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After the Partition After the Partition: A Shared Cultural Heritage in Essex Exhibition

The Meadows shopping centre, The High Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1XB

  • Multiple dates available
  • In person
  • Pre-booking not required

Over half a million Sikhs, Hindu’s and Muslims came to Britain because of the upheaval of Partition, the promise of economic opportunities and a safer life.

Over half a million Sikhs, Hindu’s and Muslims came to Britain because of the upheaval of Partition, the promise of economic opportunities and a safer life. In 2024 Essex Cultural Diversity Project was awarded funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for Sikh, Hindu and (Pakistani) Muslim communities living in Essex to reflect on seven decades of their family’s lives, to explore experiences, challenges, successes, and social change from 1947 to today. The project will pose the question: how has British culture changed and how have they changed British culture?

With few original settlers surviving, this is the last chance to bring three generations together to document the fortunes of settlers and their families who can trace their migration directly to Partition between India and Pakistan. This will be a rare chance to focus on lived experiences since Partition, rather than on the experience of Partition itself, opening opportunities to explore this unique cultural context within and between communities. As time passes and memories fade, it is important for Sikhs, Hindus, and Muslims to capture what shaped their modern heritage for posterity, and to reflect on wider issues of migration and colonialism today.

Throughout the project, we have captured people’s memories through oral history recording, films and interviews. We created a touring pop-up exhibition in the Punjab and in the UK.

Timings & Tours

Friday 12 September:
0900-1730
Saturday 13 September:
0900-1800
Sunday 14 September:
1000-1600
Monday 15 September:
0900-1730
Tuesday 16 September:
0900-1730
Wednesday 17 September:
0900-1730
Thursday 18 September:
0900-1730
Friday 19 September:
0900-1730
Saturday 20 September:
0900-1800
Sunday 21 September:
1000-1600

Location & directions

The Meadows shopping centre, The High Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1XB

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Pre-booking not required

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