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Pressed botanical specimen of Anthemis arvensis on a white background. Delicate green stems with small, white daisy-like flowers and thin leaves are clearly visible.
It's #ExploreYourArchive Week!
The theme for day 1 was #EYAConservation | #EYACaomhnú
This image is from the Praeger collection, which represents one of the most important botanical initiatives in Ireland as it provided a baseline for modern-day conservation: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....
@araireland.bsky.social Explore your Archive kicked off over the weekend and our @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social account have been sharing some gorgeous posts based on each day's theme!
#EYAConservation #ExploreYourArchive
#EYACaomhnú #CuardaighDoChartlann
![Image shows a coloured flyer sellotaped onto a grey page. On the right of the flyer is an illustration of a snowy scene with a red cottage in the distance. In the foreground is a red sleigh full of books, being pulled by a white dog with an umbrella above him.
On the left of the flyer is the following text:
Siop Lyfrau Ysgol!
Gwelwyd siop Llyfrau Cymraeg twt lawn yn Ysgolion Maes Garmon, yr Wyddgrug, Ysgil Gyfun, Ystalyfera as Ysgol Rhydfelen, Pontypridd. Wrth gwrs, mae yna lu mawr o siopau llyfrau Saesneg ar hyd a lled y wlad.
Daeth ceisiadau hefyd am gychwyn siopau llyfrau o Ysgolion Uwchradd Llanfyllin, Syr Hugh Owen [Adran Iau], Caenarfon, a Morgan Llwyd, Wecsam, yn ogystal ag Ysgolion Cynradd y Garnedd [Bangor], Rhiwlas, Bontnewydd a Maenan [Llanrwst].
Siop! Siop!
Sellotaped beneath the flyer is the following text:
ALLAN O SGWARNOG, LLAIS LLYFRAU’R PLANT.
Scrapbook page from the Ysgol Rhydfelen Collection held at Glamorgan Archives [dated 1980]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7cswerpm6grj7sb2af5nbh5j/bafkreihgdnfcuuj6yagxjahcxusofmotqrvua7kgmnvwr2o3rj5rcq45vm)
Image shows a coloured flyer sellotaped onto a grey page. On the right of the flyer is an illustration of a snowy scene with a red cottage in the distance. In the foreground is a red sleigh full of books, being pulled by a white dog with an umbrella above him. On the left of the flyer is the following text: Siop Lyfrau Ysgol! Gwelwyd siop Llyfrau Cymraeg twt lawn yn Ysgolion Maes Garmon, yr Wyddgrug, Ysgil Gyfun, Ystalyfera as Ysgol Rhydfelen, Pontypridd. Wrth gwrs, mae yna lu mawr o siopau llyfrau Saesneg ar hyd a lled y wlad. Daeth ceisiadau hefyd am gychwyn siopau llyfrau o Ysgolion Uwchradd Llanfyllin, Syr Hugh Owen [Adran Iau], Caenarfon, a Morgan Llwyd, Wecsam, yn ogystal ag Ysgolion Cynradd y Garnedd [Bangor], Rhiwlas, Bontnewydd a Maenan [Llanrwst]. Siop! Siop! Sellotaped beneath the flyer is the following text: ALLAN O SGWARNOG, LLAIS LLYFRAU’R PLANT. Scrapbook page from the Ysgol Rhydfelen Collection held at Glamorgan Archives [dated 1980]
Festive little shout-out to the school bookshop! However, it’s from 1980 - zenith of the dreaded #Sellotape obsession 😣 #EYAConservation Image from the Ysgol Rhydfelen Scrapbook Collection currently being worked on by our volunteers 📚📚📚
Mae'r llun yn dangos taflen liw yn cael ei dal gan selotep ar dudalen lwyd. Ar y dde, mae darlun o olygfa eira, gyda bwthyn coch yn y pellter. Yn y blaen, mae sled goch yn llawn llyfrau, yn cael ei thynnu gan gi gwyn, ac uwch ei ben mae ymbarél wedi torri. Ar y chwith mae’r geiriau canlynol: Siop Lyfrau Ysgol! Gwelwyd siop Llyfrau Cymraeg twt iawn yn Ysgolion Maes Garmon, yr Wyddgrug, Ysgol Gyfun, Ystalyfera as Ysgol Rhydfelen, Pontypridd. Wrth gwrs, mae yna lu mawr o siopau llyfrau Saesneg ar hyd a lled y wlad. Daeth ceisiadau hefyd am gychwyn siopau llyfrau o Ysgolion Uwchradd Llanfyllin, Syr Hugh Owen [Adran Iau], Caernarfon, a Morgan Llwyd, Wrecsam, yn ogystal ag Ysgolion Cynradd y Garnedd [Bangor], Rhiwlas, Bontnewydd a Maenan [Llanrwst]. Siop! Siop! Wedi ei ddal â selotep o dan y daflen, mae darn sy’n cynnwys y geiriau canlynol: ALLAN O SGWARNOG, LLAIS LLYFRAU’R PLANT. Tudalen llyfr lloffion o Gasgliad Ysgol Rhydfelen a gedwir yn Archifau Morgannwg [dyddiad 1980]
Bloedd Nadoligaidd i siop lyfrau'r ysgol! Fodd bynnag, mae'n dyddio o 1980 – yr obsesiwn selotep ofnadwy yn ei anterth! #AEACadwraeth O Gasgliad Llyfrau Lloffion Ysgol Rhydfelen y mae ein gwirfoddolwyr yn gweithio arnynt ar hyn o bryd 📚📚📚 #EYAConservation
This volume & its contents were in a very poor state until we had it conserved. Now it’s looking so much better & its contents can be viewed safely for the 1st time in years. #eyaconservation #britishmuseum #archives #conservation
View from the water tower showing red brick buildings, sports fields and trees
View from the water tower showing red brick buildings, sports fields and trees
Screen shot showing some tree preservation orders, Cardiff Council’s look up tool
Screen shot showing some tree preservation orders, Cardiff Council’s look up tool
For #EYAConservation today we would like to mention some of the wonderful trees 🌳 on the Whitchurch Hospital site.
