Search results found for: collection care Archives and archivistsCelebrating our Volunteer ForceTuesday 1 June 2021Despite not being able to operate on site at The National Archives in Kew...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...Records and researchThe makings of manuscripts: More than what’s written on the pageFriday 5 February 2021To celebrate National Storytelling Week 2021 I want to dive into the world of...Archives and archivistsSmoke and mirrors: Revealing the Gunpowder Plot through heritage scienceThursday 5 November 2020When The National Archives’ Collection Care Department purchased a multispectral imaging system last year,...Archives and archivistsWatermarks: New ways to see and search themThursday 30 July 2020If you hold an old letter up to a lamp, you might see a...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,...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...Behind the scenesWhat happens when school students take overMonday 27 January 2020Giving students the opportunity to work with original sources is central to everything that...Archives and archivistsThe pannotype mystery: Part 2 – identifying rare historic photographic processesTuesday 12 November 2019In our previous blog, we talked about finding rare historic photographic processes in one...Archives and archivistsThe pannotype mystery: Part 1 – historic photographic processes in Design RegistersFriday 25 October 2019The Designs Registers, part of the Board of Trade (BT), contain almost three million...Technology and innovationExploring Data, Investigating MethodologiesTuesday 9 July 2019In February 2019, King’s College London’s Department of Digital Humanities, together with The National... « 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 30 »