet's origins and evolution in this month's Living History feature:

Originally devised by co-Founder Catherine Booth, the bonnet was first worn in 1880. The Heritage Centre’s collection features approximately 150 bonnets in different styles.

14/07/2024

Would you like to train as an Archivist / Records Manager while working? The Salvation Army International Heritage Centre, London, is recruiting for a Level 7 Archives and Records Apprentice delivered by Westminster Adult Education Service.

Closing date for applications Weds 24 July 2024 at 9am.

Apply and more information 👇👇👇

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12/07/2024

The main day of the Sneinton Festival is Saturday 13th July. Celebrate the festival's 40th anniversary - there's loads on, including: a parade, international food, dancing, drumming, music, crafts, and so much more!

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UPDATED FESTIVAL PATH !!! THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD BABY!!!! ###x

12/07/2024

It's !

The Salvation Army's strong association with brass bands goes back to 1878 when the family of Charles Fry, a builder and a Methodist from Salisbury, began playing their brass instruments at Salvation Army open-air meetings.

https://peermag.org/articles/the-fry-family/

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