Category: Behind the scenes Archives and archivistsA quick guide to microfading: How, what and why?Saturday 13 March 2021The loans and exhibitions team in our Collection Care department spends a lot of...Behind the scenesIntroducing Project EtnaFriday 12 March 2021If you’ve been following Project Alpha’s progress on this blog over the past year...Archives and archivistsSmashing the stereotype: How dyslexia helped guide me to my dream careerTuesday 9 March 2021Before my diagnosis, I always thought dyslexia just meant having difficulties with reading, writing...Archives and archivistsInternational Women’s Day 2021Monday 8 March 2021In a year when we have all been challenged by circumstances to change and...Archives and archivistsGalling ink! How The National Archives preserves millions of documents written in iron gall inkSunday 7 March 2021Iron gall ink was first mentioned by Pliny the Elder in AD23 and was...Archives and archivistsHello British Science Week!Friday 5 March 2021When people think about science, GLAM institutions (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) are probably...Behind the scenesFive Photos: Exploring a mindful archiveMonday 8 February 2021How useful are archives right now? I don’t mean to be provocative. Like many...Archives and archivistsMy remote student placement at The National ArchivesWednesday 30 September 2020I am currently an undergraduate student at the University of Oxford, studying for a...Behind the scenesAwakening the giantTuesday 21 July 2020In early April, we published a blog about ‘sending the giant to sleep’, which...Behind the scenesCOVID-19 and the challenge it presents to volunteeringFriday 17 July 2020The closure of the Kew site has affected us all since 20 March 2020,...Archives and archivistsThe Archivists’ Guide to Film: The Great EscapeMonday 29 June 2020The Archivists’ Guide to Film is a blog series in which staff at The...Behind the scenesWorking with volunteers to rehouse films and negativesFriday 5 June 2020To celebrate National Volunteers’ Week, today we focus our attention on a project involving... « 1 2 3 4 5 … 36 »
