Reader Services Assistant Suzanne Lithgo delves into the library and RSC archive to uncover the legendary Wars of the Roses...
Suzanne Lithgo Royal Shakespeare Company War of the Roses CollectionsWe are delighted to launch the first in a series of online Reader Services Guides. These are designed to explain what we have, how to find it and other sources you might find helpful!
Madeleine Cox Reader Services Guides CollectionsThe Collections Care team are responsible for ensuring the conservation of hundreds of objects across the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust’s properties and collection stores. There are different forms of conservation and it takes a specialist eye and expertise to decide which is appropriate.
Emily White Conservation CollectionsAs we enter English National Tourism Week (22nd-31st May 2021) we take a look at evidence of early national tourism in our collection, focussing in this blog on one of our favourite items - the diary of John Byng. A blog by Philippa Vandome and Madeleine Cox
Madeleine Cox Collections Tourism John Byng EnglishTourismWeek21Annamaria volunteered with the Collections Department as part of her MA at the University of Birmingham and helped to digitise our glass negatives collection.
Annamaria Nizi Digitisation Collections VolunteeringA University of Birmingham student's experience of volunteers with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust as part of her studies.
Aldona Gorecka Collections VolunteeringCheck out one of the latest additions to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust's Collections
Collections Discover ShakespeareOur Collections and Learning Departments collaborated with the living history group ‘The Thegns of Mercia’ to bring history to life in our educational courses.
Discover Shakespeare CollectionsWe were very pleased recently to acquire two new works of art for our Collections
Paintings CollectionsA trip across the world with our Collections Manager
Paul Taylor Hong Kong Collections