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Explore Your Archive is an Archives and Records Association platform to encourage everyone to visit, use, celebrate and be inspired by archives in the UK & Ireland.
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What is an archive and what do archivists do?
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We promote the stories unveiled from UK & Ireland archives
Explore Your Archive Focus Week 2025
November is fast approaching which means only one thing for Explore Your Archive – Focus Week! The highlight of our campaign’s year, […]
Education at St Paul’s School, from the Tudors to the Second World War
September brings the back-to-school season, where new learning journeys begin and fresh opportunities unfold. This month, the Explore Your Archive campaign is […]
Make ’em laugh – a look into the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive
I was delighted when EYA got in touch to ask whether we’d contribute a post to the August theme of humour for, […]
Shining a Light on the Photographic Collection of Edward Chambré and Margaret Hardman
This World Photography Day we explore the Edward Chambré Hardman photographic collection. The collection is the output of the lifetime’s work of […]
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Series 2 – Episode 4
Forgotten Women of Wakefield
‘No women of note’ is what they were told. The project redresses reality.
Series 2 – Episode 3
Archiving cucumbers?
Wiltshire and Swindon history centre bringing gardening and archives together.
Series 2 – Episode 2
Patents, designs and inventions
Victorian bright ideas and inventions at the National Archives.
Series 2 – Episode 1
Archives and Orchestra
Bringing Suffolk history to life through music and dance.
