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So how does our highly skilled illustrator more used to using an array of technology (light-box for back-illuminating objects, images, x-rays, etc.) do the same work at home? As part of an archaeological report, amongst all the other detailed records collected are photographs and sketches of objects as they were found in place. So, what...

More and more people are looking for online name indexes to help them with their family history, or with house or local history. On our website we have several indexes with names which have created by our wonderful volunteers.   Our 12 miles of archives contain numerous names, which may be people you are interested...

Whilst you are spending time at home, why not investigate your house? What can you find out about it and people who may have lived there before? Can you draw a picture of it? We know some children have been looking at their house, either as part of work set by school or as a...

Yes, document cleaning by washing them! People that visit The Hive, and in particular the behind the scenes tours, are impressed with the conservation of the documents and books. They are often amazed that this is because we wash the documents. Why do we do this?  How is washing a document ok? The main image...

A common question we get asked is ‘Do you have any maps?’. The answer is a resounding yes – tens of thousands of them covering 400 years. How can you find out what maps we have? Most of the maps from the archives are listed on an online searchable index which you can search at...

This week’s Online Resource we’re highlighting is our online archive catalogue, providing details of some of our archives, held in The Hive. Although the physical archives are closed, as The Hive is shut, you can still search our catalogue to see if we have what you are looking for. It covers items added over the...

County organisations join together on major new People’s Collection Residents asked to donate objects, photos and documents from their Coronavirus experience to the collections of Museums Worcestershire and Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service Collections will record personal experiences in extraordinary times Whilst the residents of Worcestershire are living through the Covid-19 pandemic, Museums Worcestershire and...

While we are all so disconnected from the archives safely stored in the Hive strong rooms, it’s nice to remember some of the beautiful things we hold in the archives.  Some of our most beautiful books have marbled patterns along the edges of pages and on the inside sheets and luckily, one of our archive...

Over the past year we have been helping Creative CoLab with their Heritage at Home project, funded by National Lottery Heritage Fund. Young people have got involved in learning about their own heritage, and finding out about filming and recording oral history. One of the final aspects was to run workshops about creating and caring...

We have a wealth of resources here in our collections to help you research you family, house or local history. Where do you begin discovering how much there is, where it is and what’s online? We have a free 70 page guide which you can download which is the perfect starting point, wherever you are...