The country’s first black-heritage centre will open at the end of 2012 in south London.
Following a £6.5m redevelopment, Raleigh House in Brixton will house the Black Cultural Archives (BCA), alongside a temporary exhibition space, education facilities and a cafe.
Last month, Middlesex University transferred the Runnymede Collection, consisting of more than 6,000 items documenting UK race relations since 1968, and the Commission for British Muslims and Islamophobia Archive, to the BCA.
A BCA spokeswoman said the centre’s resources would be available to everyone. Funding for the centre has come from the Heritage Lottery Fund (£4m), the London Development Agency (£1m) and Lambeth Council (£910,000).
Following a £6.5m redevelopment, Raleigh House in Brixton will house the Black Cultural Archives (BCA), alongside a temporary exhibition space, education facilities and a cafe.
Last month, Middlesex University transferred the Runnymede Collection, consisting of more than 6,000 items documenting UK race relations since 1968, and the Commission for British Muslims and Islamophobia Archive, to the BCA.
A BCA spokeswoman said the centre’s resources would be available to everyone. Funding for the centre has come from the Heritage Lottery Fund (£4m), the London Development Agency (£1m) and Lambeth Council (£910,000).
