Today’s Explore Your Archive theme is #EYABeauty
“Duty on Certificate for Using Hair Powder”
#ExploreYourArchives #exploreyourarchive
“Duty on Certificate for Using Hair Powder”
#ExploreYourArchives #exploreyourarchive
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Today’s Explore Your Archive theme is #EYABeauty
“Duty on Certificate for Using Hair Powder”
#ExploreYourArchives #exploreyourarchive
“Duty on Certificate for Using Hair Powder”
#ExploreYourArchives #exploreyourarchive
Norman McLaren displaying some art school style, Glasgow, 1935 #EYAFashion #ExploreYourArchives
@gsalibrary.bsky.social @artatstirling.bsky.social #NormanMcLaren
@gsalibrary.bsky.social @artatstirling.bsky.social #NormanMcLaren
November 25, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Norman McLaren displaying some art school style, Glasgow, 1935 #EYAFashion #ExploreYourArchives
@gsalibrary.bsky.social @artatstirling.bsky.social #NormanMcLaren
@gsalibrary.bsky.social @artatstirling.bsky.social #NormanMcLaren
The Paradoxa section in Systema Naturae is all about #mythical creatures, such as the Unicorn, Phoenix and Dragon. Also held in our Linnaeus collections, is this wonderful watercolour drawing of a #mythical dragon by an unknown artist.
#EYAMythical #Mythical #ExploreYourArchives
#EYAMythical #Mythical #ExploreYourArchives
November 26, 2024 at 11:05 AM
The Paradoxa section in Systema Naturae is all about #mythical creatures, such as the Unicorn, Phoenix and Dragon. Also held in our Linnaeus collections, is this wonderful watercolour drawing of a #mythical dragon by an unknown artist.
#EYAMythical #Mythical #ExploreYourArchives
#EYAMythical #Mythical #ExploreYourArchives
Marian Farquharson is one our #heroes for successfully campaigning for the rights of women to become Fellows of the Linnean Society. Despite initially being blackballed, she went onto gain her fellowship in 1908.
#Heroes #EYA #ExploreYourArchives
#Heroes #EYA #ExploreYourArchives
November 22, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Marian Farquharson is one our #heroes for successfully campaigning for the rights of women to become Fellows of the Linnean Society. Despite initially being blackballed, she went onto gain her fellowship in 1908.
#Heroes #EYA #ExploreYourArchives
#Heroes #EYA #ExploreYourArchives
For #EYAAnimal we present these beautiful paintings of South Indian birds. Painted on sheets of mica and mounted into an album, the colours are as vibrant as when they were painted in the 1850s.
#EYA #ExploreYourArchives #EYAAnimal #Animal
#EYA #ExploreYourArchives #EYAAnimal #Animal
November 29, 2024 at 11:05 AM
For #EYAAnimal we present these beautiful paintings of South Indian birds. Painted on sheets of mica and mounted into an album, the colours are as vibrant as when they were painted in the 1850s.
#EYA #ExploreYourArchives #EYAAnimal #Animal
#EYA #ExploreYourArchives #EYAAnimal #Animal
The Library and Archives are holding an open day in the Earth Sciences Library.
Friday 20 March 2026, 11.00 - 15.00.
Lasting Impressions Gallery (Free).
☝️Full details in our bio link.
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #WomensMonth #WomenInScience #WomenInStem #IWD26 #ExploreYourArchives #MuseumArchives
Friday 20 March 2026, 11.00 - 15.00.
Lasting Impressions Gallery (Free).
☝️Full details in our bio link.
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #WomensMonth #WomenInScience #WomenInStem #IWD26 #ExploreYourArchives #MuseumArchives
March 7, 2026 at 12:34 PM
The Library and Archives are holding an open day in the Earth Sciences Library.
Friday 20 March 2026, 11.00 - 15.00.
Lasting Impressions Gallery (Free).
☝️Full details in our bio link.
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #WomensMonth #WomenInScience #WomenInStem #IWD26 #ExploreYourArchives #MuseumArchives
Friday 20 March 2026, 11.00 - 15.00.
Lasting Impressions Gallery (Free).
☝️Full details in our bio link.
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #WomensMonth #WomenInScience #WomenInStem #IWD26 #ExploreYourArchives #MuseumArchives
We expect nothing less. Congrats @lrylandepton.bsky.social The next #partnershippublication from @vch-home.bsky.social & @hobnobpress.bsky.social is launched 12th March - Chippenham Our History, by John Chandler.
#localhistory #localstudies #history #historians #ExploreYourArchives
#localhistory #localstudies #history #historians #ExploreYourArchives
Delighted to receive a glowing review in The Local Historian of my 2 @vch-home.bsky.social #PartnershipPublications Kington SM and Langley Burrell — 'attractive and readable books, which set a high standard for similar volumes in the future.'😍 See Hobnob Press www.hobnobpress.co.uk/books/p/lang...
