National Basketball Heritage Centre

The NBHC team had a fantastic day on Tuesday at the University of Worcester School of Sport and Exercise Science Undergraduate Conference!🧑‍🎓✨
For the second year running we took along a taster of the collection's highlights, as well as some of our handling collection, to promote and engage with students and staff. 🤲🗣️
Some brilliant conversations were had with students about their dissertation topics, visiting the collection for coaching tips, potential donations of wheelchair basketball material, and more! 📄🏀
Big thanks to all the staff who were involved in the day and well done to all the students who presented! 🧑‍🏫🎉

The NBHC's exhibition cabinet at UW Arena was included in the Worcester News this week! 📰💫

The article discusses our future plans for the collection and highlights the areas in which we are focussing on getting further donations, such as wheelchair basketball and smaller regional teams. 🏀⛹️‍♂️

We are hugely grateful to the English Basketball Fellowship for making the display possible, and also to the UW Press team for the photos and interview included in the article. ✨

Read the full interview on the UW blog here: https://www.worcester.ac.uk/about/news/basketball-trove-goes-on-display-at-university-arena 💻

Worcester News article:
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/sport/25933573.university-worcester-launches-basketball-heritage-display/ 🔗

New display shines spotlight on more than 75 years of basketball in the UK Discover the new basketball heritage display at University of Worcester Arena, featuring historic memorabilia from the National Basketball Heritage…

✨Celebrating International Women's Day 2026✨

The NBHC Archives Assistant spoke on Friday at Worcester Business School’s International Women's Day Event on the theme 'Give to Gain' - a brilliant and inspiring evening of talks on a wide variety of subjects. 💫👏

The NBHC’s talk focussed on how the collection can give support and promotion to the GB women’s basketball community, and how we can all gain from preserving and remembering their heritage. 🏀⛹️‍♀️

Our public display cabinets in The Hive and UW Arena in Worcester showcase some of the amazing material we hold related to women’s basketball. Come and take a look, or drop us an email at [email protected] to find out more! 💌

Check out the University of Worcester Library Service's coverage of our recent cabinet unveiling! 📖✨
We're looking forward to working more with the wider LS team to promote the collection and engage with students and staff 👩‍🎓⛹️‍♀️

🏀 Think basketball is just about what happens on the court? On 23 January, the National Basketball Heritage Collection team celebrated the launch of a new mini-exhibition in the Arena foyer, showcasing the history, people, and stories that have shaped basketball in the UK. From grassroots beginnings to elite performance, the exhibition highlights the University of Worcester’s links to basketball and the donors who helped preserve this important sporting heritage. The event featured talks from Theresa Oakley and Katy Small from Library Services (first picture), David Green, and founding donor Jenny Collins, and was attended by Worcester Wolves coaches and players, UW staff, and representatives from Basketball England. The new display cabinet was generously funded by the English Basketball Fellowship. 📍 Sports students, history fans, and basketball lovers – the exhibition is now open in the Arena foyer. Well worth a look between lectures #uwsport #worcesterwolves #universityofworcester #basketballheritage #worcestersports

We were very honoured to be joined by such a wonderful group of supporters for the unveiling of the display cabinet so generously donated by the 🏀⛹️‍♀️
We look forward to the future development of the NBHC and future collaborations with the Fellowship and Basketball England! 💫✨
The cabinet can be seen in the foyer of the University of Worcester Arena - to learn more about any of the displayed items or the wider collection, contact us on: [email protected] 📧

Festive Wishes from the team at the National Basketball Heritage Collection! 🏀🌟
Our tree this year is decorated with mini versions of pennants from the Ken Charles Collection. 🎄 You can see the list of the other items we hold which showcase Ken's esteemed career in the sport, by browsing the box-level catalogue here: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_q=nbhc%2Fkc&_sd=&_ed=&_hb= 🔗
We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and look forward to working on some exciting projects throughout 2026... ⛹💫