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 […]
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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 Darker Side of the Ferguson Collection: Part Three
With October on the horizon and the approach of Halloween, we are delighted to present for your intellectual curiosity the long-anticipated third, […]
Chronicles of the Cairngorms: Stories from the Shelter Stone Visitors’ Book
“Never had the Cairngorms had greater appeal than this farewell journey of mine…” Tommy Weir, Glasgow 1945 Journeys At EYA, August has brought […]
Science and Technology: with the Royal Archives
In April we at Explore Your Archive spoke with the Royal Archives about the legacy and significance of scientific and technological innovation […]
Montrose Girls Club – a collection at Angus Archives
Angus Archives holds a range of interesting material relating to women and girls who have resided and still live in the area. […]
The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn – secrets at the Museum of Freemasonry?
What is secrecy? Writing this blog made me think about why archives created by some organisations are thought of as ‘secret’ whereas […]
The Darker Side of the Ferguson Collection: Part Two
A world of scientific experimentation into the supernatural and what makes an “eerie” tale.