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Photograph showing the airlift of Indian Army troops, 14th April 1923. Image courtesy of Bristol Archives: British Empire & Commonwealth Collection
Exhibition
We Were Everywhere: World war experiences from pre-Partition India
1 Oct 2022 – 5 Mar 2023
Regular hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 17:00
Cost of entry
Pay what you can
Address
- Queens Rd
- Bristol
England - BS8 1RL
- United Kingdom
This exhibition explores the experience of Indians and Pakistanis during the world wars and the partition of India.
About
We Were Everywhere combines archival material and objects from the British Empire and Commonwealth Collection, and new oral histories collected by curator Ananya Sharma.
The interviewees are Bristol residents sharing the stories of their family members, who were caught up in the wars and their aftermath on the Indian subcontinent. They all shed light on a long, complex history that continues to play out today, in South Asia and beyond.
Ananya is a social and cultural historian from India and a recent MPhil graduate from the University of Oxford, specialising in medieval and early-modern Indian visual materials and art history. She is currently working as a museum and gallery professional in Oxford and London.
We Were Everywhere is a partnership between members of Bristol’s South Asian community and the British Empire & Commonwealth Collection.
