The Royal Asiatic Society was set to improve European knowledge of Asia
A treasure of artworks from Asia still promoting its cultural history to this day.
Author: Karyn Williamson
WGH Transportation Engineering Collection at the National Fairground and Circus Archive
WGH Transportation Engineering was a specialist company operating between 1989 and 2016 from their headquarters in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Their business focused […]
Explore Your Archives Launch Ireland
Explore Your Archive in Ireland will be launched on Thursday 21st November in the Irish Architectural Archive, Merrion Square in Dublin. Kindly […]
Featured Archive – Captain William D.A. Kemmis film collection
The Kemmis collection is a small collection of film reels ranging from the mid to late 1930’s. The reels, stored in an […]
Featured Archive RTÉ Archive
Between the years 1952 and 1953, the English artist Nevill Johnson, supported by a small Arts Council grant and using a second […]
“To be Taught Everything Necessary”
Discover 19th Century Childhood through Loreto Boarding Schools ‘To be taught everything necessary …..’; these were the instructions of the parents of […]
Fake News, Mental Health and Escaping the Library: Civic Mission in Archives and Libraries
“City and College should stand, shoulder to shoulder, facing the problems of life together” These words were written by a member of […]
ARA Scotland Announce Explore Your Archive Ambassador 2019
ARAScotland are delighted to announce that Jamie Crawford, who you may know from BBC1’s ‘Scotland from the Sky’, will be the ARA […]
Powys Archives
Powys Archives is located in Llandrindod Wells, and serves as the official repository for the records of the county of Powys. Our […]
#Archive30
The first of April was no April Fool for the archive and record keeping sector as ARA Scotlands’ #Archive30 campaign commenced across […]