We 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!
The 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.
As 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
Annamaria volunteered with the Collections Department as part of her MA at the University of Birmingham and helped to digitise our glass negatives collection.
Our Collections and Learning Departments collaborated with the living history group ‘The Thegns of Mercia’ to bring history to life in our educational courses.