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Carriage Open Day
We recently held a carriage open day at our museum stores during the Easter holidays. Our engagement and collections teams worked together to create a special behind the scenes experience for visitors. We welcomed carriage fans, Staffordshire residents and new visitors, who all enjoyed taking a close up look at the carriages in their new…
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Public Access Update
Extension to limited public access – Spring/Summer 2023 We have now extended our limited public access to include certain urgent and time sensitive requests, including publication or submission deadlines, commercial deadlines or funding requirements. In person access will still only apply where we cannot provide a remote or digital alternative and we will continue to…
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Eastern European Recipe Book Project
Over the coming months, Staffordshire Archives and Heritage Service is working together with communities across the county to create an exciting new recipe book. The book will be filled with dishes from across Eastern Europe, which are being contributed by individuals who identify with Eastern European heritage. People participating in the project are choosing a…
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Construction begins
Construction work started in early February 2023 with PaveAways Ltd taking over the site. A new perimeter fence has been installed and construction work has begun across all parts of the site. The final stage of archaeology was completed with no new discoveries. You can view footage of the early 2022 archaeological dig here. Work…
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What’s been going on?
A Project Update Since we were awarded funding to create the new Staffordshire History Centre in July 2021, the team and our valiant volunteers have been busy preparing the start of this exciting project. Things really ramped up from the start of 2022 as we had to move the entire collection out of the William…
Staffordshire History Centre 