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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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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 […]

The Role of Women in the Early Years of the British School at Athens 

Dr Rachel E. Phillips | A.G. Leventis Fellow in Hellenic Studies  March shines a spotlight on Women’s History worldwide. In this blog, […]

The first Explore Your Archive week with Jane Cameron National Archives (Falkland Islands)

Background to the Archives The Jane Cameron National Archives is the National Archives of the Falkland Islands, preserving and providing access to […]

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 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.

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