February 27, 2026 at 2:10 PM
We expect nothing less. Congrats @lrylandepton.bsky.social The next #partnershippublication from @vch-home.bsky.social & @hobnobpress.bsky.social is launched 12th March - Chippenham Our History, by John Chandler.
#localhistory #localstudies #history #historians #ExploreYourArchives
#localhistory #localstudies #history #historians #ExploreYourArchives
A beautifully illuminated example of a #EYAMedieval document from our collection. This is a Psalter for Sacrum Use from the 14th century. #ExploreYourArchive #ExploreYourArchives #illuminatedmanuscripts
December 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A beautifully illuminated example of a #EYAMedieval document from our collection. This is a Psalter for Sacrum Use from the 14th century. #ExploreYourArchive #ExploreYourArchives #illuminatedmanuscripts
Great news! The temes for #ExploreYourArchives have been revealed. Can't wait to see what everyone shares
💫 New themes! 💫
We’re very excited to announce the new monthly themes for 2026 - we can’t wait to see what you explore in your archives this year!
#ExploreYourArchives
We’re very excited to announce the new monthly themes for 2026 - we can’t wait to see what you explore in your archives this year!
#ExploreYourArchives
January 22, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Great news! The temes for #ExploreYourArchives have been revealed. Can't wait to see what everyone shares
The Library and Archives are holding an open day in the Earth Sciences Library.
Friday 20 March 2026, 11.00 - 15.00.
Lasting Impressions Gallery (Free).
☝️Full details in our bio link.
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #WomensMonth #WomenInScience #WomenInStem #IWD26 #ExploreYourArchives #MuseumArchives
Friday 20 March 2026, 11.00 - 15.00.
Lasting Impressions Gallery (Free).
☝️Full details in our bio link.
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #WomensMonth #WomenInScience #WomenInStem #IWD26 #ExploreYourArchives #MuseumArchives
March 17, 2026 at 9:55 AM
The Library and Archives are holding an open day in the Earth Sciences Library.
Friday 20 March 2026, 11.00 - 15.00.
Lasting Impressions Gallery (Free).
☝️Full details in our bio link.
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #WomensMonth #WomenInScience #WomenInStem #IWD26 #ExploreYourArchives #MuseumArchives
Friday 20 March 2026, 11.00 - 15.00.
Lasting Impressions Gallery (Free).
☝️Full details in our bio link.
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #WomensMonth #WomenInScience #WomenInStem #IWD26 #ExploreYourArchives #MuseumArchives
Next up in #ExploreYourArchives week, we have just a few of the #beauty products available on the market at the end of the 19th century, found in the J.C. Sawer archive (MS/485/4). #EYABeauty
November 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Next up in #ExploreYourArchives week, we have just a few of the #beauty products available on the market at the end of the 19th century, found in the J.C. Sawer archive (MS/485/4). #EYABeauty
Our training event with Irish Archives and UCD School of History is underway! First up is Della Keating @nlireland.bsky.social speaking about the Marian Keyes Collection.
#ExploreYourArchives #CuardaighDoChartlann
#ExploreYourArchives #CuardaighDoChartlann
November 21, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Our training event with Irish Archives and UCD School of History is underway! First up is Della Keating @nlireland.bsky.social speaking about the Marian Keyes Collection.
#ExploreYourArchives #CuardaighDoChartlann
#ExploreYourArchives #CuardaighDoChartlann
It's #ExploreYourArchives week!
Today's theme is #Heroes and we've chosen a selection of photographs of early female mountaineers.
These women refused to leave the #mountains to the men - and it's always a joy to find images of them in the collection.
Today's theme is #Heroes and we've chosen a selection of photographs of early female mountaineers.
These women refused to leave the #mountains to the men - and it's always a joy to find images of them in the collection.
November 22, 2024 at 9:12 AM
It's #ExploreYourArchives week!
Today's theme is #Heroes and we've chosen a selection of photographs of early female mountaineers.
These women refused to leave the #mountains to the men - and it's always a joy to find images of them in the collection.
Today's theme is #Heroes and we've chosen a selection of photographs of early female mountaineers.
These women refused to leave the #mountains to the men - and it's always a joy to find images of them in the collection.
April 2, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Today, visitors to our central Hintze Hall are greeted by the wonder of a real blue whale skeleton, a female, named Hope.
But what would visitors in 1901 have seen in this same location, then called the Central Hall?
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #MuseumArchives #ThrowbackThursday #ExploreYourArchives
But what would visitors in 1901 have seen in this same location, then called the Central Hall?
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #MuseumArchives #ThrowbackThursday #ExploreYourArchives
May 28, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Today, visitors to our central Hintze Hall are greeted by the wonder of a real blue whale skeleton, a female, named Hope.
