Search results found for: collection care Archives and archivistsDiscovering collections, discovering communitiesFriday 6 December 2019In 2019 The National Archives awarded four bursaries to support students, early career professionals,...Records and researchMedieval mental illness and care in the community: Emma de Beston’s case, 1383Thursday 28 November 2019For Disability History Month, we ask, 'What happened in the medieval period when people...Archives and archivistsDigitally safeguarding a seal mould collection: a volunteer’s perspective on PRO 23Monday 29 April 2019There has recently been a series of blogs highlighting the PRO 23 project, which is...Managing informationSeal moulds: opening up the collection as never beforeTuesday 22 January 2019We hold an historic collection of moulds taken from our wax seals. Containing some 7,700...Behind the scenesExploring Michael Faraday’s life and careerWednesday 26 July 2017Faraday appears in various records in our collection; they provide insights into his family...Archives and archivistsShining a light on a glass lantern collectionMonday 25 July 2016Conserving and rehousing hundreds of magic lantern slides…...Behind the scenesProtecting our (and your!) collectionTuesday 20 January 2015Polyester or polyethylene envelopes, rather than other plastics such as polyvinylchloride (PVC), are used...Behind the scenesMapping our collectionWednesday 11 July 2012Collection Care is often about finding solutions to difficult problems and I addressed this...Behind the scenesA little light reading: Reimagining display at The National ArchivesFriday 31 March 2023Our Collection Care team have been investigating where to locate our new initiative....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 scenesX-rays and wallpapers: the hunt for arsenicThursday 23 February 2017Our Collection Care department hunted for arsenic within historic wallpaper samples…...Records and research‘Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the hairiest of them all?’Wednesday 12 April 2023What has a head, a tail, spine, and body, and is covered in short,... « 1 2 3 4 … 30 »