LoreOfTheArchive
@archive_loreAn account dedicated to GLAM spaces. Their lore, histories, and the stories of those who encounter them. Tweets by @booksandguts
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A pinned thread of our Call for Posts. This new project explores the atmosphere, personalities, and histories of galleries, libraries, archives, and museums. We want to detail the ways how these interactions can effect its staff, visitors, and surrounding community.
Going through a box of old object labels shows just how much label design has changed @BM_AG over the years
Remains of sealing wax on the drawer of a campaign desk. Presumably the drawer itself would be sealed during transit so that any tampering would be evident?
I am a ⚪️ man ⚪️ woman 🔘 medievalist sick of staring at manuscript images on a computer all day Looking for a ⚪️ man ⚪️ woman 🔘 physical manuscript that I can run my fingers over whilst day dreaming in a sun flooded archival reading room
I see your John Dee ship doodle and I raise you @bodleianlibs MS Canon Or. 111…
The archivists equivalent to the Hippocratic Oath?👇
Oath of #medieval chancery record keepers c1487: stay at post unless given leave, don't carry records outside the #archives, don't show them to unauthorised people, restrict copying to stop fraud, report untruths spotted in the docs to your boss. C 193/1 fol 84 @UkNatArchives
Sure I want people to read the post, but also I’m just really pleased with this picture I made (graphic design is my passion etc) acidfreeblog.com/documentation/…
What's your reading room look book? Stylish (read: warm) jumper for the cold room? Naked nails for the sake of your reading material? A winged eye but no red lip? Your best library themed socks? Your most author like pair of specs?
This thread about Google Street View being an accidental time capsule of lost loved ones, and the comments from people sharing similar discoveries, are beautiful.
I look at my mum’s old house on Google maps street view, the house where I grew up. It says ‘Image captured May 2009’. There is a light on in her bedroom. It is still her house, she is still alive, I am still visiting every few months on the train to Bodmin Parkway,
Wonderful thread... archives aren't full of documents, they're full of people, and the human traits that cut across centuries.
Stop scrolling. We’ve found something a little bit special in the archive and we had to share it with you all …
it's always fun seeing a book laid out ceremoniously in a library or museum exhibition, perhaps with a gaggle of nervous 1st year historians poring over it reverently, knowing only two months ago I wrested it (in the form of a dank bundle) from the possession of a sewer hag
Archives perception: dusty boxes, mysterious tomes, white cotton gloves Archives reality:
Stop scrolling. We’ve found something a little bit special in the archive and we had to share it with you all …
🚨We have our first submission!🚨 @photobins shares the emotional experience of book mending! #ArchiveEmotion #YayArchives
A pinned thread of our Call for Posts. This new project explores the atmosphere, personalities, and histories of galleries, libraries, archives, and museums. We want to detail the ways how these interactions can effect its staff, visitors, and surrounding community.
Call for posts! We're looking for submissions based on experiences researching family history! DM for more info #ArchiveEmotion #YayArchives
Last year 5 members of our staff chose their favourite aspects of our museums. Today Susan from Museum of Childhood tells the story of her favourite things in our much-loved Museum of Childhood. ow.ly/ZJYO50EMtGU #toys #childhoodmemories #ArtUnlocks #fridaymorning
For those that can’t live without that archive smell
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