Established in 2012, the National Museum of Roller Derby (NMRD) is the UK’s first permanent collection of ephemera and memorabilia relating to the sport of Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby. In 2016, to celebrate our new permanent home in Glasgow Women’s Library’s new Bridgeton HQ, we bring you an ‘Object of the Month’ from our ever expanding collections.
We want your old team shirts, flyers, zines and other paraphernalia to illustrate the remarkable development of the sport in the UK. Keep an eye on the Facebook page for future announcements on how to donate items to the Museum.
*Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown restrictions access to the collection, and consequently digitisation of the collection, is limited. Therefore, Object of the Month will become Sticker of the Month as these objects are already digitised online*
AUGUST 2022
The Women’s Flat Track Derby Association is the international governing body of women’s flat track roller derby. It represents more than 400 member leagues on 6 continents and sets international rankings and rules.
WFTDA started off as the United Leagues Coalition in 2004 with a handful of leagues under its belt operated and ran by the skaters themselves. Roller Derby is very much a grassroots sport and the drive has been to re-imagine roller derby as a modern and progressive sport.
