The BDHS was established to promote the discovery, preservation and conservation of the histories of Deaf people. The BDHS was established in 1993 to promote and advance the interest in the discovery, preservation and conservation of the histories of Deaf people, their communities, culture and language.
It is a volunteers-led organisation with many of its activities run by dedicated volunteers. We have, however, only recently appointed a new part-time Curator of Heritage and Collections for the Museum and another part-time position to take charge of our Deaf archives as an archivist.
It is a volunteers-led organisation with many of its activities run by dedicated volunteers. We have, however, only recently appointed a new part-time Curator of Heritage and Collections for the Museum and another part-time position to take charge of our Deaf archives as an archivist.
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All of our policies and procedues are available for viewing, you will notice they are in alphabetical order. If there is any further information required please visit our contact page. The BDHS does not charge for access to its Museum, Archives and Library but as an organisation relying mainly on charitable donations, we would deeply appreciate visitors placing a donation in the Donation Box situated within the Museum Library.
Set up in 2006, the Deaf Museum and Archive has grown into a credible national collection consisting of numerous artefacts, deaf artwork and paper archive collections of all kinds. It has been maintained and run entirely by volunteers of the British Deaf History Society, but thew recent appointments of a curator and an archivist will take the museum into a new era.
This 4th International Games for the Deaf gilt leather-bound book was presented to Sir Noel Curtis-Bennett, K.C.V.O., the chairman of the Games' Executive Committee, and is a unique book on the Games held in London in 1935. This contains, as is believed, the signatures of all of the participating international.
The hand-held fan is one of only five fans made for the Winter Deaflympics 2011 in Slovakia. The 2nd International Games for the Deaf Tennis Certificate was awarded to Lenore Dawson when she won a Gold Medal, playing in the Ladies Doubles with Elsie Mountain. Lenore donated the certificate to Melinda Napier who in turn donated it.
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