A REFUGEE Week celebration event will take place next month.

Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery will host a variety of activities on Saturday, June 24, from 1pm to 4pm.

A spokesman said: "This event is in conjunction with the India’s Gateway; Gujarat, Mumbai and Britain exhibition at the museum which runs to Saturday, July 29.

"India’s Gateway is a temporary exhibition with family-friendly activities that traces the history of Gujarat and Mumbai as age-old centres of trade and migration, focusing on their remarkable links with Britain.

"Featuring photographs by Tim Smith and an installation by Indian film-makers Amit Madheshiya and Shirley Abraham, the exhibition weaves history together with words and images to explore the lives and experiences of Gujarati communities today."

India’s Gateway is organised by Oriental Arts and Tim Smith and is funded by Arts Council England.

Entry will be free and for more information call 01254 667130.