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Skidby Mill Oral History Project

Local Voices From The Past (Archive ref: DDX2310 . Now available on the Digital Archive) When looking at firsthand accounts from the past, it is the voices of the rich, or those living in the urban centres, that dominate. This gives the impression there was not much to say historically about rural life; but that […]

Reg Walker Video Collection

A Legacy For Beverley & East Yorkshire (Archive ref: DDX1486 . Now available on the Digital Archive) When I first began assessing the archives for items vulnerable to technological changes e.g. cassettes, discs, tapes etc, one of the first things I encountered was a substantial set of VHS video cassette tapes created by an amateur […]

New Online exhibition: ‘Collecting COVID-19’

We are pleased to announce the launch of our newest online exhibition, “Collecting COVID-19: Experiences of the pandemic in the East Riding,” showcasing the diverse and shared experiences of individuals and communities from across the county. In collaboration with East Riding residents who have contributed their recorded experiences to the archives for posterity, the exhibition […]

A Journey Through Time: 70 Years of Archiving East Yorkshire

This year the East Riding Archives and Local Studies service celebrates seven decades of preserving the past!

Accessing the Archives service During the Treasure House Transformation

From Saturday 23rd September 2023 at 4pm the Treasure House, Beverley, home to the East Riding Archives Service will be closed to all visitors. The Archives research room will be closed to visitors until alterations have been completed, which could be up to a year. The collections strongrooms will be unaffected by the building works […]

Creativity Unwrapped

This year’s Heritage Open Days theme ‘Creativity Unwrapped’ was very evocative of the nature of archives. In the research room, we very carefully unbox and unwrap items from their protective packaging, and in the records themselves, the stories of creative personalities are revealed. To explore this topic, we highlighted the fascinating history of some of […]

Stories of Diversity: Adventures in the Archiverse

Archivist Hannah and Martin Batstone (ERYC Senior Policy Officer) were delighted to show local school pupils around our virtual Archiverse Minecraft world for a fun digital history-making workshop on the 14th of June 2023. Our theme for this workshop was ‘about me’ where we celebrated diversity via storytelling. The stories crafted in this workshop will […]

Building An Archiverse: The East Riding Blockdown

The East Riding Blockdown first launched towards the end of January 2022 as an experimental action research project working with young people between the ages of 5-16. We are grateful for our funding and ongoing support from The Audience Agency as part of their wider Digitally Democratising Archives initiative, aimed at bringing together archives with […]

Astounding Inventions – Evolution Of The Book

From Conservation In keeping with this year’s Heritage Open Days theme of Astounding Inventions, I focused the content of my section of the tours on the influence of historical innovations in the development of the book. Of course, this is a potentially vast subject, but using examples from the Archive collection I split the topic […]

Astounding Inventions

Each year the East Riding Archives and Museums take part in the national Heritage Open Days celebrations, inviting everyone far and wide to be inspired by our collections and offering an insight into behind the scenes. “Astounding Inventions” was this year’s theme, and it proved to be a fascinating topic indeed! Keep scrolling to find out […]