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30 October 2026

The Mixed Museum explores the real life history behind Christie’s imagining of the daughter of a ‘Lascar’ seamen – and Tina’s portrayal on page and screen since the 1950s

23 October 2026

The digitisation of an amateur film set in Sidmouth has sparked questions about its charming Black child actor. Can you help TMM learn more?

28 September 2026

A passing conversation about a family photograph has opened up a fascinating mystery. Can you help identify the unnamed child in this First World War era image of a pioneering South London nursery?

21 September 2026

The Mixed Museum shares an extract on the evolution of the depiction of racially minoritised characters in children’s books set in Wales, from ‘Beyond the Secret Garden’ by Dr Darren Chetty and Professor Karen Sands-O’Connor

30 July 2026

The Mixed Museum brought together three former residents – Carol Edwards, Ann Evans and Deborah Prior – in a special panel event to remember their time at the Somerset residential nursery

23 July 2026

A grant from the trust combined with funding from the Royal Society will allow TMM to create the free resource, drawing on insights from our ‘brown babies’ group

15 July 2026

The Mixed Museum’s new audio project draws on archival sources and post-war oral history interviews to offer a fresh perspective on the railway age

26 June 2026

The Everyone Everywhere author on a jazz singer from the Bronx, a disappeared Chinese seaman and an Indian princess turned spy