At this time of year many of us are spending our free time in the garden. Our collections reveal a passion for gardening going back centuries. Changing fashions Plans for alterations to the grounds at Frampton House demonstrate the changing fashions in eighteenth century garden design (reference: D-SHE/22). In 1778 a survey of the grounds… Read more Archives A-Z: G is for gardens
Dorset History Centre recently celebrated achieving Accredited Archive Service status from The National Archives. Accreditation is the process by which the archive service is assessed across a wide range of indicators ranging from finance and governance to collections management and community and stakeholder engagement. Assessors from The National Archives also visited Dorset History Centre to… Read more Dorset History Centre celebrates accreditation
Our 8 miles of shelving includes a special room for audio-visual material – film, photographic and audio records. This room is slightly drier and cooler than the paper and parchment repositories. Physical items are stored in archival packaging and labelled with a reference number so we can find them again. The challenge is that the… Read more Archives A-Z: F is for film
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