Events - Worcestershire Archive & Archaeology Service

Explore a wide range of books covering Worcestershire’s people, natural history, dialect, landmarks, buildings, waterways, transport, justice, medical and social care/support.

You will be asked to select a book or two, have a brief read of it and feed your thoughts back to the group.  It’s the perfect opportunity to socialise and share what you have learned in a friendly space.

During July and August these book club sessions will not be held, while we take a break over the summer.

Aimed at new users, this workshop will give an overview of the Archive self-service area, introducing some of the sources available for Worcestershire. The workshop aims to give confidence to those wanting to use the self-service area, showing the type of information available and how to use the resources. There will be time afterwards to view sources of your choice, so if you have anything specific you would like to look at, please bring the information with you. Please bring your library cards with you if you wish to use the computers. Microform images can be saved to a memory stick by using designated software available on two specialist computers, so you may wish to bring one with you too.

Are you fascinated by plants and animals? Are you interested in drawing or painting the natural world?

The early study of nature often involved describing the uses of plants for medicines in books called Herbals. It wasn’t until explorers could observe animals and plants in their natural environment and could collect specimens, that scientists and artists could accurately describe them. Join us as we showcase stories of people who travelled to unexplored parts of the world to describe the natural world and championed plants and their uses in our gardens.

Pop in to see our Senior Archival Photographer, who will be on hand to answer questions regarding digitising your search room finds.

He will be also available to offer advice on how to digitise your own photographic archives using your own equipment.

No booking required.