But what would visitors in 1901 have seen in this same location, then called the Central Hall?
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #MuseumArchives #ThrowbackThursday #ExploreYourArchives
But what would visitors in 1901 have seen in this same location, then called the Central Hall?
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #MuseumArchives #ThrowbackThursday #ExploreYourArchives
It's #ExploreYourArchives week!
Today's theme is #Huge
Meet the largest painting in the club's collection -
Matterhorn, Moonlight: ‘Claire de lune sur le Cervin’ by Albert Henri John Gos
At 2m high it's too large for our storeroom so is usually on permanent display but is away for restoration.
Today's theme is #Huge
Meet the largest painting in the club's collection -
Matterhorn, Moonlight: ‘Claire de lune sur le Cervin’ by Albert Henri John Gos
At 2m high it's too large for our storeroom so is usually on permanent display but is away for restoration.
November 24, 2024 at 8:39 AM
It's #ExploreYourArchives week!
Today's theme is #Huge
Meet the largest painting in the club's collection -
Matterhorn, Moonlight: ‘Claire de lune sur le Cervin’ by Albert Henri John Gos
At 2m high it's too large for our storeroom so is usually on permanent display but is away for restoration.
Today's theme is #Huge
Meet the largest painting in the club's collection -
Matterhorn, Moonlight: ‘Claire de lune sur le Cervin’ by Albert Henri John Gos
At 2m high it's too large for our storeroom so is usually on permanent display but is away for restoration.
She published extensively, and was a highly skilled scientific artist, producing detailed illustrations of sea creatures to accompany her papers, field notes, and correspondence
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #MuseumArchives #ExploreYourArchives #MarineBiology #WomenInScience #WomenInStem
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #MuseumArchives #ExploreYourArchives #MarineBiology #WomenInScience #WomenInStem
May 18, 2026 at 11:15 AM
She published extensively, and was a highly skilled scientific artist, producing detailed illustrations of sea creatures to accompany her papers, field notes, and correspondence
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #MuseumArchives #ExploreYourArchives #MarineBiology #WomenInScience #WomenInStem
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #MuseumArchives #ExploreYourArchives #MarineBiology #WomenInScience #WomenInStem
We're hiring! 📣
We are looking for a new Head of Archives to lead and develop our outstanding archive collections, services and team. Find full details below - closing date is 17th August!
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/120005-...
#ExploreYourArchives #HeritageJobs #AcademicJobs
We are looking for a new Head of Archives to lead and develop our outstanding archive collections, services and team. Find full details below - closing date is 17th August!
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/120005-...
#ExploreYourArchives #HeritageJobs #AcademicJobs
Head of Archives
www.kcl.ac.uk
July 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
We're hiring! 📣
We are looking for a new Head of Archives to lead and develop our outstanding archive collections, services and team. Find full details below - closing date is 17th August!
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/120005-...
#ExploreYourArchives #HeritageJobs #AcademicJobs
We are looking for a new Head of Archives to lead and develop our outstanding archive collections, services and team. Find full details below - closing date is 17th August!
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/120005-...
#ExploreYourArchives #HeritageJobs #AcademicJobs
Explore Your Archives: Wildlife!
📸 Featured here are pages from the pilot scheme to replant eelgrass (Zostera marina) at Bar Beach, Helford Passage – a reminder that conservation is both science and community action.
Photo credit Pamela E Tompsett.
#ExploreYourArchives @exploreyourarchive
📸 Featured here are pages from the pilot scheme to replant eelgrass (Zostera marina) at Bar Beach, Helford Passage – a reminder that conservation is both science and community action.
Photo credit Pamela E Tompsett.
#ExploreYourArchives @exploreyourarchive
March 25, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Explore Your Archives: Wildlife!
📸 Featured here are pages from the pilot scheme to replant eelgrass (Zostera marina) at Bar Beach, Helford Passage – a reminder that conservation is both science and community action.
Photo credit Pamela E Tompsett.
#ExploreYourArchives @exploreyourarchive
📸 Featured here are pages from the pilot scheme to replant eelgrass (Zostera marina) at Bar Beach, Helford Passage – a reminder that conservation is both science and community action.
Photo credit Pamela E Tompsett.
