Here is the latest news:

• Focus GroupsNovember 9, 2026
  Our Focus Group will work with us to provide lived experience recordings about the cotton mills in Tameside. We have identified five local community groups who we will work with (listed below), and the first stage will be a series of “Space for Reflection” events that will help us identify and respond to individual requirements.… Read more: Focus Groups
• Educational resourcesNovember 9, 2026
  A key deliverable for Roving Museum’s “The British Cotton Industry:Joining the People’s Dots” is to deliver education resources aimed at Key Stage 2 (primary) and Key Stage 3 (secondary) children. Work on this has started with a draft for a first resource created, authored by our Chair, Agnes Fough (it’s the story of a young… Read more: Educational resources
• GLAM partner confirmedSeptember 18, 2026
  As noted in our previous post, we hope to make an application to the National Archives for a grant, and their criteria require that a community group should partner with a GLAM organisation. Roving Museum Chair Agnes Fough has had a long working relationship with Ashton’s Portland Basin Museum. In 2022, the museum approached Agnes… Read more: GLAM partner confirmed
• All about GLAMAugust 25, 2026
  One of the key activities we are carrying out is to identify potential sources for funding. We hope to make an application to the National Archives for a grant, and their criteria require that a community group should partner with a GLAM organisation. GLAM is an acronym for galleries, libraries, archives, and museums, and it… Read more: All about GLAM
• A mill relicAugust 11, 2026
  Trustee Bruce Levitan visited Marple Memorial Park on 11 August 2026 with his family. It was a beautiful sunny day. Along the path he spotted a relic of Bottoms Cotton Mill (or Mellor Mill) – the old headstone, which you can see in the photograph below. Bottoms Mill, also known as Mellor Mill, was a… Read more: A mill relic
• Expert adviceAugust 7, 2026
  One of the Roving Museum’s principles is that we should actively seek the advice of experts in the field of museums and education. To this end our Chair, Agnes Fough, regularly meets with key individuals. Some examples include:
• Focus Group leaders meetingAugust 7, 2026
  The Roving Museum Focus Group leaders met on 13 July for its inaugural meeting. The meeting was led by Roving Museum’s founder and Chair Agnes Fough. Other members of the group are Trustees Barbara Austin and Patricia Mugeke, and Stakeholder Eguavon Osifo. Topics discussed were:
• Inaugural meeting of the Steering GroupJune 24, 2026
  The Roving Museum Steering Group met on 23 June for its inaugural meeting. The meeting was led by Roving Museum’s founder and Chair Agnes Fough and covered a variety of topics including: Steering Group members were very engaged, welcoming the aims of the project and indicating their commitment to it.
• The Portico’s Global ThreadsJune 7, 2026
  On Friday 4th June 2026, I joined the Global Thread Team who in partnership with The Portico Library have published a series of original research case studies, tracing the Trans-Atlantic connections of the library’s foundation in 1806 and the activities of some of its key proprietors in the first two decades of its existence. I… Read more: The Portico’s Global Threads
• Steering GroupMay 31, 2026
  The Roving Museum will engage the expertise of a number people from the education and museum sectors. To do this, we have set up a Steering Group comprising The Inaugural Meeting will be held in June before the end of the school year.