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- 9th April 2019
The Friends of Worcestershire Archives are pleased to announce that anyone interested in our activities and events can now find out more about us at https://www.explorethepast.co.uk/about-us/support-us/. After a few problems with our previous website, The Friends of Worcestershire Archives are delighted to announce that information about us is now back online! You can find us...
- 28th January 2019
Our Explore the Past guide frequently attracts positive feedback from users, including Roger Leake, Chairman of the Friends of Worcestershire Archives. Read about Roger’s experience of using it in this post. We published our Explore the Past guide a while ago to give people far and wide a helping hand with getting started with researching...
- 16th December 2018
Rhonda, our Conservator, has recently finished working on a Surgeons Case Book from 1870, belonging to the George Marshall Medical Museum which we hope will be the first of many in collaboration with museum curator, Louise Price. Louise has recently set up an ‘Adopt a Book’ scheme encouraging supporters to contribute to the cost of conservation...
- 15th December 2018
Our Explore the Past guide really is the perfect stocking filler. And, at 70 pages long, it’s packed full of insight on how you can start researching your past – it really is the gift that keeps on giving! If you’re searching for something unique to buy your nearest and dearest, or even your colleagues,...
- 12th December 2018
Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service has produced a recipe booklet from documents found with its collections. The book is available to buy from Level 2 of The Hive for £4.95 The idea to produce a recipe books began some time ago when, as so often happens, someone found something funny or interesting held within the...
- 17th November 2018
Today marks the start of the 2018 Explore Your Archive launch week (17th-25th November). Explore Your Archive is a campaign delivered by the Archives and Records Association (UK & Ireland) that showcases the best of archives and archive services in the UK and Ireland. Over the coming days we will seek to highlight some of the stories,...
- 7th November 2018
Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service, at The Hive, is hosting the English launch of the 2018 Explore Your Archive campaign on Saturday, 24th November. Join us for a day of FREE activities to discover the wonders held within our collections. Explore Your Archive is a year-long campaign which aims to celebrate the unique...
- 29th October 2018
Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service are delighted to present “Concrete and Gold” a poem we commissioned from Worcestershire Young Poet Laureate, CJ. It was the idea of Victoria Bryant, Archive & Archaeology Manager. “I took CJ around the Hive one sunny Saturday afternoon in June this year. We wandered through the light bright public areas and...
- 27th July 2018
Are you interested in researching your family history, but aren’t sure where to start? What resources are available to you? What do they cover? How do they work? And how can you access them? You’ll find the answers to these questions, and more, in our information-packed Discover Your Past guide. Industry first The...
- 7th June 2018
As Volunteers' Week draws to a close, here's an account of one of our young volunteer's work on our upcoming Ice Age exhibitions