Suttons floral display at the Chelsea Flower Show, 1958 – a grass bath runs through beds containing a vast variation of flower types.
We are thrilled to announce, with our partners The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Pilgrim Trust & the Wolfson Foundation that #ArchivesRevealed has awarded 14 cataloguing grants, and a consortium grant!
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📷 Royal Horticultural Society
It's a wonderful collection!
A wide shot of a construction site where the refurbished and redesigned buildings of The Box, Plymouth would eventually stand.
These new case studies – developed to support the work of The Major Archive Projects Learning Exchange – are ideal for archive services considering a capital development project!
Share with your colleagues and let us know what you think: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
© The Box
A stream cascading through a green valley.
An archivist, wearing a yellow cardigan, stands in a repository removing a cardboard box from a long line of shelves which hold almost identical cardboard boxes.
Join us on 25 March for our next online lunchtime event exploring how archives can engage with difficult records through people-centred and trauma-informed practices!
This month’s theme: Working with criminal justice records
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A woman removes a cardboard box from a long set of shelves in a strong room.
Check out our updated slate of free online events with spaces still available!
Upcoming events cover data migration, records of traumatic histories, manorial records, heritage science and more: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
Book now to avoid disappointment!
Wimbledon FC - Robbie Earle. AFC Wimbledon - Rob Ursell. Of course, I'd love them anyway!
Collage of 27 images of archives held at the University of Exeter Special Collections, displayed in a heart shape against a red starry background.
Wishing all a happy #ValentinesDay tomorrow!
Roses are red,
Archives are * beige (*often!),
And they're here to explore,
To excite and engage.
For love isn't just romance,
That much is true,
You can also love archives,
They're all here for you!
Fall in love today! ➡️ libguides.exeter.ac.uk/archives
"Professor Rebecca Madgin at the University of Glasgow frames this as arriving “at a critical juncture as we search for ways to grow the economy whilst at the same time needing to nurture wellbeing”. Heritage, properly understood and utilised, offers a route to both."
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![Collage quartet of four images, two letters written to Edward Thomas by his children [decorated with flowers], one black and white photograph of Edward Thomas and a sepia photograph of his daughter, Myfanwy in ballerina shoes, dated 1919.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7cswerpm6grj7sb2af5nbh5j/bafkreic6jgayuvymobhri43k4pvyjkori5cofslspr42ouxi5nugcfoip4@jpeg)
Collage quartet of four images, two letters written to Edward Thomas by his children [decorated with flowers], one black and white photograph of Edward Thomas and a sepia photograph of his daughter, Myfanwy in ballerina shoes, dated 1919.
Our volunteers have now transcribed THREE collections of #EdwardThomas related material – they’re held at Cardiff University Special Collections & Archives and National Library Wales. #CrowdCymru connecting the archives of Wales since 2022! #EYAConnections @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
Our call for papers closes on 13 Feb. Theme is Authenticity: "Truth, trust, provenance and overcoming the 'age of stupidity'". As record keepers, should this be our mission statement? Full info openingdoors-ara2026.eventsair.site/call-for-pap...
A Fistful of Sausage
On a work visit to Lambeth Palace Library today I was shown the exquisite Mac Durnan Gospels. This could well be the highlight of my year, and it's still only January.
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Unless you're a Newcastle supporter, in which case it's still t-shirt weather.
It was very good, I thought. As for passwords, I am now tempted to adopt bulldogslapheadjalfrezi47?
Ah, I hadn't appreciated the context!
Ummm, should I express interest?
At least he took the hint and left.
Richard I. Irresponsible numpty.
Two people stand in the corridor of a repository looking through a series of black and white photographs.
Keen to join the Archive Service Accreditation Committee and influence expectations about how an effective archive service performs?
🚨Applications close in just three days’ time: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
I hope that's not taken in one of your strongrooms.
A close-up shot of a man wearing glasses holding up a piece of paper with hand written text on it.
Applications are open for Scoping Grants worth £3000!
Apply by 19 February to have an independent consultant produce an expert collections report on a full or partial archival collection.
Apply here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-rev... (1/2)
A shot of an exhibition space filled with interactive screens, glass display cases filled with publications, large photographs mounted on easels, and book shelves. On the edges of the image, people are interacting with the space or talking to one another.
Has your archive successfully generated income using practical and creative initiatives?
Apply to be a speaker in our fundraising webinar series by 31 January: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/EJERFR/
This is a fantastic way to showcase your brilliant work and share best practice with the wider sector!
At ASL Christmas lunch Melinda persuaded me I should try them. I couldn't remember seeing them in supermarkets and thought you could only get them in posh farm shops but, of course, Waitrose.
A glass of Sauvignon blanc and a jar of pickled walnuts, set against the backdrop of a Christmas tree.
A glass of Sauv blanc, with perhaps a pickled walnut or two later (success, Melinda!), to celebrate putting the tree up. #ConfinedCocktails.
I'll have to hunt them down. Certainly happy to give them a try.
Happy Birthday!
Rather intrigued by the 'sadly'.
Four women pose for the camera wearing colourful patterned dresses.
A large exhibition space displaying a buggy (with an explanatory placard in front of it) and an interactive screen.
A colourful yellow and red poster entitled 'Cockney Rebels: Popular Music in Tower Hamlets 1624-2003'. The centre of the poster shows an electric guitar in front of photos of performers from various decades.
A black and white image of four people wearing raincoats and walking in a straight line. Two of the people carry models of boats. The other two carry collection boxes that say 'life-boat'.
We’re delighted to announce that #AYearinArchives 2025 is now live!
Have a browse and let us know which projects you enjoy reading about: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
📷 RNLI, Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives, Staffordshire County Council, Gateshead Archive
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Did you know Juergen's in this choir?
