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 […]
Wraiths, Dames and Magic: Celebrating Christmas with the V&A Theatre and Performance Archives
In December’s festive spirit, Archivist Sabrina Offord explores the magic of Christmas theatre and Pantomime through the V&A Theatre and Performance Archives’ rich collection of performances.
The Dunalistair Home – support for bereaved families
As November’s theme of Remembrance has drawn to a close, Learning & Audiences officer Madeline from the Black Watch Castle and Museum […]
Remembrance at the National Army Museum
For this month’s theme of Remembrance , we are going to delve deeper into the collections of the National Army Museum, led […]
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.
Kew Gardens’ flagpoles – archival stories of a huge endeavour
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, have had many giants to consider for today’s theme of Huge. For example, the Great Pagoda, built […]
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 […]