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.
