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Evie’s work experience
At the end of May Evie joined the Archives and Heritage Team at the Staffordshire History Centre for a week of work experience. We asked Evie to write a blog to share her thoughts on her week with us. “Hello, my name is Evie and I’m a first year A-level student at Blessed William Howard…
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Josh’s work experience
Josh spent a week with the Archives and Heritage Team in May. Find out more about his experience in his blog below. “During my week at the Staffordshire History Centre, I have been given the opportunity to experience many aspects of the different staff roles in the centre. Throughout the week I have been given…
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A Volunteer’s View
I’m sitting in the bright Staffordshire History Centre, watching the team put together a new exhibit about our county’s mineral wealth: coal, salt, limestone, agriculture, and so on. Every few months, we have a change of scene, and a new central exhibit arrives. I am a new volunteer. I have loved local history since I…
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Explorer Backpacks
If you are coming to visit this summer why not try out one of our explorer backpacks. These packs are designed for anyone who like some hands on tools to help them explore the centre in a relaxed or sensory way, but especially for very young child and visitors with additional needs. Take a look…
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Military Family History
Discovering Your Roots: Exploring Family History Through the Staffordshire History Centre Interest in family history has grown enormously in recent years. Whether inspired by TV shows like Who Do You Think You Are?, major anniversaries such as the D-Day 80th, or the passing of a loved one, more people than ever are exploring their family’s…
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River’s work experience
River joined us for a week of work experience in April 2025. Read about their experience in River’s blog below. “My time doing work experience at the Staffordshire History Centre has been wonderful! I spent a week completing this, which included a trip to the off-site Museum Collection Store (with even more historical goodies stored…
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Sophie’s work experience
Sophie joined the team at the Staffordshire History Centre for a week of work experience in early April. Find out how she got on in her blog below. “Hello, I’m Sophie, a Year 10 student. In April I completed a week of work experience at the Staffordshire History Centre. Here are some thoughts and reflections…
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Collaborative PhD Awards
Applications are invited for three fully-funded AHRC NWCDTP Collaborative Doctoral Award (+3) beginning in September 2025. We are pleased to be able to host and support one of these doctoral awards in collaboration with Keele University; Visual story-telling and ‘fascist brand’: the photobooks of Fascist Italy. The deadline for applications is 5pm on Friday, 28…
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Merry Christmas
We wish all of our followers and visitors a very merry Christmas and thank you for your support in 2024. If you would like to find out more about Christmas past take a look at our festive history article which explores some of the origins of some of the traditions we know and love today.…
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Leek to Llandudno: Beside the seaside and beyond…
Building an Exhibition At first glance you may wonder why we have chosen an exhibition about the seaside, when in Staffordshire we are almost as far from the coast as any county could be, but we wanted to place Staffordshire in the countrywide craze of the 20th century seaside holiday. Were the people of Staffordshire…
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