Looking beyond words: Exploring the materiality of East and Southeast Asian records In this blog post, we explore the physical elements of a 19th century Chinese military map and what it tells us about our East and Southeast Asian records.
Uncovering precious medieval silk seal bags in our collection Marc Vermeulen shares new discoveries made during a research project into medieval silk seal bags, highlighting the richness and diversity of the collection.
Clues from the high seas: tracing Suriname’s textile histories in the Prize Papers Viveca Mellegard explains how she used scientific analysis to investigate textile samples seized from a ship sailing from Suriname in 1795.
brightonmuseums.org.uk When Eighteenth Century wallpaper meets Twenty-First Century technology Using non-invasive scientific analysis on Chinese export wallpapers opens new avenues for understanding their material history.
The pannotype mystery: cracking the code of a forgotten photographic process We delve into the fascinating research recently undertaken into a number of Victorian records in our collection featuring rare examples of early photography.
Archived page Letters Unread: Opening closed letters in the Prize Papers project Un-opened, sealed letters are often found within the Prize Papers collection.
Archived page ‘Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the hairiest of them all?’ We explore the unique features of a book in The National Archives' vast limp parchment binding collection.
