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What a wonderful campaign @explorearchives @ARAIreland Thank you so much for all your hard work, a pleasure to take part. A favourite, Whitchurch Hosp has military & mental health history - used during the First & Second World Wars. Full post 📷 #EYAYourArchive #EYAFocusWeek
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National Army Museum@NAM_London7 Dec 2025
#ExploreYourArchive Day 9: Your Archives 📖 If you have enjoyed exploring our archives this week and would like to access the archive yourself you can plan a visit the Templer Study Centre here bit.ly/4pLADBb #EYAYourArchives
Front desk of the archives at the National Army Museum.

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DCLA Reading Room@DCLAReadingRoom7 Dec 2025
For #EYAYourArchives we explored our shelves to uncover items we hadn’t seen before. Each day brings new discoveries, from unfamiliar documents to overlooked details. Today we found an architectural submission for the 1870s design competition for Dublin South City Markets.
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The Royal Berkshire Archives have been caring for the county's records since 1948. We moved to our current purpose built archive in 2000 and were granted a royal title in 2023. We are open to visitors during the day Tues-Fri and are open late one Thurs a month. #EYAYourArchives
Royal Berkshire Archives building.

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RTÉ Archives@RTEArchives7 Dec 2025
Pictured here is Séamus Hughes, the first full-time radio announcer on 2RN circa 1926 #EYAYourArchives #ExploreYourArchives @explorearchives @ARAIreland Explore thousands of stories from the RTÉ Archives rte.ie/archives/
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Brasenose Alumni@BNC_Members7 Dec 2025
The Treasury houses the College chest, which contained money and important documents (the beginnings of the Archives). Over time they outgrew the chest and eventually moved to the Muniment Room below - now the Library and Archives office! #EYAYourArchives #ExploreYourArchive
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@ExploreYourArchive Day 9 #EYAYourArchives We have been excited to launch our Volunteer Programme, welcoming in volunteers to participate in transcription and digitisation projects. See our website for more information about getting involved. @FalklandsinUK @FalklandsGov
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We hold archives, manuscripts & rare books relating to the British experience in Africa, Asia & the Middle East, including missionary, trade & NGO records, plus personal papers of individuals connected to these regions. We are open to everyone - come and visit! #EYAYourArchives
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Jersey Heritage@JerseyHeritage7 Dec 2025
We celebrated the 25th birthday of #JerseyArchive in Clarence Road this year. It's home to a host of fascinating records and our team are ready and waiting to help you to start your #Research journey! #EYAYourArchives #JerseyCI #OurIslandStory
A glass and red building

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Deborah Cameron@DebsaDelight7 Dec 2025
My favourite in our archive (amongst many!) has to be my husband’s nan’s postcard collection. From 1910-1919 it even has a silk card from the Lusitania as well as dozens from the trenches and British holidays. Wonderful #EYAYourArchives historicalclues.blogspot.com…
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ARA Ireland@ARAIreland7 Dec 2025
Today is the last day of the Explore Your Archive focus week and we want to see #EYAYourArchives | #EYADoChartlann! Don’t forget to tag 🏷️ @araireland & @explorearchives in your posts #ExploreYourArchive #CuardaighDoChartlann
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Our Tyneside Campaign for Homosexual Equality Archive records the work of the group who campainged for the rights of members of their community through the latter half of the 20thC. Browse the catalogue here: specialcollections.ncl.ac.uk… #ExploreYourArchive #EYAInclussion
First page of the July 1987 Issue of the CHE Tyneside Newsletter. Includes a large photograph of a banner reading Lesbian and Gay Pride '87.

ALT First page of the July 1987 Issue of the CHE Tyneside Newsletter. Includes a large photograph of a banner reading Lesbian and Gay Pride '87.

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NatRecordsScot
@NatRecordsScot5 Dec 2025
We created large print and easy-to-read versions of our railways and tourism exhibition "Scots On the Move". You can download the easy to read version here 👉bit.ly/OnTheMoveEasyRead And the large print version is also available online 👉bit.ly/OnTheMoveLargePrint #EYAInclusion
An example from our easy-read version of our exhibition. Text, next to a black and white cartoon of a steam train: "Trains are still an important part of Scotland's transport system. Lines built in the second half of the 1800s are still the foundation of our railway network".

ALT An example from our easy-read version of our exhibition. Text, next to a black and white cartoon of a steam train: "Trains are still an important part of Scotland's transport system. Lines built in the second half of the 1800s are still the foundation of our railway network".

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ShakesInstituteLib@ShakesInstLib5 Dec 2025
‘Pericles re-imagined for everyone aged 6 and over’ (2011) one of a series of Shakespeare’s plays adapted for children at the Regent’s Park @OpenAirTheatre. The only programme in our archive designed to be made into a pirate hat! #EYAInclusion @ShakesInstitute @explorearchives
'Pericles' programme

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'Pericles' paper hat

ALT 'Pericles' paper hat

Origami fish

ALT Origami fish

Photo of fisherman

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Jersey Heritage@JerseyHeritage5 Dec 2025
Our #Archive team's major outreach project for 2025 has been ‘What’s Your School’s Story?’ talks. To make them more #Accessible to those with hearing loss, we improved our sound system, added subtitles to our screen and provided scripts so people could follow along. #EYAInclusion
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Today's theme for #ExploreYourArchive is: Inclusion 🧁 Some lovely #YesEquality cupcakes from the Yes Equality Campaign Archive, now available on catalogue.nli.ie #EYAInclusion #EYACuimsiú #NLIOnline #Archives #EYA #ExploreYourArchive #CuardaighDoChartlann @ARAIreland
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PRONI@PRONI_DFC5 Dec 2025
The theme for today is #EYAInclusion✨ To celebrate inclusion, we’re sharing “The Manual Alphabet” document (c.1933) which showed how to sign the alphabet. PRONI Ref - D4898/6/1 Image courtesy of Alison Groves - Emilly Beatrice Young's daughter @ARAIreland @explorearchives
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@ExploreYourArchive Day 7 #EYAInclusion Whilst there is more we want to do in the future to make our collections more accessible, we are proud of the advocacy work undertaken so far to engage with our local community. nationalarchives.gov.fk/abou… @FalklandsinUK @FalklandsGov
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National Army Museum@NAM_London5 Dec 2025
#ExploreYourArchive Day 7: Inclusion 🤝 Certificate of identity and photograph from the papers of Dorothy Hill Young, WAAC, c.1917-9. The formation of the WAAC marked the first time that women had served in the British Army other than nurses. NAM.1998-01-117. #EYAInclusion
Papers of Dorothy Hill Young.

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Photograph of Dorothy Hill Young.

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ShakesInstituteLib@ShakesInstLib5 Dec 2025
For the #EYAinclusion theme we had to include this braille cast list from the 2017 @OpenAirTheatre production of ‘On the Town’ @ShakesInstitute @explorearchives
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'On The Town' Programme

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