The photos were taken back in 2008 from the water tower & the others are screen shots of the Cardiff Council look up tool for tree preservation orders
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two people in a conservation lab
Conservators are multiplying fast in Munster this Autumn! A month ago we welcomed Luca De Cilladi, the first conservation intern @ucclibrary.bsky.social, co-funded by @theheritagecouncil.
We also visited Lara Artemis at University of Limerick.
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#EYAConservation #EYA2025
This #ExploreYourArchive Week we’re delving into our BTO collections, starting with lantern slides belonging to pioneer wildlife photographer Oliver G. Pike (1877-1963). #EYAConservation #WildlifePhotography 🪶
Using a tacking iron to repair a map
Cleaning glass negatives prior to digitisation
The first theme in this year’s Explore Your Archive campaign is #EYAConservation. Conservators are vital in helping to look after collections, including preserving and repairing material so that it remains accessible. And we’re delighted to have welcomed a new Conservator to our staff this week!
Our latest conservation project is also the most visible! Bethlem's turret clock, on top of the Museum building, is being restored and will tell the time for our visitors early in the New Year 🕰️
Scaffolding is in place, but we’re open as usual!
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To kick off #ExploreYourArchive week, here is an 1889 drawing by the New Quad architect Sir Thomas Graham Jackson for gargoyles on the parapet, being cleaned by the National Conservation Service prior to repair #EYAConservation #ExploreYourArchives
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Our conservator has been hard at work restoring some of our palm leaf manuscripts. These are fragile and prone to breakage but available for consultation again after conservation. #EYAConservation
A densely hatched illustration of a sailing vessel on old paper.
It's Explore Your Archives week! This #EYA we are starting with Jonathan Couch's manuscript 'A Natural History of the Fishes' (MS/407): one of many items to benefit from #Conservation as part of the Society's AdoptLinn scheme. #EYAConservation buff.ly/kKRJ9oY
These beautiful plant drawings were made by an unnamed Chinese artist, possibly at the behest of colonialist John Bradby Blake in 1771-2. Ordinary sticky tape is a nightmare for archives, but acid-free repair tape can be used to patch up torn pages.
#ExploreArchives #EYAConservation
Last week, we welcomed back An Tiomna Nuadh, the 1602 Irish translation of The New Testament. After undergoing major conservation work in the Muckross Bookbindery in Killarney, An Tiomna Nuadh has returned in much better condition. Look at the transformation!
#EYAConservation #ExploreYourArchive
A large bound volume of newspapers is lying open on a table; the pages are clearly wet. A conservator has placed a dry sheet of paper on top of a wet sheet and is carefully turning both over in order to reach the next wet sheet.
A defrosted and dried page of the Long Eaton Advertiser from 21 September 1923.
When a bound volume of #1920s newspapers got wet, we froze it to prevent mould developing until we had the time and space to dry it out properly. As the wet pages felt slightly tacky we had to interleave them with dry sheets, so they wouldn’t all stick together in the freezer.
#EYAConservation
Photograph of archival packaging material including acid free boxes, folders and envelopes, brass paper clips and unbleached cotton tape.
The first theme of #ExploreYourArchive Focus Week is #EYAConservation
To make sure archives are conserved they need to be properly packaged. To do this we keep our archives in protective acid free folders and boxes, like those pictured here, to make sure they stay safe into the future!
🌲 Follow along for this year's #ExploreYourArchive posts - we've picked some great items from our collections 🤓
#EYA
#EYAConservation
Preservation Assistant Jane working on an item with various tools in the foreground.
