The Herschel Museum of Astronomy is dedicated to the achievements of William and Caroline Herschel. This brother and sister duo were distinguished astronomers and talented musicians. It was from this house that William discovered Uranus in 1781.
#herschelmuseum #bathuk #spacelovers #bathmuseums
Great blog highlighting Jiwon Jeong's work on on 2 NMCT-funded projects. Jiwon, new graduate from the Cardiff was employed as Project Conservator at @newalesarchives.bsky.social on the projects. The one for
@gladlib.bsky.social is complete & this 2nd soon will be.
archives.wales/2025/11/29/b...
The earliest surviving intact Western book. It is in its original binding, and has never been restored or resewn. Its purchase was supported with a grant from @thefnl.bsky.social !
Thank you so much to @camlibresearch.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social @liamsims.bsky.social @kingscollege.bsky.social for generously hosting our FNL group and showing a varied and fascinating range of manuscripts and books - some acquired with our support. A really memorable day for everyone!
Fantastic PhD studentship opportunity - Spitting Image: political satire in Britain in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Working across @exeter.ac.uk and @theul.bsky.social in partnership with the @camglamresearch.bsky.social and drawing on the Roger Law archive.
#PhDsky
This is a terrific initiative which creates opportunities for graduate conservators in the UK. The power of working together!
Thank you to @thefnl.bsky.social for this fantastic book: The Essayes, or Morall and militarie discourses of Lo. Michaell de Montaigne, … new done into English by John Florio, 1603. Donated from the Blavatnik Honresfield Library by the Friends of the Nations’ Libraries.
Discover one of our favourite historic maps, showing Boconnoc, Bradock and even a Queen’s Highway — helping date it to the Elizabethan era. Spot the barrows, gateposts and hidden details!
#ManorialMonday #OldMaps
A manuscript page with a large initial R formed to two intertwined dragons
Today we've launched our digitised Probate Registers and Bishops' Transcripts collections onto Ancestry. Together that's 16 million records covering 1389-1858 - these can be accessed via a subscription to Ancestry or for free here at the Borthwick!
www.ancestry.co.uk/search/colle...
FREE preservation site visits for cathedrals! The Spring 2026 application round is now open; apply for a visit from our expert Collections Care team, to advise on a range of preservation issues. Details at www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/cathedral-li...
Earlier this month we were pleased to support a @thefnl.bsky.social briefing on how Acceptance in Lieu (AIL), Cultural Gifts Scheme (CGS) & private treaty sales could benefit institutions, depositors & donors.
📺 A recording of this event is now available to watch at youtu.be/c6knmsTll20
🏰 Help bring a Gothic Masterpiece Home 🏰
We’re raising £85,000 to acquire a rare 1750s painting of Strawberry Hill, capturing Walpole’s villa at the birth of the Gothic Revival.
Now on display!
All donations matched until we reach our target 🎯
www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/muntz-strawb...
We are pleased to report that Dr Nicolas Bell’s recent lecture commemorating the centenary of the publication of the Short-Title Catalogue is now available online:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKFe...
Terrific - 'toast water' sounds an absolute must!
A person wearing glasses and a puffer jacket stands in a large exhibition space pressing their fingers against a touchscreen display. They hold an armoured cable headphone, that is attached to the screen, against their ear. In the background, the words 'Central Library Cafe' are displayed on the wall.
The UK annual Archive Sector Survey is now open!
Take part by 29 May 2026 and help us gather evidence that will support archives to advocate for their social and economic value:
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec... (1/4)
A recording from our FNL Briefing on AIL & the Cultural Gifts Scheme is available now! 1.5hrs long & packed with info. and advice. Main speakers: Anastasia Tennant, Joan Winterkorn and @camlibresearch.bsky.social.
Thanks to @rluk.ac.uk for making it possible.
www.fnl.org.uk/resources/fn...
Two halves of an indenture c.1280 relating to a religious house in Nottinghamshire.
A rare sight.
This matching indenture from c.1280 was discovered whilst cataloguing. Christopher's Deja vu led him to check back through his work & discover they were a pair.
As indentures are copies of the same document given to individual parties it is quite rare for them to be reunited. #archive
A photograph of Dr Mark Wormald, standing in front of an information panel at Cambridge University Library's Living Water exhibition.
Living Water: Poetry, Art and the Fight for Clean Rivers – now open!
📷Dr Mark Wormald, curator of Living Water, Fellow in English at Pembroke College and award-winning poet.
🔎 Find out more: https://loom.ly/48X86bY
🎟️ FREE entry
📍Cambridge University Library and Pembroke College
🚨 We're looking for a new Project Archivist 🚨The main objective of the project is to catalogue the papers of Harriet Harman. [Full time, 2 years fixed contract]
The deadline for applications is 3 April 2026 with interviews planning to be on the 14 April 2026
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Delighted that we were able to support this important acquisition with a major grant!
A recording from our FNL Briefing on AIL & the Cultural Gifts Scheme is available now! 1.5hrs long & packed with info. and advice. Main speakers: Anastasia Tennant, Joan Winterkorn and @camlibresearch.bsky.social.
Thanks to @rluk.ac.uk for making it possible.
www.fnl.org.uk/resources/fn...
Sepia toned black and white photograph of W T Stead sitting on a chair with his feet up
Montage of letters and envelopes from a new addition to the W T Stead papers
Hand-coloured portrait photograph of W T Stead
We were delighted to purchase at auction recently more letters and papers of the Victorian journalist W. T. Stead, adding a significant personal and visual dimension to his existing collection here. All thanks to a grant from @thefnl.bsky.social, which made this acquisition possible
#archives
Today's FNL Briefing on AIL & the Cultural Gifts Scheme was a mine of information and good advice. If you missed it, the recording will be on the @thefnl.bsky.social and @rluk.ac.uk websites soon. Thanks to our speakers, Jess Gardner for chairing, and to RLUK colleagues for making it possible
A handwritten manuscript listing gardening expenses
One of the most important parts of the medieval Abbey was College Garden, which was used to grow food and medicinal herbs and was home to a fishpond and beehives. The gardener's expenses are recorded in these handwritten accounts in our archive.
#ExploreYourArchive #EYAWildlife
The IES is excited to offer 'The Sarum Master Bible in Context', a short course delivered at @salisburycathedral.bsky.social, which gives the rare opportunity to explore this 13th century text in the context of medieval manuscript production.
🎟️ Limited tickets available. Book here - buff.ly/tmEzm5s
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
Currently advertising two fixed term parental leave posts: Special Collections Librarian (13 months; £43,622-£49,097 - closes 9 March) and Special Collections Assistant (6 months; £30,508-£33,096 - closes 7 April). It's a great chance to work with a brilliant collection jobs.joh.cam.ac.uk
There's still time to sign up for this event - all you need to know about AIL and the Cultural Gifts Scheme!!
For £35k, which is zippity nada in the scheme of even impoverished council funding, just going to show that it's not actually about the money in any case. Vandals.
