Your Story:

Click a face above to hear the stories behind the objects that were donated to this exhibition and the people that donated them.

Featured Objects:

These artifacts are just a selection of the objects within our database:

Home Life

Click on the faces to the right to hear their stories.

Find out just why an American Au Pair from Ohio brought her life in a bag to Carlisle. Learn about a 1960s Stanwix Art student looking at life through John Lennon spectacles. Hear how Islamic faith plays a major role in the family of one Carlisle woman. Savour the childhood sights, sounds and smells of baking in a 1940s Carlisle kitchen.