It's #ExploreYourArchive week! To kick off this years themes, this photograph shows a member of our Conservation team, Jane, and the studio the team works in. We are so lucky to have the team in-house looking after our records. #EYAConservation
A conservation area is an area of special architectural or historic interest in which the character or appearance is desirable to preserve or enhance. The concept was introduced by the Civic Amenities Act of 1967 when it was decided that listing historic buildings individually was not enough to protect groups of buildings. It was recognised that the special character of a place may derive from many factors, including: the grouping of buildings; their scale and relationship with outdoor spaces; architectural detailing; and so on.
Today’s Explore Your Archive theme is #EYAConservation
BEAUMARIS CONSERVATION AREA
“Papers relating to the conservation area of Beaumaris (Civic Amenities Act 1967)”
Date: 1968-1972 BA/6/280
We kick off this year's #ExploreYourArchive Week with the theme #EYAConservation. A Chinese star chart bound within a manuscript has recently been conserved by our Book Conservator with Japanese paper & jin shofu paste. Can you see the difference before and after conservation? 🌟 [Ref: MS Hunter 10]
Photograph of a corner detail of a hand-drawn plan showing a 'birds-eye view from Woodbourne Square'. Several streets of elegant detached and semi-detached townhouses with gardens are shown, surrounding Woodbourne Park (now Hillary Park). This is represented as a square lawn shrub borders enclosed by railings. There is a lot of surface grime on the paper.
Photograph of the same plan detail showing improvements made by gentle vacuuming and use of grated eraser. The paper is much lighter and cleaner, and the details of the drawing can be seen more clearly.
A little gentle cleaning can make such a difference to a record which has seen better days, such as this 1907 plan of Woodbourne Park Building Estate in Douglas. The beautiful artwork of architect Ernest Long now shines out! #EYAConservation #ManxArchives #ExploreYourArchive
Text in white #EYAConservation on a green background with an image of a person's hands carrying out conservation work. Further text of EYA 29th November 2025
🎆Welcome to #ExploreYourArchive Focus Week 2025 🎆
For Day 1, we’re celebrating all things conservation. Use the hashtag #EYAConservation in your posts 📃
In March we completed the conservation of an 18th-century parish register from Nevis. The register has been cleaned, repaired and digitised, and returned to Nevis in a special ceremony with dignitaries, parish representatives and the local community. youtu.be/yex_Br6t0ak?... #EYAConservation
Today is day 1 of the Explore Your Archive focus week and the theme is #EYAConservation | #EYACaomhnú! We want to see everyone’s archives relating to conservation! Don’t forget to tag 🏷️ @araireland.bsky.social & @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social in your posts #ExploreYourArchive #CuardaighDoChartlann
We are fortunate to have a lovely team of dedicated and hard-working volunteers that work on transcription and conservation projects. Our conservation volunteers are currently working on cleaning and repackaging our Dingestow Railway Collection ready to be catalogued. #EYAConservation
Rydym yn ffodus iawn bod gennym dîm hyfryd o wirfoddolwyr ymroddgar a gweithgar sy'n gweithio ar brosiectau trawsgrifio a chadwraeth. Mae ein gwirfoddolwyr cadwraeth ar hyn o bryd yn gweithio ar lanhau ac ail becynnu Casgliad Rheilffordd Llanddingad yn barod i’w gatalogio. #EYAConservation
A plan of the House, Gardens, Park and Hermitage of their Majesties at Richmond by John Rocque. Shows Oven House, the Summer House, Merlin's Cave, the Hermitage, the Dairy House, the Green House and the Orangery, 'His Majesties House in Richmond' North and South prospects. Includes numbered references showed on the plan referring to other features in the Gardens; this is also written in French. Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse, Cornhill. Unmounted engraving in blue card folder. The main Gardens are depicted across three quarters of the spread with individual illustrations of buildings filling the top right-hand corner.
Did you know today is #EYAConservation day? We’re celebrating with this 1734 engraved map by John Rocque, showing the gardens, park and related buildings of the Royal Family at Kew. Our conservator has mounted it on a board for support and advises Melinex sleeves and flat storage. #KewLA
Conservator's hands measuring a coloured illustration, surrounded by tools including blades, rulers and pens. Other illustrations are in the background, waiting to be worked on.
It's #ExploreYourArchive week and we're starting off with #EYAConservation, highlighting the essential work done to preserve our collections and make them accessible.
This week, we've worked on items from our E. H. Shepard 'The Wind in the Willows' collection, ahead of digitisation for an event.
A photograph of archive material in cream envelopes on a desk. There are buff coloured archive boxes in the background
It's the start of @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social Focus Week! We'll be doing our best to show you treasures from our archive that match the daily themes. Today it's #EYAConservation so we have a photograph of our archive material being repackaged as part of our recent relocation project
