 Lichfield Record Office
closed its doors to the public on 28 December 2017
What we thought was going to be
a sad occasion turned into a heart-warming last day for all the staff. We were
really pleased to see the Record Office full to capacity, every seat was filled
twice over. We were so busy there was no time to think until it was time for
mince pies and sherry just before we closed the door for the last time.
Throughout December we were pleased to see regular readers, former colleagues
and researchers from years past who all called in to say their farewells and
thank us for the service of Lichfield Record Office over the years. It was such
a lovely atmosphere– we felt truly valued.
Thank you for all your many
cards, emails and letters of support and thanks.
Our volunteers are continuing to
work hard to make our collections more accessible and the staff are now
preparing the collections for the move to Stafford in March. Follow our
Facebook page to get updates on what’s happening behind the scenes in
preparation for our big move. We look forward to seeing many of our Lichfield
service users at Staffordshire Record Office when the collection becomes available again in May.
Just Hanging Around?
The Museum Team have been getting stuck in at the new collection store. Our fantastic art collection now has purpose built movable racking where framed work can hang safely in a stable and secure environment. There is a bit of work to do now to prepare each painting so that it can hang on the racking using special hooks. The location of every painting is then logged on CALM, our collections management system, ensuring that we know exactly where it is.
 Bert Bentley Slide Collection now available on Staffordshire Pasttrack
Over the past year Stoke City Archives volunteer Graham
Jones has added over 500 images from the Bert Bentley slide collection onto the
Staffordshire Pasttrack website. Taken during the 1960s these colour and black
and white images depict the Potteries and its surrounding areas during a period
of great change. Many of the buildings and streets no longer stand.
Graham has been scanning, processing, researching captions and entering
locations onto the Past Track database. Just click on ‘Latest Additions’
at www.staffspasttrack.org.uk
to see what he’s added over the past week. This image shows Minton's Old Factory, London Road, Stoke upon
Trent, August 1964.
 Open to Interpretation
The Museum Team had an amazing day exploring the interpretation of
carriage collections with staff from the National Trust Carriage Museum at
Arlington Court, the Carriage Foundation and the Tyrwhitt-Drake Museum of
Carriages. This focused on best practice within the sector identifying what
works well for a range of visitors at different sites.
This workshop is part of
the research and development of a new guide we are producing to interpreting
carriages in museum collections. This will bring together best practice in engaging
audiences with what can be challenging objects, particularly within mixed
collections and aims to support those working with carriages to make the most
of these interesting, engaging and often beautiful vehicles. The guide will be
launched at the beginning of March.
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