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The Museum of
Free Derry
Adrian Kerr
Curator of the
Museum of Free
Derry , the Bloody Sunday Trust
project to create a museum in the
Bogside to tell the story of the
civil rights and Free Derry eras
in the late 1960s and early 1970s
from the point of view of those
who were most involved in and
affected by events of that time.
The Museum of Free Derry tells the
story of how a largely working-class
community rose up against the years
of oppression it had endured. The
museum and archive has become an
integral part of Ireland’s radical and
civil rights heritage…
…the museum is a public space
where the concept of Free Derry
can be explored in both historic and
contemporary contexts. Free Derry is
about our future together as much as
it is about the past. The struggle of
Free Derry is part of a wider struggle
in Ireland and internationally for
freedom and equality for all…
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