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Wraiths, Dames and Magic: Celebrating Christmas with the V&A 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 […]

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