#ExploreYourArchives @exploreyourarchive
Colliery communities and pithead heroes
In 1984 the #Heroes concert at Consett, County Durham, raised funds for striking mineworkers
This poster is part of the huge archives of the National Union of Mineworkers #ExploreYourArchives
In 1984 the #Heroes concert at Consett, County Durham, raised funds for striking mineworkers
This poster is part of the huge archives of the National Union of Mineworkers #ExploreYourArchives
![Poster including captions ‘Heroes [The Album]’ and ‘The Consett Concert’. It features a photograph of a man, woman, boy and girl standing with colliery buildings behind them.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ftf7vbjjxo5a2evku73enyoe/bafkreiahixavrv7ys2ohfvrfvpwf26vk2dwoexlnoaiy5xkcpy2znzlcre)
November 22, 2024 at 12:52 PM
Colliery communities and pithead heroes
In 1984 the #Heroes concert at Consett, County Durham, raised funds for striking mineworkers
This poster is part of the huge archives of the National Union of Mineworkers #ExploreYourArchives
In 1984 the #Heroes concert at Consett, County Durham, raised funds for striking mineworkers
This poster is part of the huge archives of the National Union of Mineworkers #ExploreYourArchives
A fantastic find and in #ExploreYourArchives week too
Digging through 50 years worth of archives can throw up some gems…
A printed second draft of Crave by Sarah Kane, from August 1997.
A printed second draft of Crave by Sarah Kane, from August 1997.
November 28, 2024 at 10:42 AM
A fantastic find and in #ExploreYourArchives week too
Fantastic opportunity during this #PhD to engage with #museums like @sedgwickmuseum.bsky.social to gain transferable skills e.g. public engagement & interpretation of collections 👍🏼🔎📜. #HistSci #Heritage #WomenInSTEM #ExploreYourArchives
We are delighted to announce another fully-funded collaborative PhD studentship, this time in conjunction with @theul.bsky.social. "The Hidden Gender of Collections: Women and the Curation of Scientific Heritage". Deadline 30 April. See here for full details: phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2233... #histsci
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP): The Hidden Gender of Collections: Women and the Curation of Scientific Heritage
Project opportunity - AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP): The Hidden Gender of Collections: Women and the Curation of Scientific Heritage at the University of Leeds
phd.leeds.ac.uk
March 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Fantastic opportunity during this #PhD to engage with #museums like @sedgwickmuseum.bsky.social to gain transferable skills e.g. public engagement & interpretation of collections 👍🏼🔎📜. #HistSci #Heritage #WomenInSTEM #ExploreYourArchives
Today’s Explore Your Archive theme is #EYAPets
“The 5th Marquess of Anglesey, Henry Cyril Paget and the Japanese Spaniel”
#ExploreYourArchives #exploreyourarchive
“The 5th Marquess of Anglesey, Henry Cyril Paget and the Japanese Spaniel”
#ExploreYourArchives #exploreyourarchive
December 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Today’s Explore Your Archive theme is #EYAPets
“The 5th Marquess of Anglesey, Henry Cyril Paget and the Japanese Spaniel”
#ExploreYourArchives #exploreyourarchive
“The 5th Marquess of Anglesey, Henry Cyril Paget and the Japanese Spaniel”
#ExploreYourArchives #exploreyourarchive
#ExploreYourArchives
#EYAfashion
The best known Salvation Army #fashion is the uniforms worn by Salvationists. But in 1940 its newspaper published patterns for dresses, coats and skirts for 'young women [who] make their clothes.’
Read more in our blog:
www.salvationarmy.org.uk/about-us/int...
#EYAfashion
The best known Salvation Army #fashion is the uniforms worn by Salvationists. But in 1940 its newspaper published patterns for dresses, coats and skirts for 'young women [who] make their clothes.’
Read more in our blog:
www.salvationarmy.org.uk/about-us/int...
November 25, 2024 at 2:38 PM
#ExploreYourArchives
#EYAfashion
The best known Salvation Army #fashion is the uniforms worn by Salvationists. But in 1940 its newspaper published patterns for dresses, coats and skirts for 'young women [who] make their clothes.’
Read more in our blog:
www.salvationarmy.org.uk/about-us/int...
#EYAfashion
The best known Salvation Army #fashion is the uniforms worn by Salvationists. But in 1940 its newspaper published patterns for dresses, coats and skirts for 'young women [who] make their clothes.’
Read more in our blog:
www.salvationarmy.org.uk/about-us/int...
🔎Learn about how the Museum coped during World War Two.
🔎Discover what the Archives can tell us about how the Museum has adapted to make provisions for blind people and people with visual impairments since 1927.
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #MuseumArchives #Special Collections #ExploreYourArchives
🔎Discover what the Archives can tell us about how the Museum has adapted to make provisions for blind people and people with visual impairments since 1927.
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #MuseumArchives #Special Collections #ExploreYourArchives
July 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
🔎Learn about how the Museum coped during World War Two.
🔎Discover what the Archives can tell us about how the Museum has adapted to make provisions for blind people and people with visual impairments since 1927.
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #MuseumArchives #Special Collections #ExploreYourArchives
🔎Discover what the Archives can tell us about how the Museum has adapted to make provisions for blind people and people with visual impairments since 1927.
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #MuseumArchives #Special Collections #ExploreYourArchives