Please see below for the latest events being arranged by archive services in Wales:
Explore Your Archive! Conwy Archives
Friday, 2nd December 2022, 2 – 4.30pm
Archives are full of wonderful and intriguing things – not just documents! Explore Your Archive week is an opportunity for archive services across the UK and Ireland to share their treasures with the public.
This is a free event for the public to get advice from family historians, conservators, and experts in community and diverse histories to really fire up the imagination and get everyone exploring the archive. As well as presentations from our three speakers, you will be given a behind-the-scenes tour of the building, to see for yourself where all these treasures are stored. This event will take place at Conwy Archives. Refreshments will be provided.
Our three speakers are:
Family History: Dr Liz Parfitt, Archivist, Conwy Archives
Conservation: Mark Allen, Conservator, North East Wales Archives
Archives and Diversity: Dr Marian Gwyn, Race Council Cymru
To book your place, click the Eventbrite link below, or email vicky.jones@llyfrgell.cymru
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/explore-your-archive-conwy-archives-tickets-452770888917
Explore Your Archive! Carmarthenshire Archives
Tuesday, 6th December 2022, 2 – 4.30pm
This is our second free event for the public to get advice from family historians, conservators, and experts in community and diverse histories to really fire up the imagination and get everyone exploring the archive. As well as presentations from our three speakers, you will be given a behind-the-scenes tour of the building, to see for yourself where all these local treasures are stored. This event will take place at Carmarthenshire Archives. Refreshments will be provided.
Our three speakers are:
Family History: Helen Palmer, County Archivist, Ceredigion Archives.
Conservation: Rhiannon Phillips, Conservator, Gwent Archives
Disability History in the Archives; Professor David Turner, Swansea University
To book your place, click the Eventbrite link below, or email vicky.jones@llyfrgell.cymru
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/explore-your-archive-carmarthenshire-archives-tickets-452768882917
Gwent Archives, Friday 9th December 2022 2pm – 3pm
The Ghost of Christmas Past: Christmas in Gwent in the 1880s – Peter Strong
Christmas customs and traditions as they were played out in Gwent in the 1880s.
This talk will take place online via Microsoft Teams, and cost £5 per person per talk. To book your place please email enquiries@gwentarchives.gov.uk