Learning Through Play: Froebel’s Educational Philosophy and the Power of Play
During May we celebrated Fun and Games. Few were more influential on the origins of fun and games in early years education […]
Tag: History
Exploring the Atlantic with Frank White
To link to this month’s theme of #EYATravel, Kat from the Bank of England Archive highlights an unusual travel record held in […]
Photographic Collections at the National Fairground and Circus Archive
For May’s theme of Fun and Games we reached out to the National Fairground and Circus Archive for an insight into their […]
Grace McIntosh: The Life of a Victorian Criminal
To round off this month’s theme of #EYAJustice, Phil from Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives takes us on a journey to trace […]
Explore Your Archive week with Jane Cameron National Archives
Background to the Jane Cameron National Archives The Jane Cameron National Archives is the National Archives of the Falkland Islands, preserving and […]
Doncaster Grammar School Archive comes to the City of Doncaster Archives
To usher in the New Year we at Explore Your Archive have spoken with the City of Doncaster Archives about their newly […]
Christmas in Historic Dunkeld
Merry Christmas and Happy Boxing Day! Your local archive may not be the first place to come to mind when thinking of […]
Focus Week – Dances and Decisions at the Haverfordwest Assembly Rooms
Assembly rooms in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were key public places of entertainment for the upper classes and were vital to […]
Dressed to De-Stress: Seaside Fashion at the Turn of the 20th Century
As November brings #FocusWeek to the forefront of the Explore Your Archive campaign, Conwy Culture Centre gives us an insight into seaside fashions c.1900.
The Strange Death of Frank Podmore
Content warning: This post contains references to a dead body, which some readers may find upsetting. Reader discretion is advised. For this […]