When: Saturday 10th May, 2PM – 4PM.

Where: Museum of Croydon, on the ground floor of Croydon Clocktower, Katharine St, Croydon, CR0 1NX.

Free and open to all.

The building is wheelchair accessible.

Join us for the ‘Archives Can Be Anything’ closing event!

Don't miss your last chance to catch the Young Archivists' exhibition! At our closing event there will be drop-in activities for all ages led by the Young Archivists, including:

📜 Poetry Busking with Fizza 🖋️
Get your own personalised poem by Young Archivist Fizza! Come and share a story of your heritage, family history or memories of Croydon, and Fizza will write you a poem inspired by it. You might even want to bring a photograph or object from your personal archive for Fizza to respond to.

💭 Dream-boarding with Aurora and Emma-Lu 💫
What are your hopes for the future of Croydon? Let’s have a think together about what should be done with all of Croydon’s empty and closed-down spaces. Will the Whitgift ever become a Westfield? What if we used the Allders building as a youth club? Could the Nestle tower transform into community housing? It’s up to you to decide!

📛 Badge collage with Randal 👋
Come and make collages with copies of materials from our archives, and turn them into badges to take home with you! Cut up and reassemble Croydon’s local history to make something that represents your story – then wear it with pride!

👕 Free merch 👜
There will be free Archives Can Be Anything inspired badges, tote bags and t-shirts available to take away with you! Limited stock and first-come-first-served, so don’t miss out!