LoreOfTheArchive

An account dedicated to GLAM spaces. Their lore, histories, and the stories of those who encounter them. Tweets by @booksandguts

[LoreOfTheArchive @archive_lore]

A pinned thread of our Call for Posts.

This new project explores the atmosphere, personalities, and histories of galleries, libraries, archives, and museums. We want to detail the ways how these interactions can effect its staff, visitors, and surrounding community.

[LoreOfTheArchive @archive_lore]

H/T @ProfMHWhitworth!

[LoreOfTheArchive @archive_lore]

London itself is of course our prime document [...] Might Gas company records, the Sewers collections or Lyons cakes archives have absorbed the smell of the environment in which they have spent their active life? https://t.co/r9VTWp2aPm

[Rebecca Unsworth @BexUnsworth]

Going through a box of old object labels shows just how much label design has changed @BM_AG over the years

[Owen Gower @owentg]

Remains of sealing wax on the drawer of a campaign desk. Presumably the drawer itself would be sealed during transit so that any tampering would be evident?

[Stephen Hopkins @phil_lol_ogist]

I am a
⚪️ man
⚪️ woman
🔘 medievalist sick of staring at manuscript images on a computer all day

Looking for a
⚪️ man
⚪️ woman
🔘 physical manuscript that I can run my fingers over whilst day dreaming in a sun flooded archival reading room

[Sam Brown @samuscript]

I see your John Dee ship doodle and I raise you @bodleianlibs MS Canon Or. 111…

[The National Archives @UkNatArchives]

The archivists equivalent to the Hippocratic Oath?👇

[LoreOfTheArchive @archive_lore]

What's your reading room look book? Stylish (read: warm) jumper for the cold room? Naked nails for the sake of your reading material? A winged eye but no red lip? Your best library themed socks? Your most author like pair of specs?

[Sam Brown @samuscript]

Getting myself ready to visit some rare books at the @britishlibrary today 💅

[Sam Brown @samuscript]

This thread about Google Street View being an accidental time capsule of lost loved ones, and the comments from people sharing similar discoveries, are beautiful.

[Elizabeth Brunton @BethyBrunton]

Wonderful thread... archives aren't full of documents, they're full of people, and the human traits that cut across centuries.

[Henry Sotheran Ltd @Sotherans]

it's always fun seeing a book laid out ceremoniously in a library or museum exhibition, perhaps with a gaggle of nervous 1st year historians poring over it reverently, knowing only two months ago I wrested it (in the form of a dank bundle) from the possession of a sewer hag

[Celeste Brewer @dorkivist]

Archives perception: dusty boxes, mysterious tomes, white cotton gloves
Archives reality:

[LoreOfTheArchive @archive_lore]

🚨We have our first submission!🚨 @photobins shares the emotional experience of book mending! #ArchiveEmotion #YayArchives

[LoreOfTheArchive @archive_lore]

A pinned thread of our Call for Posts.

This new project explores the atmosphere, personalities, and histories of galleries, libraries, archives, and museums. We want to detail the ways how these interactions can effect its staff, visitors, and surrounding community.

[LoreOfTheArchive @archive_lore]

@joe_saunders1 @HouseHistoryHr ✨

https://t.co/vDRcot63Zd

[LoreOfTheArchive @archive_lore]

Call for posts!

We're looking for submissions based on experiences researching family history!

DM for more info

#ArchiveEmotion #YayArchives

[LoreOfTheArchive @archive_lore]

https://t.co/qCd2i8jD1z

[Edinburgh Museums @EdinCulture]

Last year 5 members of our staff chose their favourite aspects of our museums. Today Susan from Museum of Childhood tells the story of her favourite things in our much-loved Museum of Childhood. https://t.co/hJQxqUUzt6 #toys #childhoodmemories #ArtUnlocks #fridaymorning

[The National Archives @UkNatArchives]

For those that can’t live without that archive smell

[The National Archives @UkNatArchives]

That feeling of touching, smelling, seeing, and experiencing history through archival records is one we’ll never tire of ☺️